한국 곰소만산 암컷 바지락(Ruditapes philippinarum)의 난모세포의 발달 및 퇴화과정 중 일어나는 미세구조적 변화에 관해 기술하였다. 난소소낭은 영양성분을 저장하는 포상결체조직세포(VCT cell)들의 기질에 의해 둘러싸여 있다. 난 형성과정 초기에 초기난황형성난모세포와 보조세포(follicle cell)들 사이에 desmosome-like gap junction들이 나타났다. 난황형성과정은 골지체, 미토톤드리아, 조면소포체가 결합되어

Ultrastructural changes occurring during the course of development and degeneration of oocytes in female Ruditapes philippinarum (Adams & Reeve, 1850) are described for clams collected from Gomso Bay, Korea. During the early stages of oogenesis, desomosome-like gap junctions localized between the early vitellogenic oocyte and the follicle cells. Vitellogenesis occurs through a process of autosynthesis, involving the combined activity of the Golgi complex, mitochondria and rough endoplasmic reticulum, and heterosynthesis in which extraovarian precursors are incorporated into oocytes by endocytotic activity, involving the basal region of the early vitellogenic oocytes prior to the formation of the vitelline envelope. The follicle cells appear to play an integral role in vitellogenesis and oocyte degeneration: phagocytosis and intracellular digestion of products originating from oocyte degeneration. These functions can permit a transfer of yolk precursors necessary to vitellogenesis, and they can accumulate nutrients in the cytoplasm, as glycogen and lipids, which can be employed by the vitellogenic oocyte. During the period of oocyte degeneration, follicle cells may have lysosomal system for breakdown, and resorb various phagosomes in the cytoplasm for nutrient storage. But follicle cells probably are not the major source of yolk precursors in vitellogenesis.

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