Structural and ultrastructural features of boar seminal vesicles

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-91

  Badia, Elena ^a   Briz, M D ^a   Pinart, E ^a   Sancho, S ^a   Garcia Gil, N ^a   Bassols, J ^a   Pruneda, A ^a   Bussalleu, E ^a   Yeste, M ^a   Casas, I ^a   Bonet, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boar; Immunohistochemistry; Light microscopy; Seminal vesicles; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APICAL MEMBRANE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; LAMINA PROPRIA; MAST CELL; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MITOSIS; MUCOSA; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEMINAL VESICLE; STEM CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SWINE; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645146981     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

References (64)

1. M. Abdel-Raouf The postnatal development of the reproductive organs in bulls with special reference to puberty (including growth of the hypophysis and the adrenals) Acta Endocrinol. (Copenh.) 34 Suppl. 49 1960 1-109
2. A. Abou-Elmagd R. Kujat K.H. Wrobel Ultrastructure and innervation of water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) seminal vesicle Acta Anat. (Basel) 145 1992 420-429
3. A. Abou-Elmagd K.H. Wrobel The periurethral glandular complex in the water buffalo: An ultrastructural, histological and lectin-histochemical study Arch. Histol. Cytol. 52 1989 501-512
4. W.F. Agnew T.G. Yuen T.R. Achtyl Ultrastructural observations suggesting apocrine secretion in the choroid plexus: A comparative study Neurol. Res. 1 1980 313-332
5. Y. Agrawal T. Vanha-Perttula Effect of secretory particles in bovine seminal vesicle secretion on sperm motility and acrosome reaction J. Reprod. Fertil. 79 1987 409-419
6. R.N. Aitken A histochemical study of the accessory genital glands of the boar J. Anat. 94 1960 130-142
7. B. Alberts D. Bray J. Lewis M. Raff K. Roberts J.D. Watson Molecular Biology of the Cell 2002 Garland Publishing New York pp. 1463
8. W. Amselgruber F.H. Feder Licht- und elektronenmikroskopische untersuchungen der samenblasendrüse (Glandula vesicularis) des bullen Anat. Histol. Embryol. 15 1986 361-379
9. Y. Atoji Y. Yamamoto Y. Suzuki Apocrine secretion in the infraorbital gland of the Japanese serow, Capricornis crispus: A scanning electron-microscopic study Acta Anat. (Basel) 148 1993 8-13
10. G. Aumüller G. Adler Experimental studies of apocrine secretion in the dorsal prostate epithelium of the rat Cell Tissue Res. 198 1979 145-158
11. G. Aumüller H. Renneberg P.J. Schiemann B. Wilhelm J. Seitz L. Konrad G. Wennemuth The role of apocrine released proteins in the post-testicular regulation of human sperm function Holstein The Fate of the Male Germ Cell 1997 Plenum Press New York 193-219
12. G. Aumüller A. Riva Morphology and functions of the human seminal vesicle Andrologia 24 1992 183-196
13. G. Aumüller B. Wilhelm J. Seitz Apocrine secretion - fact or artifact? Anat. Anz. 181 1999 437-446
14. G.C. Baccari G. Chieffi L. Di Matteo D. Dafnis G. De Rienzo S. Minucci Morphology of the Harderian gland of the Gecko, Tarentola mauritanica J. Morphol. 244 2000 137-142
15. S. Bonet M.D. Briz E. Pinart A. Fradera Contrastación del esperma de porcino al microscopio electrónico de transmisión Tratado de Ganado Porcino 21 1994 21-28
16. C. Bressou O. Vladutiu Nouvelle contribution á l'étude des vésicules séminales du Porc Recuil. Méd. Vét. 124 1948 529-540
17. M.D. Briz S. Bonet A. Fradera A morphologic study of the ductus of the epididymis of Sus domesticus J. Morphol. 215 1993 183-193
18. F.M. Cardoso H.P. Godinho J.C. Nogueira Age-related changes in the seminal vesicles of a Brazilian (Nelore) zebu Acta Anat. (Basel) 103 1979 327-335
19. F. Centurion J.M. Vazquez J.J. Calvete J. Roca L. Sanz I. Parrilla E.M. Garcia E.A. Martinez Influence of porcine spermadhesins on the susceptibility of boar spermatozoa to high dilution Biol. Reprod. 69 2003 640-646
20. J. Chakraborty L. Nelson J. Jhunjhunwala M. Young K. Kropp Intranuclear inclusion bodies in epithelial cells of human vas deferens Arch. Androl. 2 1979 1-12
21. L. Chan Y.C. Wong Complex carbohydrate histochemistry of the lateral prostate and seminal vesicle of the guinea pig Acta Anat. (Basel) 142 1991 326-333
22. A.T. Collins F.K. Habib N.J. Maitland D.E. Neal Identification and isolation of human prostate epithelial stem cells based on alpha(2)beta(1)-integrin expression J. Cell Sci. 114 2001 3865-3872
23. K.M. Dyce W.O. Sack C.J.G. Wensing Textbook of Veterinary Anatomy third ed. 2002 Saunders WB Philadelphia pp. 840
24. P.S. Eggli W. Graber E. Van der Zypen Formation and release of vesicles from the basal surfaces of rat eye non-pigmented ciliary epithelial cells: A novel secretory mechanism? Anat. Rec. 231 1991 156-166
25. M. El-Alfy G. Pelletier L.S. Hermo F. Labrie Unique features of the basal cells of human prostate epithelium Microsc. Res. Tech. 51 2000 436-446
26. Erkel, J. 2000. Nachweis und charakterisierung von transglutaminase im menschlichen ejakulat. Philipps-University, Marburg.
