Nucelear Degeneration During Reduced Sporogenesis in Blastocladiella emersonii

Blastocladiella emersonii의 단축된 포자형성과정에서 관찰된 핵의 소멸

  • Published : 2004.12.01

Abstract

In Blastocladiella emersonii, a member of zoosporic fungi, development of small sporangia containing a few nuclei can be induced. During these reduced sporogenesis, degeneration of some of the nuclei was observed within the sporangia. This observation supports the hypothesis that the nuclear degeneration is an essential part of sporulation. Morphological changes associated with the nuclear degeneration were similar to those of the autophagy of cytoplasm. This system of nuclear degeneration would become the good model system for the study of autophagy.

Zoosporic fungi의 일종인 Blastocladiella emersonii에서는, 적은 수의 핵을 포함하는 작은 크기의 sporangium의 형성을 유도할 수 있다. 이들의 단축된 포자형성과정에서, sporangium내에 존재하던 일부 핵들의 소멸이 관찰되었다. 이 결과는 핵의 소멸이 포자형성과정의 필수적인 부분과정이라는 가설을 뒷받침해준다. 핵의 소멸과정은 형태적으로 세포질의 autophagy와 유사하였으며, autophagy의 형태적인 발달과정을 연구하기 위한 좋은 모델 시스템이 될 것으로 생각한다.

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