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    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Cell & tissue research 181 (1977), S. 505-518 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Ovulation ; Follicle ; Thecal cell ; Filaments ; Cytochalasin B
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es ist schon bekannt, daß niedrige Konzentrationen von Cytochalasin B (CCB) die Ovulation beim Laubfrosch Hyla regilla völlig hemmen. Unter dem Elektronenmikroskop sieht man in Zellen der äußersten Schicht des Follikels Filamente (Durchmesser: 71 Å), die sich in Bündeln parallel zur Oocytenoberfläche erstrecken. Diese Filamente befinden sich oft in Zusammenhang mit Hemidesmosom-ähnlichen Plaketten des basalen Plasmalemmas. Obwohl CCB (1–5 μg/ml) keinen morphologischen Effekt auf individuelle Filamente zu haben scheint, lassen die Bündelorganisation, das Verhältnis zu den Hemidesmosomen und das stark zusammengeschrumpfte Aussehen des Follikels nach Oocytenaustreibung ein kontraktionsfähiges System im Innern des Follikels annehmen, das eine wichtige Rolle in der Ovulation spielt. Die genannten Zellen scheinen sich durch Kontraktion der Filamentbündel in allen, zur Oocytenoberfläche parallelen, Achsen zu verkürzen. Die Zellen bleiben miteinander durch “maculae adhaerentes” eng verbunden. Die untere Fläche jeder dieser Thekalzellen wird dadurch verkleinert. Diese “Thekaltüte” nimmt daher an Volumen ab, und die Oocyte wird durch die durch Collagenase geschwächte Follikelspitze ausgetrieben.
    Notes: Summary Low concentrations of cytochalasin B (CCB) are known to inhibit ovulation in the frog, Hyla regilla. Examination of amphibian thecal cell ultrastructure reveals filaments (average diameter 71 Å) arranged in bundles parallel to the surface of the oocyte. These filaments are often associated with hemidesmosome-like plaques on the basal plasmalemma. While individual filaments appear unaltered morphologically by CCB (1–5 μg/ml), their organization into bundles, apparent relationship to the hemidesmosomes, and the highly contorted configuration of the thecal cells after oocyte expulsion, suggest that a nonmuscular contractile system residing within the follicle plays a fundamental role in ovulation. Our data suggest that the flattened epithelioid thecal cells shorten all axes that run parallel to the oocyte surface via filament bundle contractions, while they remain tightly bound together by macular attachment plaques. These cells thus increase in height to become cuboidal-low columnar in shape; the area covered by the base of each is greatly reduced. As this “thecal sac” decreases in size, the compression generated by the contractile mechanism forces the oocyte through the enzymatically weakened apex of the follicle and ovulation results.
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    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Springer
    Cell & tissue research 203 (1979), S. 249-256 
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Ovulation ; Starfish ; Follicle cell ; Contractile system ; Filament bundle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Summary The follicle cells which surround the oocytes of starfish are known to both release the hormone 1-methyladenine and to respond to it by an active movement which forms a component of the spawning response to the hormone. In Patiria miniata these flagellated cells are located peripheral to the oocyte and have long cytoplasmic processes which penetrate the vitelline layer to the egg surface to form an adhering zonule-like junction. Within the follicle cell cytoplasm are located elongate filamentous bands which appear to represent a component of the contractile mechanism that mediates follicle cell response to 1-methyladenine. These bands do not resemble the filaments of vertebrate smooth muscle cells (quantity, distribution and size of filaments; lack of dense bodies in the filament mass), nor the contractile units of the superficial epithelium of lower vertebrate follicles.
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