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Y Isshiki

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Post-hatching developmental changes in the ultrastructure of the duodenal absorptive epithelial cells in 1, 10 and 60-d-old chickens, with special reference to mitochondria.

1. Post-hatching developmental changes in the ultrastructure, cell area and histological RNA content of duodenal absorptive epithelial cells were observed in 1, 10 and 60-d-old White Leghorn (WL) and broiler (BR) chickens, with special reference to the mitochondria (Mt). 2. Epithelial cells in 1-d-old WL and BR had a well-developed Golgi area and a dense cluster of rod type Mt near the cell surface and at the infranuclear region. In BR, cells included well developed profiles of endoplasmic reticulum but fewer supranuclear vacuoles than those of WL, in which numerous free ribosomes were also found. Some Mt in BR showed a bud-like protrusion from the main body (tadpole type Mt). These suggest that the fine structural maturation of the epithelial cells in WL is involved in the process of cell maturation but epithelial cells of BR have almost matured at hatching. 3. In 10-d-old WL and BR, supranuclear vacuoles had disappeared and Mt increased in number. In WL, in addition to a decrease in free ribosomes, Mt developed to the tadpole type and further to dumbbell type ones. In BR, Mt also aggregated at the perinuclear region and some of them had developed from dumbbell shapes to a thick doughnut type. These findings indicate that epithelial cells in both breeds are more developed ultrastructurally than those in 1-d-old and that epithelial cells in BR are more activated for digestive and absorptive functions than those in WL. 4. In 60-d-old WL and BR, Mt showed various types with thinner matrices than 10-d-old, suggesting that the cell structure and function had reached a stable state. 5. BR revealed higher values for cell area and RNA content than WL at every age and RNA content of both breeds were maximal at 10 d, followed by 60 d. 6. Mt changed their shapes from rod type to tadpole type. The latter then developed to doughnut type via dumbbell type, related to an increase of epithelial cell functions. 7. Epithelial cells of BR are thus more highly activated than WL cells at each age and reach morphological and physiological maturation around 10 d.

Animals

Serological cross-reaction between Yersinia enterocolitica O9 and non-O1 Vibrio cholerae bio-serogroup Hakata and antigenic analysis of their relationship by their lipopolysaccharides.

Cross-agglutination and cross-agglutinin absorption experiments were carried out on non-O1 Vibrio cholerae bio-serogroup Hakata (Hakata) and Yersinia enterocolitica O9 (O9). It was shown that the O-antigen of Hakata was closely related to that of O9 in an a, b-a, c type of relationship. The antigenic relationship between the O-antigens of the two bacteria was analyzed by passive hemolysis (PH) and passive hemolysis inhibition (PHI) tests by using their lipopolysaccharides (LPS) as antigen for sensitizing sheep red blood cells (SRBC) and, in the case of the latter, as an inhibitor in a PH system consisting of LPS-coated SRBC, guinea-pig complement and anti-Hakata or O9 antiserum, both unabsorbed and absorbed with the heterologous Hakata or O9 antigen. In the PH experiment, unabsorbed anti-Hakata antiserum had hemolytic titers of 126,100 and 2,600 against Hakata- and O9-LPS-coated SRBC, respectively, and anti-O9 antiserum had hemolytic titers of 19,400 and 38,800, respectively, against these SRBC. The PH experiment showed that anti-O9 antiserum contains a hemolysin reacting with the heterologous Hakata antigen at a high titer (19,400), while anti-Hakata antiserum contains a hemolysin reacting with the heterologous O9 antigen at a significant titer (2,600). The former was completely removed from anti-O9 antiserum with the Hakata antigen and the latter from anti-Hakata antiserum with the O9 antigen. Thus, serological cross-reactivity was demonstrated between the Hakata and O9 strains.

Agglutination

Serological cross-reaction between intact and chemically modified lipopolysaccharides of O1 Vibrio cholerae Inaba and non-O1 V. cholerae bio-serogroup Hakata.

Serological cross-reaction of intact as well as chemically modified LPS from O1 Vibrio cholerae 569B (Inaba) with non-O1 V. cholerae Hakata LPS, which contain alpha(1-->2)-linked N-acetyl perosamine-homopolymer constituting their O polysaccharide chain, was studied by passive hemolysis test by using their LPS as antigen for sensitizing sheep red blood cells (SRBC). The N-deacylation of the alpha(1-->2)-linked linear 3-deoxy-tetronyl perosamine-homopolymer constituting the O polysaccharide chain in 569B LPS resulted in virtual elimination of their serological reactivity with both homologous Inaba and heterologous Hakata antisera. Furthermore, when the resultant NH2 groups of the N-deacylated perosamine-homopolymers in 569B LPS were N-acylated with acetyl, propionyl or butanoyl groups, they markedly recovered the serological reactivity to a marked extent, in particular, their pronounced cross-serological reactivity with heterologous Hakata antiserum. These results are believed to be compatible with the interpretation that the Inaba antigen factor C possessed by the two bacteria studied is related to the common occurrence of the N-acyl groups, regardless of what the acyl groups are, residing in the perosamine residues of the perosamine-homopolymers constituting the O polysaccharide chain of their LPS.

