Effects of Feeding and Copultion on Ultrastructural Changes of the Tubular Glands of Gene's Organ in Female Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae).

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  • フタトゲチマダニにおけるジェネ器官管状腺の微細構造的変化に及ぼす吸血と交尾の影響

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Gené's organ which everts from the camerostome and coats the egg surface with waterproofing wax is indispensable for egg hatching. The ultrastructure of the tubular glands of Gené's organ in Haemaphysalis longicornis changes dramatically in accordance with stimuli of feeding and copulation. Cell proliferation followed by membrane supply due to fusing of small vesicles with the apical plasma membrane is induced by the onset of feeding. After the copulation, deep intercellular crypts with well-developed microvilli are formed and cell surface is conspicuously enlarged. The experiment using fed virgin females confirmed that these crypts cannot be formed without copulation. Simultaneously with crypt formation, abundant cytoplasmic inclusions are accumulated. In spite of secretion of abundant wax from the tubular glands, no exocytosis occurs during oviposition. This fact suggests that the low molecular compounds are released from the glandular cells by transmembrane transport.

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  • CRID
    1390282679751171712
  • NII Article ID
    130003857745
  • DOI
    10.2300/acari.4.1
  • ISSN
    18802273
    09181067
  • Text Lang
    en
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
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    • CiNii Articles
    • OpenAIRE
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