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KMID : 0381219770090020001
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Journal of RIMSK
1977 Volume.9 No. 2 p.1 ~ p.5
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Studies on the Origin and Function of the Ovarian Interstitial Gland
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Abstract
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Since Tourneux had nomenclatured as interstitial gland, some characteristics of this glands have been introduced. This glands are plenty in amounts and frequently form acinar structures in the ovaries of the rodents. And in the human ovaries, although they are small in number and rarely form acinar structures, they are increased in number after menopause, have secretory activities (Richardson), and are originated from atretic follicles(Gerard, Bambell, Lee and Kim). Proliferation of this glands in animals could be induced by several experimental conditions (Fienberg and Cohen, Scully and Cohen, Lee and. Kim; Park and Kim, Guraya and Greenwald).
Some authors noticed enzymatically active stromal cells during the histochemical studies on the theca cells in pathological conditions of the ovaries (Fienberg and Cohen, Scully and Cohen). And Guraya and Greenwald noticed variations in contents and kinds of the lipids in the folli-cular theca cells of the rat´s ovaries during the estrous cycles.
In order to clarify the origin and function of the interstitial cells, the author castrated the young female mice(about 3 weeks old, about 10 gm in body weight) and transplanted the portions of the ovaries into their own spleen. From the 110 Th to 150th day after autotransplantation, the ovarian transplants were obtained, fixed in 7% formol-carcium for 7 days and stained with several lipid staining methods.
The followings were ensued;
1. The interstitial glands of the ovarian transplants were originated from both the granulosa . and theca cells of the atretic follicles.
2. The interstitial glandular cells contain large amounts of variable lipids, and their contents were larger than those of normal theca cells of the growing follicles in the amounts.
3. The kinds of the lipids within the ovarian transplants are phospholipids, neutral fats, cholin-containing lipids, triglycerides and cholesterols and their esters.
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