Fine Structure of Diapause Regulator Cell in the Suboesophageal Ganglion in the Silkworm, Bombyx Mori

전자현미경관찰에 의하여 가잠의 식도하신경구에서 휴면요인세포(diapause factor cell)에 어떤 정보를 주는 것으로 생각되는 휴면조절세포(diapause regulator producing cell)를 발견하였다. 휴면조절세포의 과립은 이 세포가 부분적으로 둘러싸고 있는 휴면요인세포의 과립의 직경보다 크며(직경 .2,000∼5,000A), 휴면란을 산란하는 개체의 휴면조절세포에서는 전자밀도가 높은 리소좀이 관찰되었으나, 비휴면란을 산란하는 개체에서는 이것이 관찰되지 않았다. 다수의 세포질과립이 리소좀과 결합되었다가 소형의 과립으로 되어 리소좀으로부터 나오는 것이 발견되었다. 휴면요인세포와 휴면조절세포에 대하여 논하였다.

In the suboesophageal ganglion of Bombyx mori, the diapause regulator producing cells which may give an information to the diapause factor cells were found by means of electron microscopy. The diapause regulator producing cells had larger granules (2000 to 5000 A$^{\circ}$ in diameter) than did the diapause factor cells which were partially surrounded by the formers. Highly electron-dense material of lysosome in the diapause regulator producing cells was observed in the diapause-egg producer but such lysosomes were not in the non-diapause egg-producer. It was found that many cytoplasmic granules fuse with lysosome, and smaller granules come out of lysosomes. Some implications of the diapause factor cell and the diapause regulator producing cell were discussed.