Experimental studies on morphogenetic factors localized in the first and the second polar lobe of Dentalium eggs

Development ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-243
Author(s):  
W. L. M. Geilenkirchen ◽  
N. H. Verdonk ◽  
L. P. M. Timmermans
Keyword(s):  
Mytilus Edulis ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Ilyanassa Obsoleta ◽  
Polar Lobe ◽  
Apical Tuft ◽  
The Third ◽  
Vegetal Pole ◽  
Morphogenetic Factors

During the development of several annelids and molluscs, a lobe of protoplasm is observed to protrude from the vegetal pole of the egg during the first cleavages. Removal of this polar lobe causes characteristic defects in the developing larvae as has been observed in the scaphopod, Dentalium (Wilson, 1904; Verdonk, 1968), the annelid Sabellaria (Hatt, 1932; Novikoff, 1938), the gastropod Ilyanassa obsoleta (Crampton, 1896; Clement, 1952) and the lamellibranch, Mytilus edulis (Rattenbury & Berg, 1954). In Dentalium a polar lobe is formed at the first, the second and the third cleavage. The lobes contain part of the cytoplasm, which later is confined to the D blastomere. After removal of the first polar lobe, embryos develop in which the post-trochal region and the apical tuft are absent. After removal of the second polar lobe the post-trochal region of the embryos is greatly reduced, but they develop an apical tuft (Wilson, 1904).

The localization of morphogenetic factors in uncleaved eggs of Dentalium

Development ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
N. H. Verdonk ◽  
W. L. M. Geilenkirchen ◽  
L. P. M. Timmermans
Keyword(s):  
Polar Lobe ◽  
Apical Tuft ◽  
Morphogenetic Factors

The effect of removing parts of unfertilized and fertilized eggs of Dentalium has been studied. Up to 70 % of the volume of a 1st polar lobe can be removed from the vegetal side of both unfertilized and fertilized eggs, without influencing apical tuft formation. The post-trochal region is reduced. These eggs form a reduced polar lobe at first cleavage. After removal of more than 70 % of the volume of a 1st polar lobe from the vegetal side of an uncleaved egg, before or after fertilization, no polar lobe is formed and larvae develop without apical tuft or post-trochal region. The polar lobe area is quantitatively determined in the uncleaved egg, but after fertilization of isolated vegetal fragments regulation occurs and the polar lobe becomes proportional in size to the fragment. Feulgen-positive granules, present at the vegetal side of the uncleaved egg, can be removed without influencing apical tuft formation. They may be important as determinants for the formation of the post-trochal region or adult structures.

Local accumulation of Feulgen-positive granules in the egg cortex of Dentalium dentale L.

Development ◽  
1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 245-252
Author(s):  
Lucy P. M. Timmermans ◽  
W. L. M. Geilenkirchen ◽  
N. H. Verdonk
Keyword(s):  
Polar Lobe ◽  
Apical Tuft ◽  
The Third ◽  
The One ◽  
Local Accumulation ◽  
Egg Cortex

A special feature of eggs of several species of annelids and molluscs is the formation of a polar lobe at stage-specific intervals during the cleavage phase. In the scaphopod Dentalium, a polar lobe develops at the first, the second and the third cleavage (Wilson, 1904). The cytoplasm set apart in the polar lobes is ultimately confined to the D blastomere and its derivative cells. Wilson observed that after removal of the polar lobe at the first cleavage a larva develops which lacks an apical tuft and the post-trochal region. After removal of the polar lobe at the second cleavage a larva develops which lacks most of the post-trochal region but possesses an apical tuft. A similar result to the one following the removal of the first polar lobe is obtained by removal of the vegetal one-third of an unfertilized egg.

Ultrastructural changes in the avian vitelline membrane during embryonic development

Development ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-484
Author(s):  
Cynthia Jensen
Keyword(s):  
Embryonic Development ◽  
Mechanical Strength ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
Early Embryonic Development ◽  
Ultrastructural Changes ◽  
Vitelline Membrane ◽  
Entire Surface ◽  
Animal Pole ◽  
The Third ◽  
Vegetal Pole

The vitelline (yolk) membrane of the avian egg plays a dual role during early embryonic development; it encloses the yolk and provides a substratum for expansion of the embryo (Fig. 1). Expansion appears to be dependent upon the movement of cells at the edge of the blastoderm which is intimately associated with the inner layer of the vitelline membrane (New, 1959; Bellairs, 1963). The blastoderm (embryonic plus extraembryonic cells) has almost covered the entire surface of the yolk by the third and fourth days of incubation, and when this stage has been reached the vitelline membrane ruptures over the embryo and slips toward the vegetal pole. Rupture of the membrane during development appears to be the consequence of a decrease in its mechanical strength (Moran, 1936), which changes most rapidly at the animal pole (over the embryo).

