The rete ovarii of cattle and deer communicates with the uterine tube

Odend'hal, Stewart; Wenzel, J. G. W.; Player, E. C.

doi:10.1002/ar.1092160107

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“…Other parts of the fallopian tubules were not investigated immunohistologically in the present study, but the canine fallopian fimbria together with the surface epithelium and cortical tubules in the bursal structure previously described may be developed specifically. The connection between fallopian fimbria and rete ovarii in deer has been reported (Odend'hal et al. 1986); in the present study, however, these two structures indicated different immunohistochemical traits, especially in CK7 and PLAP.…”

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Histological and Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Canine Ovary

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In the present study, 15 canine ovaries without morphological lesions were examined histologically and immunohistochemically by using a large number of proteins including AE1/AE3, cytokeratin7 (CK7), CK13, CK20, vimentin, desmin, alpha smooth muscle actin (alphaSMA), calponin, S100, Neurofilaments, Inhibinalpha, placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) and neuron-specific enolase. Ovarian structures observed in this study included surface epithelium (SE), cortical tubules (CT), tunica albuginea (TA), stromal cells (SC), internal endocrine cells (IE), rete ovarii (RO) and fallopian tubes (FT). SE, CT, RO and FT were broadly immunoreactive for desmin. Besides AE1/AE3 and vimentin, desmin was also closely linked to these structures. Rete ovarii forming a reticular structure showed a positive reaction to S100. Surface epithelium was immunoreactive for PLAP at a significantly high level. In conclusion, these results indicate a specific segment of immunoreactivity as well as the broad range of immunoreactivity in canine ovary. The distinct patterns of immunoreactive for various kinds of proteins will play an important role in facilitating their identification and discrimination even in a normal canine ovary with a complex structure.

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Histological and Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Canine Ovary

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“…An ovarian cyst may be formed from the follicle, corpus luteum, rete ovarii, or the cortical invaginations of the surface epithelium (Odend'hal et al, 1986;Clement, 1987). It is suspected that if the epithelium of ovarian cysts, immunopositive for S-100 protein in this study, arises from the rete ovarii, immunostaining with S-100 protein could provide a useful method for distinguishing the rete cysts from the other cysts.…”

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“…S-100 protein has been reported to induce hormone secretion in cultured prolactin cells (Ishikawa et al, 1983). Odend'hal et al (1986) reported that the rete ovarii might respond to hormones and possibly even produce hormones. Thus, the immunostaining with S-100 protein may be a useful method for identifying the function of the rete ovarii.…”

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S‐100 protein‐immunoreactive cells in the bovine ovary

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The present study deals with an immunohistochemical localization of S-100 protein in the bovine ovary. Immunoreactivity for S-100 was observed in various types of cells, as well as in cells of the nervous system. The endothelial cells of arterial vessels, blood capillaries, and lymph vessels; the epithelial cells of ovarian cysts; and the oocytes of normal and atretic follicles showed an S-100 protein positivity. The immunoreactivity also was found in the epithelial cells of the rete ovarii. No cells other than these showed immunoreactivity to the anti-S-100 serum. S-100 protein can be a useful marker for providing information on ovarian function.

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“…The common origin and the close embryological relationship of the two structures represent the morphological basis for the occurrence of a fimbria ovarica in most female mammals and an attachment of the appendix testis or sessile hydatides to the male gonad. In female ruminants, a permanent tuboretial connection may persist throughout adult life, as has been described for the cow and whitetailed deer (Odend'hal et al 1986). In these two species, canalized extensions of the rete ovarii open directly into the infundibulum of the oviduct close to its attachment to the ovary.…”

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The genus Acipenser as a model for vertebrate urogenital development: the müllerian duct

Wrobel

2003

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The development of the müllerian duct was studied in a total of 85 specimens of Acipenser ruthenus and Acipenser baeri in the period from 7 days after hatching through 5 years of age. Normal histology on serial sections, transmission and scanning electron microscopy and bromodeoxyuridine immunohistochemistry were applied. In Acipenser, the primary set of opisthonephric nephrons possess short nephrostomial tubules with well-developed nephrostomes. Proliferating cells from the lateral side of the slightly protruding nephrostomial lips spread out over the ceolomic surface, replace here the flat mesothelium of lateral plate origin and establish the infundibular field, consisting of cuboidal or columnar cells. At about 28 days after hatching, the primordium of the müllerian infundibulum becomes visible in the form of a pocket-like invagination within the infundibular field. This invagination is found coexisting with and located laterally to the line of intact nephrostomes. The müllerian infundibulum, therefore, does not represent the homologon of a nephrostome itself, but must be regarded as a separate and secondary structure. The müllerian duct proper has its origin in cells from the bottom of the infundibular pocket. These cells grow as a tubule with a solid tip in the caudal direction, paralleling the wolffian duct, but without a contribution of cells from the latter. In Acipenser, a müllerian duct is present also in the adult male. In males as in females, the caudal extremity of the müllerian duct generally divides into two to three smaller terminals which end in the wolffian duct at different levels, but always cranial to the urogenital sinus. In most indifferent animals and in all males of this study, the tips of the müllerian terminals are closed and covered by a thin layer of wolffian epithelium. In adult females, the müllerian ducts end with open terminals. In both sexes, the adult müllerian duct is lined by a pseudostratified columnar epithelium, consisting of ciliated, non-ciliated and basal free cells.

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The rete ovarii of cattle and deer communicates with the uterine tube

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Histological and Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Canine Ovary

Histological and Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Canine Ovary

S‐100 protein‐immunoreactive cells in the bovine ovary

The genus Acipenser as a model for vertebrate urogenital development: the müllerian duct

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