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A comparative histochemical study of fish (Channa maruleus) and amphibian (Bufo stomaticus) oogenesis

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Comparative histochemical studies on the fish (Channa maruleus) and amphibian (Bufo stomaticus) oogenesis demonstrate a great similarity in the growth and differentiation of their egg follicle. The ooplasm, germinal vesicle and egg-membranes show distinct morphological and cytochemical changes during previtellogenesis and vitellogenesis.

During previtellogenesis the various components of the follicle are engaged in the synthesis of protoplasm as shown by the proliferation of yolk nucleus substance, mitochondria and some lipid bodies in the ooplasm and of nucleoli in the germinal vesicle. The substance of the yolk nucleus consisting of proteins, lipoproteins and RNA first appears adjacent to the nuclear membrane. Numerous mitochondria of lipoprotein composition, and some lipid bodies consisting of unsaturated phospholipids lie in association with the yolk nucleus which forms substratum for the former. The lipid bodies, present inside the germinal vesicle, follicular epithelium, and adjacent to the plasma membrane in association with some pinocytotic vacuoles, have been considered to play a significant role in the active transport of some substances from the environment into the ooplasm and from the latter into the germinal vesicle. The follicular epithelium itself is very poorly developed, negating its appreciable role in the contribution of specific substances into the oocyte, which seem to be contributed by the germinal vesicle showing a considerable development of nuclear sap, basophilic granules and nucleoli consisting of RNA and proteins; many large nucleoli bodily pass into the cytoplasm during the previtellogenesis of Channa, where their substance is gradually dissolved. The intense, diffuse, basophilic substance of the cytoplasm is believed due to free ribosomes described in many previous ultrastructural studies.

During vitellogenesis, the various deutoplasmic inclusions, namely carbohydrate yolk, proteid yolk and fatty yolk, are deposited in the ooplasm. The carbohydrate yolk bodies rich in carbohydrates originate in association with the plasma membrane and correspond to vesicles and cortical granules of previous studies. The proteid yolk consisting of proteins and some lipoproteins, and fatty yolk containing first phospholipids and some triglycerides and then triglycerides only are deposited under the influence of yolk nucleus substance, mitochondria and cytoplasm. The mitochondria and yolk nucleus substance foreshadow in some way the pattern of these two deutoplasmic inclusions and persist at the animal pole of mature egg while the other inclusions of previtellogenesis disappear from view. The pigment granules, which also show a gradient from the animal to vegetal pole in Bufo, are also formed in association with yolk nucleus substance and mitochondria. Some glycogen also appears in both the species. The nuclear membrane becomes irregular due to the formation of lobes. The lipid bodies of the germinal vesicle come to lie outside the nuclear membrane, suggesting active transport of some substances into the ooplasm; many nucleoli bodily pass into the ooplasm of Bufo, where they are gradually absorbed. The amount of basophilic granules is considerably increased in the germinal vesicle during vitellogenesis. Various egg-membranes such as outer epithelium, thin theca, single-layered follicular epithelium, zona pellucida or vitelline membrane surround the vitellogenic oocytes. The zona pellucida formed between the oocyte and follicle cells consists of a carbohydrate-protein complex. The follicle cells show lipid droplets, mitochondria and basophilic substance in their cytoplasm. The various changes that occur in the components of the follicle during vitellogenesis seem to be initiated by gonadrotrophins formed under the influence of specific environmental conditions.

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Guraya, S.S. A comparative histochemical study of fish (Channa maruleus) and amphibian (Bufo stomaticus) oogenesis. Zeitschrift für Zellforschung 65, 662–700 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00342590

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