Revealing histological and morphological features of female reproductive system in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri)

Zhong, Shan, Zhang, Shi-yao, Xing, Hui-jie, Zhang, Xiao-tan, Wang, Guang, Bao, Yong-ping ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6425-0370, Fu, Jian-nan and Yang, Xuesong (2018) Revealing histological and morphological features of female reproductive system in tree shrew (Tupaia belangeri). Zoomorphology, 137 (1). 191–199. ISSN 0720-213X

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Abstract

The tree shrew has been used as a primate animal model in neuroscience studies but it has only rarely been employed in the study of reproductive systems. This is mainly because we know very little about the histological features of reproductive organs of the tree shrew. In this study, we have systematically analyzed the histology of reproductive organs of tree shrew, in comparison with human organs. The uterus of female tree shrew is uterus biomes unicolis, which is connected with an enveloped ovary through a thin fallopian tube. Histologically, the fallopian tube consists of folded mucosa, muscularis and serosa. Like other mammalian animals, the different developmental stages (primordial, primary, secondary and Graafian follicles) of ovarian follicles including inner oocyte and outer granulosa cells are embedded in the cortex. The luminal endometrium, middle muscular myometrium and serosa constitute the wall of uterus of tree shrew. The uterine endometrium contains simple columnar ciliated cells and goblet cells, and there are rich uterine glands in underlying stroma. Furthermore, these glands of tree shrew are round and smaller during anestrus, and become much longer when they are in estrus. The uterine endometrium in younger animals was less developed when compared to a mature tree shrew. Compared to human uterine endometrium, the histological features of tree shrew are very similar, indicating that it could potentially be good primate animal model for studying the diseases in reproductive system.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	tree shrew,reproductive organ,histological features,endometrium,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Nutrition and Preventive Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cancer Studies Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Lifespan Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	27 Sep 2017 16:13
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2023 17:42
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/64961
DOI:	10.1007/s00435-017-0374-7

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