27. A.P. Gesase Y. Satoh K. Ono Secretagogue-induced apocrine secretion in the Harderian gland of the rat Cell Tissue Res. 285 1996 501-507
28. S. Groos B. Wilhelm H. Renneberg A. Riva R. Reichelt J. Seitz G. Aumüller Simultaneous apocrine and merocrine secretion in the rat coagulating gland Cell Tissue Res. 295 1999 495-504
29. F. Hawkes J. Rzepka G. Gontrand Presence of intranuclear inclusions in the principal cells of the epididymis of the garden dormouse Eliomys quercinus L J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol. 20 1988 471-476
30. S.W. Hayward J.R. Brody G.R. Cunha An edgewise look at basal epithelial cells: Three-dimensional views of the rat prostate, mammary gland and salivary gland Differentiation 60 1996 219-227
31. J.A. Kiernan Histological and Histochemical Methods, Theory and Practice. 1990 Pergamon Press London pp. 433
32. Kobayashi, H., Ishizuka, T., Okayama, Y., 2000. Human mast cells and basophils as sources of cytokines. Clin. Exp. Allergy 30, 1205-1212
33. T. Kohsaka H. Takahara H. Sasada T. Kawarasaki K. Bamba J. Masaki S. Tagami Evidence for immunoreactive relaxin in boar seminal vesicles using combined light and electron microscope immunocytochemistry J. Reprod. Fertil. 95 1992 397-408
34. H. Lauwers M. Nicaise P. Simoens N.R. de Vos Morphology of the vesicular and bulbourethral glands in barrows and the changes induced by diethylstilboestrol Anat. Histol. Embryol. 13 1984 50-63
35. U. Lavon J.C. Boursnell Characterization of boar seminal plasma, vesicular secretion and epididymal plasma proteins by gel disc electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing on polyacrylamide J. Reprod. Fertil. 27 1971 227-232
36. C.P. Leblond Distribution of periodic acid-reactive carbohydrates in the adult rat Am. J. Anat. 86 1950 1-50
37. L.R. Mata Dynamics of the seminal vesicle epithelium Int. Rev. Cytol. 160 1995 267-302
38. A. Mayerhofer A. Bartke A.G. Amador T. Began Histamine affects testicular steroid production in the golden hamster Endocrinology 125 1989 2212-2214
39. J. McDonald Some cytochemical characteristics of certain intranuclear inclusion bodies in the epithelium of the human vas deferens Anat. Rec. 106 1950 327-343
40. Meierhofer, B., 1977. Untersuchungen über die histologie sowie die substrat- und enzymhistochemie der akzessorischen geschlechtsdrüsen des adulten und des früh- bzw. spätkastrierten Ebers. Diss. Vet. Met.
