Cells Tissues Organs

Original Paper

Ciliogenesis in the Uterine Tube of Control and Superovulated Heifers

Abughrien B.M. · Dore M.A.P.

Author affiliations

Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, Ireland

Keywords: CiliogenesisCentriole developmentUterine tubeOestrous cycleElectron microscopyCow

Related Articles for ""
Cells Tissues Organs 2000;166:338–348
https://doi.org/10.1159/000016749

Log in to MyKarger to check if you already have access to this content.




Forgot your password
Sign up to MyKarger

Buy

  • FullText & PDF
  • Unlimited re-access via MyKarger
  • Unrestricted printing, no saving restrictions for personal use
read more
CHF 38.00 *
EUR 35.00 *
USD 39.00 *

Select

KAB

Buy a Karger Article Bundle (KAB) and profit from a discount!


If you would like to redeem your KAB credit, please log in.

Save over 20% compared to the individual article price.

Learn more

Rent/Cloud

  • Rent for 48h to view
  • Buy Cloud Access for unlimited viewing via different devices
  • Synchronizing in the ReadCube Cloud
  • Printing and saving restrictions apply
Rental: USD 8.50
Cloud: USD 20.00

Select

Subscribe

  • Access to all articles of the subscribed year(s) guaranteed for 5 years
  • Unlimited re-access via Subscriber Login or MyKarger
  • Unrestricted printing, no saving restrictions for personal use
read more

Subcription rates

Select
* The final prices may differ from the prices shown due to specifics of VAT rules.

Article / Publication Details

First-Page Preview
Abstract of Original Paper

Published online: June 19, 2000
Issue release date: 2000

Number of Print Pages: 11
Number of Figures: 13
Number of Tables: 0

ISSN: 1422-6405 (Print)
eISSN: 1422-6421 (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/CTO

Abstract

Ciliogenesis was investigated in the uterine tube epithelium of control and superovulated heifers during day 1 to day 7 of the oestrous cycle. Seventy-two heifers were used, consisting of four control groups and four superovulated groups. All heifers received cloprostenol (PG) to induce oestrus (day 0). Superovulated heifers received 24 mg pFSH at doses of 4.5, 3.5, 2.5 and 1.5 mg given twice daily. Control and superovulated heifers were slaughtered on days 1, 3, 5 and 7 of the oestrous cycle. Samples from the ampulla, preisthmus and isthmus of the uterine tube were collected and processed for light and electron microscopy, following standard procedures. Both centriolar and acentriolar pathways were involved in the development of basal bodies. Formation of basal bodies and protrusion of ciliary shafts mostly occurred during days 1 and 3 of the oestrous cycle. The centriolar pathways, in which procentrioles generate with the aid of preexisting centrioles, played a minor role in the heifer uterine tube. In the acentriolar pathways, fibrous granules were the first structures which appeared in the course of ciliogenesis and they initially occurred in association with free ribosomes. Subsequently, deuterosomes arose in the aggregates of fibrous granules, and then procentrioles containing microtubules originated around deuterosomes or apart from deuterosomes. Newly formed centrioles migrated to the apical cytoplasm, and ciliary shafts extended first at the periphery of the luminal surface of ciliogenic cells. Deuterosomes as well as rootlet formation were considered to be related to the fibrous granules. Quantitative examinations by light microscopy showed that the number of ciliated cells in the ampullar, preisthmic and isthmic epithelium of the superovulated heifers was significantly higher than in the control heifers during day 1 and day 3 of the oestrous cycle.

© 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel



Related Articles:

References

  1. Abe, H., C. Numazawa, M. Abe, M. Onodera, A. Katsumi (1993) Immunocytochemical localization of oviduct-specific glycoproteins in the oviductal epithelium from cows at follicular and luteal phases. Cell Tissue Res 274: 41–47.
    External Resources
  2. Abe, H., T. Oikawa (1991) Regional differences in the ultrastructural features of secretory cells in the golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus) oviductal epithelium. J Anat 175: 145–158.
  3. Abe, H., T. Oikawa (1993a) Effects of estradiol and progesterone on the cytodifferentiation of epithelial cells in the oviduct of the newborn golden hamster. Anat Rec 235: 390–398.
    External Resources
  4. Abe, H., T. Oikawa (1993b) Observations by scanning electron microscopy of oviductal epithelial cells from cows at follicular and luteal phases. Anat Rec 235: 399–410.
    External Resources
  5. Anderson, R.G.W., R.M. Brenner (1971) The formation of basal bodies (centrioles) in the rhesus monkey oviduct. J Cell Biol 50: 10–34.
    External Resources
  6. Bajpai, V.K., A.C. Shipstone, D.N. Gupta, J.N. Karkun (1977) Differential response of the ampullary and isthmic cells to ovariectomy and estrogen treatment: An ultrastructural study. Endokrinologie 69: 11–20.
    External Resources
  7. Barnes, M.A., A.M. Castellano, G.W. Kazmer, R.J. Wade, R.D. Halman (1982) Effect of exogenous FSH on estrus, ovulation and endogenous hormone release in dairy cows. Theriogenology 18: 311–323.
  8. Blandau, R.J. (1973) Gamete transport in the female mammal; in Geep, R.O., E.B. Astwood (eds): Handbook of Physiology. Section 7, Endocrinology, II, part 2. Washington, American Physiological Society, pp 153–163.
  9. Blandau, R.J., B. Brackett, R.M. Brenner, J.L. Boling, H. Broderson, C. Hamner, L. Mastroianni (1977) The oviduct; in Greep R.O., M.A. Koblinsky (eds): Frontiers in Reproduction and Fertility Control. Cambridge, MIT Press, pp 132–145.
  10. Brenner, R.M. (1969a) Renewal of oviduct cilia during the menstrual cycle of the rhesus monkey. Fertil Steril 20: 599–611.
    External Resources
  11. Brenner, R.M. (1969b) The biology of oviductal cilia; in Hafez E.S.E., R.J. Blandau (eds): The Mammalian Oviduct. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, pp 203–229.
  12. Brenner R.M., R.G.W. Anderson (1973) Endocrine control of ciliogenesis in the primate oviduct; in Greep O.R., E.B. Astwood (eds): Handbook of Physiology. Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, pp 123–139.
  13. Dirksen, E.R. (1971) Centriole morphogenesis in developing ciliated epithelium of the mouse oviduct. J Cell Biol 51: 286–302.
    External Resources
  14. Dirksen, E.R., T.T. Crocker (1965) Centriole replication in differentiating ciliated cells of mammalian respiratory epithelium: An electron microscopic study. J Mirosc 5: 629–644.
  15. El-Banna, A.A., E.S. Hafez (1970) Profile analysis of the oviductal wall in rabbits and cattle. Anat Rec 166: 469–478.
    External Resources
  16. Gandolfi, F. (1995) Functions of proteins secreted by oviduct epithelial cells. Microsc Res Tech 32: 1–12.
    External Resources
  17. Gandolfi, F., S. Modina, T.A.L. Brevini, C. Galli, R.M. Moor, A. Lauria (1991) Oviduct ampullary epithelium contributes a glycoprotein to the zona pellucida, perivitelline space and blastomere membrane of the sheep embryos. Eur J Basic Appl Histochem 35: 383–392.
    External Resources
  18. Glencross, R.G., G.S. Pope (1981) Concentrations of oestradiol-17β and progesterone in the plasma of dairy heifers before and after cloprostenol-induced and natural luteolysis and during early pregnancy. Anim Reprod Sci 4: 93–106.
    External Resources
  19. Hagiwara, H., T. Aoki, T. Fujimoto (1997a) Ultrastructural observation on ‘transitional tubules’ in human oviductal ciliogenic cells. J Anat 191: 285–290.
    External Resources
  20. Hagiwara, H., T. Aoki, N. Ohwada, T. Fujimoto (1997b) Development of striated rootlets during ciliogenesis in the human oviduct epithelium. Cell Tissue Res 290: 39–42.
    External Resources
  21. Hagiwara, H., S. Shibasaki, N. Ohwada (1992) Ciliogenesis in the human oviduct epithelium during the normal menstrual cycle. J Electron Microsc 41: 321–329.
    External Resources
  22. Hunter, R.H. (1994) Modulation of gamete and embryonic microenvironments by oviduct glycoproteins. Mol Reprod Dev 39: 176–181.
    External Resources
  23. Hunter, R.H., B. Flechon, J.E. Flechon (1991) Distribution, morphology and epithelial interactions of bovine spermatozoa in the oviduct before and after ovulation: A scanning electron microscope study. Tissue Cell 23: 641–656.
    External Resources
  24. Jansen, R.P.S., V.K. Bajpai (1982) Oviduct acid mucus glycoproteins in the estrous rabbit: ultrastructure and histochemistry. Biol Reprod 26: 155–168.
    External Resources
  25. Lauria, A., S. Arrighi, S. Modina, F. Gandolfi (1986) Morphofunctional aspects of the oviduct epithelium of superovulated heifers. Atti Soc Ital Sci Vet 39: 62–65.
  26. Malette, B., Y. Paquette, Y. Merlen, G. Bleau (1995) Oviductins possess chitinase- and mucin-like domains: a lead in the search for the biological function of these oviduct-specific zp-association glycoproteins. Mol Reprod Dev 41: 384–397.
