A Light and Electron Microscope Study on Oogenesis in the Freshwater Pulmonate Snail Biomphalaria Glabrata

Overview

Journal Cell Tissue Res

Specialties Anatomy & Histology
Cell Biology

Date 1976 Aug 20

PMID 987852

Citations 10

Authors

M de Jong-Brink

A De Wit

G Kraal

H H Boer

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

In the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata the formation and composition of yolk granules and the role of the follicle cells were studied by histochemical and electron microscopical techniques. The rough endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus appeared to be involved in yolk formation, which is a continuous process throughout oogenesis. From the very beginning of yolk formation two main types of yolk granules were distinguished morphologically. However, with histochemical and enzyme cytochemical methods no differences were observed between these types. The granules acquire lysosomal enzymes after oviposition, indicating that their main function is probably digestion of perivitelline fluid, which contains nutrients for the developing embryo. Yolk formation and the activity of the follicle cells were studied in successive stages of oogenesis by quantitative electron microscopy. The data strongly suggest that the follicle cells are involved in the formation of the follicular cavity and hence in the ovulation process.

Citing Articles

Yolk proteins of the schistosomiasis vector snail Biomphalaria glabrata revealed by multi-omics analysis.

Habib M, Bu L, Posavi M, Zhong D, Yan G, Zhang S Sci Rep. 2024; 14(1):1820.

PMID: 38245605 PMC: 10799875. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52392-x.

Ultrastructure of ovotestis of young and adult pulmonate mollusk, Benson, 1832.

Roy S, Chaki K, Nag T, Misra K J Microsc Ultrastruct. 2018; 4(4):184-194.

PMID: 30023226 PMC: 6014257. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmau.2016.03.001.

Steroid Androgen Exposure during Development Has No Effect on Reproductive Physiology of Biomphalaria glabrata.

Kaur S, Baynes A, Lockyer A, Routledge E, Jones C, Noble L PLoS One. 2016; 11(7):e0159852.

PMID: 27448327 PMC: 4957768. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159852.

Ultrastructural indications for autosynthetic proteinaceous yolk formation in amphibian oocytes.

Kress A Experientia. 1982; 38(7):761-71.

PMID: 7049718 DOI: 10.1007/BF01972261.

A morphological, enzyme-cytochemical, and physiological study of the blood-gonad barrier in the hermaphroditic snail Lymnaea stagnalis.

de Jong-Brink M, de With N, Hurkmans P, Bergamin Sassen M Cell Tissue Res. 1984; 235(3):593-600.

PMID: 6713488 DOI: 10.1007/BF00226957.

References

Bottke W . [Morphological studies on the ovary of Viviparus contectus (Millet 1813), (Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). I. The follicle cells]. Z Zellforsch Mikrosk Anat. 1972; 133(1):103-18. DOI: 10.1007/BF00307070. View

REBHUN L . Electron microscope studies on the vitelline membrane of the surf clam, Spisula solidissima. J Ultrastruct Res. 1962; 6:107-22. DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5320(62)90064-3. View

ALBANESE M, BOLOGNARI A . [Mitochondria, Golgi zones and vitelline globules in ovocytes during the development of Planorbis corneus L. (Moll. Gast. Pulm.)]. Experientia. 1964; 20(1):29-30. DOI: 10.1007/BF02146026. View

Lake B . An improved method for the detection of beta-galactosidase activity, and its application to G MI-gangliosidosis and mucopolysaccharidosis. Histochem J. 1974; 6(2):211-8. DOI: 10.1007/BF01011808. View

BJERSING L, Cajander S . Ovulation and the mechanism of follicle rupture. II. Scanning electron microscopy of rabbit germinal epithelium prior to induced ovulation. Cell Tissue Res. 1974; 149(3):301-12. DOI: 10.1007/BF00226765. View

GRAHAM Jr R, Karnovsky M . The early stages of absorption of injected horseradish peroxidase in the proximal tubules of mouse kidney: ultrastructural cytochemistry by a new technique. J Histochem Cytochem. 1966; 14(4):291-302. DOI: 10.1177/14.4.291. View

YASUZUMI G, Tanaka H . Electron microscope studies on the fine structure of the ovary. I. Studies on the origin of yolk. Exp Cell Res. 1957; 12(3):681-5. DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(57)90190-8. View

Reale E, Luciano L . [Critical electron microscopical studies on the localization of activity of alkaline phosphatase in the main portion of the kidney of mice]. Histochemie. 1967; 8(3):302-14. DOI: 10.1007/BF00306094. View

Coggeshall R . A cytologic analysis of the bag cell control of egg laying in Aplysia. J Morphol. 1970; 132(4):461-85. DOI: 10.1002/jmor.1051320407. View

10.

GATENBY J . Notes on the gametogenesis of a pulmonate mollusc: an electron microscope study. Cellule. 1960; 60:287-300. View

11.

Linde A, Magnusson B . Inhibition studies of alkaline phosphatase in hard tissue-forming cells. J Histochem Cytochem. 1975; 23(5):342-7. DOI: 10.1177/23.5.165233. View

12.

ZACHARIAE F . Acid mucopolysaccharides in the female genital system and their role in the mechanism of ovulation. Acta Endocrinol Suppl (Copenh). 1959; 33(Suppl 47):1-64. View

13.

Terakado K . Origin of yolk granules and their development in the snail, Physa acuta. J Electron Microsc (Tokyo). 1974; 23(2):99-106. View

14.

NOVIKOFF A, Goldfischer S . Visualization of peroxisomes (microbodies) and mitochondria with diaminobenzidine. J Histochem Cytochem. 1969; 17(10):675-80. DOI: 10.1177/17.10.675. View

15.

Bedford L . The electron microscopy and cytochemistry of oogenesis and the cytochemistry of embryonic development of the prosobranch gastropod Bembicium nanum L. J Embryol Exp Morphol. 1966; 15(1):15-37. View

16.

BJERSING L, Cajander S . Ovulation and the mechanism of follicle rupture. IV. Ultrastructure of membrana granulosa of rabbit graafian follicles prior to induced ovulation. Cell Tissue Res. 1974; 153(1):1-14. DOI: 10.1007/BF00225441. View

17.

Hugon J, Borgers M . Fine structural localization of acid and alkaline phosphatase activities in the absorbing cells of the duodenum of rodents. Histochemie. 1968; 12(1):42-66. DOI: 10.1007/BF00306346. View

18.

ZACHARIAE F, Jensen C . Studies on the mechanism of ovulation: histochemical and physico-chemical investigations on genuine follicular fluids. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh). 1958; 27(3):343-55. View

19.

Jensen C, ZACHARIAE F . Studies on the mechanism of ovulation: isolation and analysis of acid mucopolysaccharides in bovine follicular fluid. Acta Endocrinol (Copenh). 1958; 27(3):356-68. View

20.

de Jong-Brink M . Histochemical and electron microscope observations on the reproductive tract of Biomphalaria glabrata (Australorbis glabratus), intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. Z Zellforsch Mikrosk Anat. 1969; 102(4):507-42. DOI: 10.1007/BF00335491. View