Ultrastructure of the Androgenic Gland of the Freshwater Prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense = 징거미새우, Macrobrachium nipponense의 Androgenic Gland 미세구조

국문 초록 (Abstract)

대부분의 연갑류에서 androgenic gland (AG)는 수컷의 성 분화와 성징의 발달에 관여하는 호르몬을 분비하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 징거미새우, M. nipponense의 AG는 제5보각 (fifth waking legs)의 저절 (coxopodite)내에 위치한 사정관과 수정관의 말단부 (distat vas deferens)사이에 위치하고 있었다. AG는 단일 세포 가닥 (simple cellular strand)들로 이루어져 있고 이들 세포

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The androgenic gland secretes a hormone, androgenic gland hormone, which is believed to act on the differentiation of the primary, secondary, and behavioral sex characteristics in most malacostracan crustaceans. This report presents the ultrastructural morphology of the androgenic gland in the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium nipponense. This gland, located in the coxopodite of the last pair of walking legs, was attached to the subterminal region of the sperm duct. The gland was composed of simple cellular strands, encased by a fibrous sheath. Microvilli were situated in the fibrous sheath, especially at the edge of each cellular strand. The androgenic gland cells had the large and round nucleus and rough endoplasmic reticulum arranged either in spirals or in concentric circles throughout the cytoplasm of the cell. They also had the well-developed Golgi complex and long mitochondria with flat and transverse cristae. The Golgi complex was similar to microvesicular cluster, but usually in the shape of typical dictyosomes, These features of androgenic gland cells coincides well with the protein/peptide secretion in their function. However, despite the apparent ultastructual equipment for protein/peptide secretion, no accumulation of materials secreted were noticed in the cytoplasm. Therefore it is strongly suggested that the transient transportation of the materials into the hemocoel has occurred just after synthesis.