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Significance of peristaltic squeezing of sperm bundles in the silkworm, Bombyx mori: elimination of irregular eupyrene sperm nuclei of the triploid
| Title: | Significance of peristaltic squeezing of sperm bundles in the silkworm, Bombyx mori: elimination of irregular eupyrene sperm nuclei of the triploid |
| Authors: | Sahara, Ken1 Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Kawamura, Naoko Browse this author | | Yamashiki, Naoko Browse this author | | Saitoh, Hiroshi Browse this author |
| Authors(alt): | 佐原, 健1 |
| Keywords: | Apyrene sperm | | Peristaltic squeezing | | Spermatogenesis | | Triploid silkworm |
| Issue Date: | May-2001 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Journal Title: | Zygote |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page: | 159 |
| End Page: | 166 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1017/S0967199401001174 |
| Abstract: | Silkworm (Lepidoptera) males produce dimorphic sperm: nucleate eupyrene sperm and anucleate apyrene sperm. The eupyrene sperm are ordinary sperm to fertilise the eggs, while the function of apyrene sperm remains uncertain. After meiosis, 256 sperm cells are enclosed by a layer of cyst cells, forming a sperm bundle. We have previously documented that the nucleus of eupyrene sperm anchors to the head cyst cell, which locates at the anterior apex of the bundle, by an acrosome tubule-basal body assembly. Neither the basal body attachment to the nucleus nor the acrosome is seen in apyrene sperm, and the nuclei remain in the middle region of the bundle. Peristaltic squeezing starts from the anterior of the bundles in both types of sperm, and cytoplasmic debris of the eupyrene sperm, and both the nuclei and debris of apyrene sperm, are eliminated at the final stage of spermatogenesis. Since the irregularity of meiotic division in apyrene sperm is known, we used triploid silkworm males that show irregular meiotic division even in eupyrene spermatocytes and are highly sterile. The irregular nuclei of the triploid are discarded by the peristaltic squeezing just as those of the apyrene sperm. Transmission electron microscopic observations disclose the abnormality in the acrosome tubule and in the connection to the basal body. The peristaltic squeezing of sperm bundles in the silkworm appears to be the final control mechanism to eliminate irregular nuclei before they enter female reproductive organs. |
| Rights: | Copyright (c) 2001 Cambridge University Press |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/849 |
| Appears in Collections: | 農学院・農学研究院 (Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 佐原 健
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