棘胸蛙脾脏的进化水平分析与血脾屏障的组成及功能

Composition and function of the blood-spleen barrier in Quasipaa spinosa and the evolutionary level of spleen

  • 摘要: 为明确棘胸蛙脾脏的进化水平及血脾屏障的组成与功能,采用组织学与电镜技术,酸性α-乙酸萘酚酯酶、酸性磷酸酶及碱性磷酸酶染色,并结合活体注射台盼蓝染液对棘胸蛙脾脏进行了研究。结果显示,棘胸蛙脾脏出现了红髓与白髓的分化,但边界不清,无边缘区结构,未形成动脉周围淋巴鞘与生发中心;椭球体少量分布于红髓与白髓的边界区,未形成椭球周围淋巴鞘。由黑色素巨噬细胞聚集而成的黑色素巨噬细胞中心分散在白髓内部,或包裹于白髓四周。脾脏内细胞对酸性α-乙酸萘酚酯酶染色呈阴性。超微结构观察与台盼蓝活体染色实验结果显示,棘胸蛙的血脾屏障由脾索中的网状细胞及游离的巨噬细胞组成,吞噬过程中酸性磷酸酶呈现出规律性的变化。研究表明,棘胸蛙脾脏的进化处于中等水平,脾脏内已具备血脾屏障结构保障着白髓内环境的稳定。实验结果完善了棘胸蛙脾脏结构与功能的相关研究资料,为深入探索无尾类两栖动物的免疫应答机制提供了依据。

     

    Abstract: This study aimed to explore the splenic histology and evolutionary level of Quasipaa spinosa, and also aimed to identify the existence and function of blood–spleen barrier. Histologic technology, transmission electron microscopy, immunohistochemistry, injection of trypan blue, acid phosphatase(ACP) and alkaline phosphatase(AKP) reaction were used in the study. The results showed that spleen without periarterial lymphatic sheaths (PALS) and germinal centres (GC) had two clearly distinguishable areas including the white pulp and the red pulp with fuzzy boundary. In addition to that, there was no evidence for the presence of a marginal zone, and less ellipsoids were located in the boundary region without periellipsoidal lymphatic sheaths (PELS). The white pulp was surrounded by melano-macrophage centres (MMCs) which was formed by numerous melano-macrophages and MMCs were also located in the white pulp occasionally. A few of mast cells existed in the red pulp and close to the vein. The collagen fibers existed in splenic capsule and splenic cord, especially in the wall of arteriole. The result in the detection by Alphα-naphthyl acetate esterase(ANAE) was negative. The dynamic histology of Q. spinosa after injection of trypan blue showed the blue signal was first discovered in free macrophagocyte in the red pulp after one hour post intraperitoneal injection, and then gradually congregated in splenic cord. The blue signal of diffuse distribution in reticular cells in splenic cord was weakened after twenty-four hours post intraperitoneal injection. No trypan blue was detected in the white pulp, ellipsoids and MMCs throughout the whole course of the dynamic study. Meanwhile, the result of dynamic histology post intracardiac injection was similar to that of intraperitoneal injection, except that the positive signal was discovered half an hour earlier. The result of the detection AKP and ACP on the basis of dynamic histology post intraperitoneal injection showed less ACP was detected in normal spleen, but the ACP content in splenic cords and MMCs had a trend of increasing initially and then decreasing afterwards. In contrast, the AKP remained negative in the whole study.

     

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