Nuclear activity in Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae) queen ovary cells demonstrated by silver nitrate impregnation and ultrastructure

  • Cruz-Landim C
  • Patrício K
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Abstract

The present paper shows through conventional light microscopy, silver nitrate impregnation and Transmission Electron Microscopy, the changes in nuclear activity that occurs in the ovary cells during vitellogenesis of Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758). The material impregnated by silver nitrate was detected in nurse cells, oocyte germinal vesicle and follicular cells, whose amounts are greater in phases corresponding to ovarian cells more intense activity. The silver impregnation permitted to demonstrate that the oocyte germinal vesicle synthezises ribonucleoproteins (RNP) during the beginning of the vitellogenesis. The ultrastructure show nucleolar-like material corresponding to nuclear sites impregnated by silver.Este estudo mostra, por meio de microscopia convencional, impregnação por nitrato de prata e microscopia eletrônica de transmissão, as mudanças que ocorrem na atividade nuclear de células do ovário durante a vitelogênese de Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758). Material impregnado por nitrato de prata foi detectado no núcleo de células nutridoras, na vesícula germinal do ovócito e no núcleo das células foliculares. As maiores quantidades de material impregnado pela prata foram observadas durante as fases de maior atividade dessas estruturas. A impregnação por prata permitiu demonstrar que a vesícula germinal sintetiza ribonucleoproteínas (RNP) durante o início da vitelogênese. A ultraestrutura mostrou que o material impregnado apresenta características morfológicas de nucléolos.

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Cruz-Landim, C., & Patrício, K. (2010). Nuclear activity in Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera, Apidae) queen ovary cells demonstrated by silver nitrate impregnation and ultrastructure. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 70(4), 1069–1073. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1519-69842010000500023

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