The testes of 18 foetal sheep, of crown-rump length from 2.8 to 40 cm, have been studied by the PAS, Sudan black, and plasmal tests. Typical interstitial cells differentiate from mesenchymal precursors; the nucleus alters first, becoming ovoid and vesicular; then the cytoplasm increases in amount, its processes become fewer and smaller, sudanophil lipid droplets appear, and the result is a lipid-laden epithelioid cell. Two atypical forms of interstitial cell have been noted: the first has groups of eosinophil granules in its cytoplasm, the second is shrunken and has a pycnotic nucleus. The interstitial cell of foetal sheep, unlike that of poikilotherms, contains no glycogen. The PAS-positive polysaccharide/protein granules found in the interstitial cells of adult homiotherms are absent from the interstitial cells of this foetal homiotherm. While sudanophil lipids appear at an early stage, Schiff-positive lipids (plasmalogens, acetal phosphatides, and possibly steroids) are entirely absent from the interstitial cells of the foetal sheep.
The Interstitial Cell in the Testis of the Foetal Sheep
A. H. BAILLIE; The Interstitial Cell in the Testis of the Foetal Sheep. J Cell Sci 1 December 1960; s3-101 (56): 475–480. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.s3-101.56.475
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