41. R.M. Melampy L.F. Cavazos Effects of testosterone propionate on histochemical reactions of rat seminal vesicles Endocrinology 52 1953 173-187
42. E.B. Messelt Ultrastructural studies on apical blebs of striated ducts in the rat submandibular gland Acta Odontol. Scand. 40 1982 103-111
43. M. Murakami R. Yokoyama SEM observations of the male reproductive tract with special reference to epithelial phagocytosis Prog. Clin. Biol. Res. 296 1989 207-214
44. L. Nicander L. Ploen M. Larsson Specific apocrine secretion in the anterior lobe of the prostate gland of rabbits Cell Tissue Res. 151 1974 69-77
45. G.E. Orlandini P. Pacini M. Gulisano SEM of human vas deferens and seminal vesicle D.J. Allen P.M. Motta L.J.A. DiDio Three Dimensional Anatomy of Cell and Tissue Surface 1981 Elsevier New York 299-310
46. L.J. Ream R. Principato Ultrastructural observations on the mechanism of secretion in the rat parathyroid after fluoride ingestion Cell Tissue Res. 214 1981 569-573
47. H. Renneberg L. Konrad G. Aumüller Immunohistochemistry of secretory particles ('vesiculosomes') from the epithelium of bovine seminal vesicles and ampulla of the vas deferens Acta Anat. (Basel) 153 1995 273-281
48. E.S. Reynolds The use of lead citrate at high pH as an electron opaque stain in electron microscopy J. Cell Biol. 17 1963 205-212
49. A. Riva G. Aumüller Epithelium of the distal portion of the human spermatic pathway: Seminal vesicle, ampulla ductus deferentis, and ejaculatory duct M. PM Ultrastructure of the Male Urogenital Glands: Prostate, Seminal Vesicles, Urethral, and Bulbourethral Glands 1994 Kluwer Academic Publishers New York 35-49
50. A. Riva M. Cossu E. Usai F. Testa-Riva Spermatophagy by epithelial cells of the seminal vesicle and of the ampulla ductus deferentis in man: A scanning and transmission EM study G. Fraise E.S.E. Hafez E. Conti A. Fabrini Oligozoospermia: Recent Progress in Andrology 1981 Raven Press New York 45-53
51. A. Riva R.A. Stockwell A histochemical study of human seminal vesicle epithelium J. Anat. 104 1969 253-262
52. Y. Satoh K. Ishikawa Y. Oomori S. Takede K. Ono Secretion mode of the harderian gland of rats after stimulation by cholinergic secretagogues Acta Anat. (Basel) 143 1992 7-13
53. F. Sinowatz R. Skolek-Winnisch W. Lipp B. Meierhofer Histotopik von glykosidasen in den akzessorischen geschlechtsdrüsen des ebers vor und nach kastration Acta Anat. (Basel) 102 1978 84-89
54. J.D. Skinner W.D. Booth L.E. Rowson H. Karg The post-natal development of the reproductive tract of the Suffolk ram, and changes in the gonadotrophin content of the pituitary J. Reprod. Fertil. 16 1968 463-477
55. Strzezek, J., Lapkiewicz S., Lecewicz M., 1999. A note on antioxidant capacity of boar seminal plasma. Animal Science Papers and Reports 17, pp. 181-188.
56. J. Strzezek S. Martin-Rillo F. Saiz-Cidoncha Glándula vesicular seminal del verraco: Su papel en la capacidad de fertilización Anaporc 205 2000 59-84
57. J.C. Tinajero A. Fabbri M.L. Dufau Regulation of corticotropin-releasing factor secretion from Leydig cells by serotonin Endocrinology 130 1992 1780-1788
58. E. Topfer-Petersen J.J. Calvete Molecular mechanisms of the interaction between sperm and the zona pellucida in mammals: Studies on the pig Int. J. Androl. 18 Suppl. 2 1995 20-26
59. E. Topfer-Petersen J.J. Calvete L. Sanz F. Sinowatz Carbohydrate-and heparin-binding proteins in mammalian fertilization Andrologia 27 1995 303-324
60. C.M. Veneziale A.L.J. Brown F.G. Prendergast Histology and fine structure of guinea pig seminal vesicle Mayo Clin. Proc. 49 1974 309-313
61. A.P. Verhagen T.W. Aalders F.C. Ramaekers F.M. Debruyne J.A. Schalken Differential expression of keratins in the basal and luminal compartments of rat prostatic epithelium during degeneration and regeneration Prostate 13 1988 25-38
62. K.H. Wrobel Zur morphologie des samenblasenepithels der ziege Zentralbl Veterinarmed A 17 1970 634-643
63. Y. Xiong D.B. Hales The role of tumor necrosis factor-alpha in the regulation of mouse Leydig cell steroidogenesis Endocrinology 132 1993 2438-2444
64. M. Zaviacic V. Jakubovska M. Belosovic J. Breza Ultrastructure of the normal adult human female prostate gland (Skene's gland) Anat. Embryol. (Berl) 201 2000 51-61