Structure and Cytochemistry of Skin in Spined Loach, Iksookimia longicorpus (Pisces, Cobitidae)

왕종개 Iksookimia longicorpus (Pisces, Cobitidae) 피부 구조와 세포화학적 특징

  • Park, Jong-Young (Faculty of Biological Sciences, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Kim, Ik-Soo (Faculty of Biological Sciences, Chonbuk National University)
  • Received : 2000.02.03
  • Accepted : 2000.03.05
  • Published : 2000.03.30

Abstract

The structure of skin was studied in Iksookimia longicorpus based on the micro-anatomical investigation of skin fragments taken from four regions. The epidermis was distinguished by two types of skin glands, a small mucous cell and a large club cell. The mucous cell was acid sulfomucins (some sialomueins) but the club cell did not give any histochemical tests for mucosubstances. The presence of a well defined lymphatic system with small lymphocytes was established in the stratum germinativum layer of the epidermis. A large number of blood capillaries run very close to each other just below the basement membrane, and a definite area giving AB and PAS positive was present between the basement membrane and scale.

왕종개 Iksookimia longicorpus 피부 및 피부샘 (skin gland)의 구조와 그들의 세포화학적 특징을 조사하기 위해 등, 측면, 복부, 머리부분 등 4부분을 조사하였다. 왕종개의 표피 (epidermis)는 작은 점액세포 (mucous cell)와 커다란 club cell의 2 type의 gland가 분포하였다. 특히 mucous cell의 성분은 acidic sulfomucins이었으나 club cell은 점액물질 (mucosubstance) test에 전혀 반응을 나타내지 않았다. 표피의 기저층 (stratum germinativum)에는 림파구를 가지는 lymphocytic space가 잘 발달되어 있으며, 기저막 (basement membrane) 바로 아래에는 많은 양의 모세혈관들이 서로 가깝게 분포하였다. 진피 (dermis)의 stratum laxum에는 alcian blue와 PAS 반응에서 양성반응을 보이는 부분 (a definite area)이 존재하였다.

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