Acetylation

Scanning electron microscopic observations on the intestinal villi in growing White Leghorn and broiler chickens from 1 to 30 days of age.

1. To obtain intestinal morphological data demonstrating the faster growth rate in broiler (BR) than in White Leghorn (WL) chickens, villi of the duodenum, jejunum and ileum were examined from 1 to 30 d of age by scanning electron microscopy. 2. At the first day after hatching, villi of each intestinal segment showed a finger-like shape in both breeds. Villi developed to a plate-like shape in the duodenum, a wave-like shape in the jejunum and a tongue-like shape in the ileum at 30 d of age via the common plate-like villi at 10 d of age. The fundamental villous shape and arrangement seem to be accomplished by 10 d of age; two types of obliquely elongated plate-like villi showed a zigzag arrangement, adjoining at an angle of 40 degrees to 60 degrees like an oblique T-shape. It is suggested that such a villous arrangement would be more effective for nutrient absorption by inducing a long zigzag flow of ingesta. 3. Compared with WL, even at the first day after hatching BR had many more developed epithelial cell protrusions over the whole apical surface of the duodenal villi. In WL the protrusions were not so apparent and located only in the central area of the villous tip. Furthermore, at 10 d of age BR showed more developed and larger villi, many wider microvilli at the apical portion of villi and more active extrusions of epithelial cells from the tip of the duodenal and jejunal villi. 4. These morphological characteristics of villi in early life in BR suggest a greater absorptive surface area and a more active intestinal function, permitting the faster growth rate of BR immediately after hatching.

Animals

Scanning and transmission electron microscopic observations of bacteria adhering to ileal epithelial cells in growing broiler and White Leghorn chickens.

1. Bacteria adhering to the ileal epithelial cells in broiler and White Leghorn (WL) chickens aged 1 to 60 d were observed with scanning (SEM) and transmission (TEM) electron microscopes. 2. In SEM observations, bacteria were not found on day 1 after hatching in either breed. In 10-d-old broilers many bacteria were observed around the apical area of villi. The number decreased with age and disappeared by 50 d. In WL chicks, the bacteria were first observed at 20 d. Numbers were much fewer than in broilers and none were seen after 30 d. 3. TEM investigations showed that bacteria had a cytoplasmic membrane, cell wall and nucleus but no nuclear membrane and organella, were compartmentalised and resembled Streptobacillus moniliformis. At the attachment zone to the epithelium, many mitochondria were observed in the epithelial cells; the bacterial membrane did not fuse to the epithelial cell membrane except at the apex of the attachment end where the bacterial membrane seemed to undergo lysis, suggesting a possibility that some bacterial components were transferred to the epithelial cells. 4. It is possible that the bacterial aid in the functioning of ileal epithelial cells. Possible functions are discussed in relation to the morphological features.

Animals

Ultrastructural alterations of the thyroid follicular cells in domestic fowls following neonatal olfactory bulbectomy.

1. In order to investigate if ultrastructural alterations of thyroid follicular cells are induced by removal of the olfactory bulb at hatching, chicks were olfactory bulbectomised within 24 h after hatching and the thyroid follicular cells were examined at 5 months of age by electron microscopy. 2. Olfactory bulbectomised chickens showed a well-developed Golgi area, a highly-developed rough endoplasmic reticulum, many mitochondria and a paucity of secretory granules and lysosomes in thyroid follicular cells. 3. These hypertrophic ultrastructural changes in follicular cells of operated birds indicated that the thyroids glands were stimulated by neonatal olfactory bulbectomy. 4. This finding may suggest an establishment of the olfactory bulbothyroid glandular system during the early days of life in the chicken.

Animals

Chemotaxonomic study of Vibrio cholerae bio-serogroup Hakata on the basis of the sugar composition of the polysaccharide portion of its lipopolysaccharides.

A chemotaxonomic study was carried out on 31 strains of non-O1 Vibrio cholerae bio-serogroup Hakata, isolated in Japan, which possesses the Inaba antigen C of O1 V. cholerae. On the basis of the compositional sugar pattern of the polysaccharide portion of their lipopolysaccharides, the 23 strains isolated from the environment were separated into two groups, one (20 strains) containing mannose, glucose, fructose, L-glycero-D-mannoheptose, glucosamine, perosamine, quinovosamine, and an unidentified amino sugar AS, and the other (3 strains) containing two additional sugars, galactose and a trace amount of galactosamine. All of the eight strains isolated from imported seafoods belonged to the former group.

Animals

Development of the palatal arch in relation to unilateral cleft lip and palate surgery: a comparison of the effects of different surgical approaches.

Our cases are too small in number to conclude which kind of surgical method retards the maxilla development. But we can say that a maldevelopment of the maxilla may be expected to occur in the case of any surgery performed. In the cleft lip only patients, Millard's method and our method show a better effect than the other methods from the point of view of the retardation of the mid-third of the face. In the group of unilateral cleft lip and palate patients our method may be the best on this point. At the end, we would like to present our typical cases with figures (Figures 4 and 5).

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