    External Resources
  27. Nayak, R.K., E.F. Ellington (1977) Ultrastructural and ultracytochemical cyclic changes in the bovine uterine tube (oviduct) epithelium. Am J Vet Res 38: 157–168.
    External Resources
  28. Oberti, C., J. Zanartu, G. Vasquez, I. Brosens, B. Robertson (1979) Ultrastructural changes in the human oviduct epithelium during the puerperium and lactation; in Beller, F.K., G.F.B. Schumacher (eds): The Biology of the Fluids of the Female Genital Tract. New York, Elsevier, pp 361–372.
  29. Odor, D.L., J.R. Augustine (1995) Morphological study of changes in the baboon oviductal epithelium during the menstrual cycle. Microsc Res Tech 32: 13–28.
    External Resources
  30. Odor, D.L., R.J. Blandau (1973) Egg transport over the fimbrial surface of the rabbit oviduct under experimental conditions. Fertil Steril 24: 292–300.
    External Resources
  31. Odor, D.L., P. Gaddum-Rosse, R.E. Rumery, R.J. Blandau (1980) Cyclic variations in the oviductal ciliated cells during menstrual cycle and after estrogen treatment in the pig-tailed monkey, Macaca nemestrina. Anat Rec 198: 35–57.
    External Resources
  32. Rajput, R., D.N. Sharma (1997) Regional, cyclic and gerentological studies on histology and histochemistry of oviduct of gaddi sheep. Indian Vet J 74: 580–583.
  33. Seidel, G.E., R.A. Bowen, L.D. Nelson, N.R. Homan (1975) Responses of cattle to superovulation treatments (abstract). Proc 88th Ann Res Conf Colorado State Univ, P 163.
  34. Sorokin, S.P. (1968) Reconstructions of centriole formation and ciliogenesis in mammalian lungs. J Cell Sci 3: 207–230.
    External Resources
  35. Staros, A.L., G.J. Killian (1998) In vitro association of six oviductal fluid proteins with the bovine zona pellucida. J Reprod Fertil 112: 131–137.
    External Resources
  36. Steinman, R.M. (1968) An electron microscopic study of ciliogenesis in developing epidermis and trachea in the embryo of Xenopus laevis. Am J Anat 122: 19–56.
    External Resources
  37. Suarez, S.S., K. Brockman, R. Lefebvre (1997) Distribution of mucus and sperm in bovine oviducts after artificial insemination: The physical environment of the oviductal sperm reservoir. Biol Reprod 56: 447–453.
    External Resources
  38. Uhrin, V., J. Kliment (1983a) Submicroscopic changes in the ciliated cells of the oviduct epithelium in cows during the sexual cycle. Vet Med 28: 157–167.
  39. Uhrin, V., J. Kliment (1983b) Submicroscopic changes in the secretory cells of the oviduct epithelium in cows during the sexual cycle. Vet Med 28: 199–209.
  40. Verhage, H.G., M.L. Bareither, R.C. Jaffe, M. Akbar (1979) Cyclic change in ciliation, secretion and cell height of the oviductal epithelium in women. Am J Anat 156: 505–522.
    External Resources
  41. Verhage, H.G., P.A. Mavrogianis, M.L. Boice, L.I. Weiguo, A.T. Fazleabas (1990) Oviductal epithelium of the baboon: Hormonal control and the immuno-gold localization of oviduct-specific glycoproteins. Am J Anat 187: 81–90.
    External Resources
  42. Walters, D.L., D. Schams, E. Schallenberger (1984) Pulsatile secretion of gonadotrophins, ovarian steroids and ovarian oxytocin during the luteal phase of the oestrous cycle in the cow. J Reprod Fertil 71: 479–491.
    External Resources
  43. Wordinger, R.J., K.R. Amsler (1980) Histochemical identification of the glycocalyx layer in the bovine oviduct and endometrium. Anim Reprod Sci 3: 189–193.

Article / Publication Details

First-Page Preview
Abstract of Original Paper

Published online: June 19, 2000
Issue release date: 2000

Number of Print Pages: 11
Number of Figures: 13
Number of Tables: 0

ISSN: 1422-6405 (Print)
eISSN: 1422-6421 (Online)

For additional information: https://www.karger.com/CTO

Copyright / Drug Dosage / Disclaimer

Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be translated into other languages, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, microcopying, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Drug Dosage: The authors and the publisher have exerted every effort to ensure that drug selection and dosage set forth in this text are in accord with current recommendations and practice at the time of publication. However, in view of ongoing research, changes in government regulations, and the constant flow of information relating to drug therapy and drug reactions, the reader is urged to check the package insert for each drug for any changes in indications and dosage and for added warnings and precautions. This is particularly important when the recommended agent is a new and/or infrequently employed drug.
Disclaimer: The statements, opinions and data contained in this publication are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publishers and the editor(s). The appearance of advertisements or/and product references in the publication is not a warranty, endorsement, or approval of the products or services advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements.

Article Tools
Article Details

2000, Vol.166, No. 4

2000

Article

Recommend This
TOP