Ultrastructural studies on oocyte differentiation and vitellogenesis in the
oocytes of female Kareius bicoloratus were investigated by
transmission electron microscopy. The Golgi complex in the cytoplasm is involved
in the formation of yolk vesicles that contain yolk carbohydrates in the yolk
vesicle of oocytes in the early vitellogenic phase. In this phase, many
pinocytotic vesicles (PVs), which are formed by pinocytosis, contain yolk
precursors (exogenous substances). These substances are associated with
exogenous heterosynthetic vitellogenesis. In yolked oocytes in the late
vitellogenic phase, two morphologically different bodies, which formed by
modified mitochondria, appear in oocytes. One is a multivesicular body
(synthesized by autosynthetic vitellogenesis), and the other is a yolk precursor
(an exogenous substance formed by heterosynthetic vitellogenesis). The
multivesicular bodies (MVB) are taken into the yolk precursors (YP) and are
transformed into primary yolk globules. However, after the YP mix with exogenous
PVs near the zona pellucida, they are transformed into primary yolk globules.
Vitellogenesis of this species occurs via endogenous autosynthesis and exogenous
heterogenesis. Vitellogenesis occurs through endogenous autosynthesis, which
involves the combined activity of the Golgi complex, mitochondria and MVB formed
by modified mitochondria. However, heterosynthesis involves pinocytotic
incorporation of extraovarian precursors (such as vitellogenin in the liver)
into the zona pellucida (via granulosa cells and thecal cells) of the yolked
oocyte.
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