Changes in the distribution and density of caveolin 3 molecules at the plasma membrane of mdx mouse skeletal muscles: a fracture-label electron microscopic study
Thymus glands of chicks with leukemia induced by BAI strain A (myeloblastosis) virus were fixed in cold 4 per cent formaldehyde-sucrose. Frozen sections were incubated in the ATPase medium of Wachstein and Meisel and studied by light microscopy and electron microscopy. The ATPase activity of the virus is localized to the outermost membrane of the virus. The membrane of the blast-like cells of the thymus cortex from which the virus emerges, by budding, also possesses such activity. It appears likely that the outermost membrane of the virus is derived from the plasma membrane of these cells.
Cutaneous histiocytomas from 4 dogs were examined by light and electron microscopy. A large (up to 10 μ in diameter) mononuclear cell with prominent filiform processes of the plasma membrane predominated. Its cytoplasm contained relatively small amounts of endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, only occasional lysosomes, fibrils, most obvious in the perinuclear region, and small amounts of cytoplasmic debris. Acid phosphatase was not detected. Fibroblasts and collagen formed a small part of the lesion, except at the junction with surrounding dermis, where fibers were plentiful. The morphologic features of the lesion are compatible with the suggestion that the predominant cell is of histiocytic type.
The information on histometric and electron microscopic study of the muscle fibers of the rats’ rectus femoris in the norm is presented. The basic types of muscle fibers and their composition are described. The composition reflects the close morphological interdependence of the structure of myoneural junctions and elements of muscular tissue. It may determine different patterns of both reactive and destructive processes in the skeletal muscles.
The impact of vitamin E against acrylamide induced toxicity on skeletal muscles of adult male albino rat tongue: Light and electron microscopic study