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Ultrastructure of the Submandibular Gland in the Korean Spider Shrew, Sorex caecutiens

뒤쥐, Sorex caecutiens 악하선의 미세구조

  • Jeong, Soon-Jeong (Department of Oral Histology, College of Dentistry, Chosun University) ;
  • Yoo, Ji-Yun (Department of Microbiology, Division of Life Sciences/Research Institute of Life Science, Gyeongsang National University) ;
  • Jeong, Moon-Jin (Department of Oral Histology, College of Dentistry, Chosun University)
  • 정순정 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강조직학교실) ;
  • 유지윤 (경상대학교 생명과학부 미생물학과/생명과학연구소) ;
  • 정문진 (조선대학교 치과대학 구강조직학교실)
  • Published : 2007.06.30
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Abstract

The ultrastructure of submandibular gland was examined in the Korean spider shrew, Sorex caecutiens. The submandibular gland wat composed of acini and salivary ducts. A submadibular acinus was a mixed gland having serous demilune cells and mucous cells that were filled with well developed rER, mitochondria and large amount of dense secretory granules. Serous acinar granules were oval shape without distinct limiting membrane on the border and it had only coarse specks with various density. Mucous acinar granules were oval shape without distinct limiting membrane and had a variety pattern with several thin or transparent bands into the homogeneous dense matrix. Thus submandibular acinar granules of S. caecutiens belonging to subfamily Soricinae were distinct from the other mammalian species including Crocidurinae, because of the absence of limiting membrane of acinar granules and specific pattern of mucous acinar granules. Granular duct cells had large amount of small granular vesicles and several characteristic structures of granule which were revered with stratified limiting membranes and filled with coarse serous-like granule or homogeneous matrix.

뒤쥐 Sorex caecutiens의 악하선의 미세구조를 연구하였다. 악하선은 샘포들과 도관들로 구성되었다. 악하선 샘포는 잘 발달된 조면소포체, 미토콘드리아와 많은 전자밀도가 있는 분비과립으로 채워진 장액선 세포와 점액선 세포를 가지는 혼합샘이었다. 장액선 샘포 과립은 명확한 한계막이 없는 타원형으로 다양한 전자밀도를 가지는 거친 알갱이만을 가지고 있었다. 점액선 샘포 과립은 명확한 한계막이 없는 타원형이고 전자밀도가 있는 균질한 기질 내에 몇 개의 연하거나 투명한 띠를 가져 다양한 문양으로 관찰되었다. 따라서 뒤쥐아과(Soricinae)에 속하는 뒤쥐, S. caecutiens의 악하선 샘포 과립은 샘포 과립의 경계막의 부재와 점액 샘포 과립의 특별한 문양으로 땃쥐아과(Crocidurinae)를 포함한 다른 포유류 종들과 구분된다. 과립관세포에서 많은 작은 과립소포와 층으로 된 한계막으로 덮이고 거친 장액성의 분비 과립 혹은 균질한 기질로 채워진 몇 개의 특징적 구조들이 관찰되었다.

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