title: [Evolutionary regularities of somatic polyploidy expansion in salivary glands of gastropod mollusks. V. Subclasses Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata].
abstract: Salivary glands of 25 species of euthyneural gastropod mollusks (Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata) have been investigated by means of histochemical methods and DNA cytophotometry in nuclei of cells. The cells of three basic types are distinguished in glandular epithelim: granular cells (with glicoproteid granular inclusions), mucocytes-I (with sulfatic acid mucopolysaccharides) and mucocytes-II (with neutral and acid nonsulfatic polysaccharides and proteins) and so the epithelial ciliated cells and cells of the ducts. It was shown that glandular cells of salivary glands of all discovered mollusks' species are polyploid in different degree. The highest ploidy level estimated by means of DNA content in most of species is 64-128c. The giant polyploidy, attained to 4096c, is discovered in cells of salivary glands of Tritonia diomedea. The functional conditionality connected with features of feeding of different mollusk species and phylogenetic tendencies of expansion of somatic polyploidy in class Gastropoda are discussed. In comparison with allogenic, facultative and small polyploidy manifestation in Prosobranchia the obligatory polyploidization of high degree revealed in cells of salivary glands of Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata is consider to be the original cytological arogenesis. The probable causes of such differences are conneted with euthyneural type of organization of central nervous system and giant polyploidy of neurons in Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata mollusks. The causes, mechanisms and significance of such correlations are unclear for the present.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Anisimov
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Ziumchenko
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D049851:Gastropoda / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010802:Phylogeny; D011123:Polyploidy; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D004247:DNA