Protein synthesis during Ilyanassa development: effect of the polar lobe

Development ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 267-281
Author(s):  
G. Teitelman
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Normal Development ◽  
Disc Electrophoresis ◽  
Developmental Differences ◽  
Protein Solutions ◽  
Polar Lobe ◽  
Stages Of Development ◽  
Morphogenetic Factors ◽  
Slow Moving ◽  
The One

Removal of the polar lobe at the trefoil stage of the first cleavage division of Ilyanassa embryos causes abnormalities much later in development. To determine if the developmental differences between normal and delobed embryos were reflected in alterations in protein synthesis and at what stages of development these become evident, protein solutions were separated by disc electrophoresis on basic acrylamide gels. For the analysis of the newly synthesized proteins, two protein samples, one labelled with 14C and the other with 3H, were combined in the same electrophoretic column. Each was prepared from normal embryos or lobeless embryos at different stages of development. The distribution of the two groups of differentially labelled proteins was compared by a determination, for each fraction, of the ratio of the normalized 3H/14C counts for that particular fraction (R = 3H/14C). The plot of R versus fraction number was studied for various combinations of samples. During normal development the profile of labelled proteins remains unchanged until the onset of visible differentiation. At this stage, around day 4 of development, there are changes in biosynthesis revealed by a greater emphasis on the synthesis of slow moving proteins. The profile of labelled proteins of lobeless embryos remains unchanged up to the 5th day of development. This result is correlated with the absence, in the lobeless embryos, of many of the visible differentiations. Preliminary studies revealed that the spectrum of labelled proteins of the polar lobe is identical to the one present in lobeless embryos and in normal embryos in early stages of development. This suggests the possibility that the morphogenetic factors associated with the polar lobe are not among the newly synthesized proteins. A hypothesis is presented to account for the effects on morphogenesis and protein synthesis which are produced by removal of the polar lobe.

scholarly journals Sex-related differences in local and whole-body heat loss responses: Physical or physiological?

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 843-843
Author(s):  
Daniel Gagnon
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Heat Loss ◽  
Heat Production ◽  
Experimental Studies ◽  
Metabolic Heat Production ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Fixed Rate ◽  
The Third ◽  
Metabolic Heat ◽  
Body Heat

The current thesis examined whether sex differences in local and whole-body heat loss are evident after accounting for confounding differences in physical characteristics and rate of metabolic heat production. Three experimental studies were performed: the first examined whole-body heat loss in males and females matched for body mass and surface area during exercise at a fixed rate of metabolic heat production; the second examined local and whole-body heat loss responses between sexes during exercise at increasing requirements for heat loss; the third examined sex-differences in local sweating and cutaneous vasodilation to given doses of pharmacological agonists, as well as during passive heating. The first study demonstrated that females exhibit a lower whole-body sudomotor thermosensitivity (553 ± 77 vs. 795 ± 85 W·°C−1, p = 0.05) during exercise performed at a fixed rate of metabolic heat production. The second study showed that whole-body sudomotor thermosensitivity is similar between sexes at a requirement for heat loss of 250 W·m−2 (496 ± 139 vs. 483 ± 185 W·m−2·°C−1, p = 0.91) and 300 W·m−2 (283 ± 70 vs. 211 ± 66 W·m−2·°C−1, p = 0.17), only becoming greater in males at a requirement for heat loss of 350 W·m−2 (197 ± 61 vs. 82 ± 27 W·m−2·°C−1, p = 0.007). In the third study, a lower sweat rate to the highest concentration of acetylcholine (0.27 ± 0.08 vs. 0.48 ± 0.13 mg·min−1·cm−2, p = 0.02) and methacholine (0.41 ± 0.09 vs. 0.57 ± 0.11 mg·min−1·cm−2, p = 0.04) employed was evidenced in females, with no differences in cholinergic sensitivity. Taken together, the results of the current thesis show that sex itself can modulate sudomotor activity, specifically the thermosensitivity of the response, during both exercise and passive heat stress. Furthermore, the results of the third study point towards a peripheral modulation of the sweat gland as a mechanism responsible for the lower sudomotor thermosensitivity in females.

Membrane potential of fertilized eggs of Ilyanassa obsoleta during polar lobe formation and cytokinesis

1977 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary W. Conrad ◽  
Ann E. Kammer ◽  
George F. Athey
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Potential ◽  
Ilyanassa Obsoleta ◽  
Polar Lobe

Polar lobe formation and cytokinesis in fertilized eggs of Ilyanassa obsoleta

1980 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 152-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary W. Conrad ◽  
Susan E. Davis
Keyword(s):  
Ilyanassa Obsoleta ◽  
Polar Lobe
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document