Ovarian follicles of sterlets (Acipenser ruthenus) are composed of a single oocyte surrounded by follicular cells (FCs), basal lamina, and thecal cells. Previtellogenic oocytes are polarized. Homogeneous ooplasm (contains ribosomes) and granular ooplasm (comprises nuage aggregations of nuclear origin, rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), Golgi complexes, ribosomes, and mitochondria) are distinguished. Granular ooplasm is initially located near the nucleus, contacts the plasma membrane of the oocyte (oolemma) and forms a thin layer underneath its entire perimeter. Next, a ring that surrounds the nucleus is formed and sends strands directed toward the oolemma. The lipid body composed of lipid droplets forms adjacent to this ring. Later, the granular ooplasm and strands enlarge toward the oolemma, lipid body disperses, and homogeneous ooplasm is no longer present. A thin cortical ooplasm is formed underneath the oolemma and does not contain any organelles. The oocyte nucleus moves to the center. The nucleoplasm contains lampbrush chromosomes, nuclear bodies, and multiple nucleoli. Early vitellogenic oocytes are polarized, too. Three regions in the ooplasm are distinguished: the perinuclear (contains lipid droplets near the nuclear envelope), the endoplasm (contains yolk platelets and lipid droplets), and the periplasm (contains yolk spheres, pigment granules, and microtubules). In all these regions the RER, Golgi complexes, nuage, and mitochondria are present. Micropinocytotic vesicles, Golgi vesicles and precursors of the internal layer of the egg envelope are in the cortical ooplasm. Some FCs delaminate from the follicular epithelium, degenerate and vesicles are released into the perioocytic space. They may contain precursors of egg envelope and may be involved in "cell-cell" communication. The egg envelope (zona radiata, zona pellucida) is made up of three layers: the vitelline envelope (inner layer), the middle layer, and the outer layer. In its deposition, both the oocyte and FCs are engaged.

Department of Developmental Biology and Morphology of Invertebrates Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research Faculty of Biology Jagiellonian University Kraków Poland

Laboratory of Germ Cells in the Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice Vodňany Czechia

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