scholarly journals HYPERTROPHY OF GRANULAR ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM AND ANNULATE LAMELLAE IN EARLE'S L CELLS EXPOSED TO VINBLASTINE SULFATE

1968 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Awtar Krishan ◽  
Dora Hsu ◽  
Patricia Hutchins
1965 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-487 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Kessel

Electron microscope studies were made on various tunicate oocytes at different stages of growth and development. Both the inner and outer lamellae of the perforated nuclear envelope demonstrate considerable blebbing activity. The blebs of the inner lamella detach into the nucleoplasm where they undergo a special type of fusion process resulting in the formation of numerous, usually single, differentiated annulate lamellae of various lengths. The blebbing of the outer layer of the nuclear envelope contributes to the vesicular and granular endoplasmic reticulum characteristically present in the ooplasm and perhaps to the differentiation of cytoplasmic annulate lamellae as well. Cytoplasmic stacks of annulate lamellae frequently have ribosomes associated with them. In addition, granular accumulations are sometimes observed around or between the annuli. The morphological evidence suggests that, at least in many cases, the annuli in the annulate lamellae are patent.


Author(s):  
Awtar Krishan

Earle's L-929 fibroblasts treated with mitosis-arresting but sub-lethal doses of vinblastine sulfate (VLB) show hypertrophy of the granular endoplasmic reticulum and annulate lamellae. Exposure of the cells to heavier doses of vincristine sulfate (VCR), a VLB-related drug, leads to the accumulation of large amounts of helical polyribosomes, Golgi membranes and crystals in the cytoplasm. In many of these cells a large number of helical polyribosomes are arranged in prominent linear rows, some of which may be up to 5 micrometers in length. Figure 1 shows a large array of helical polyribosomes near a crystalline mass (CRS) in an Earle's L-929 fibroblast exposed to VCR (5ϒ/ml.) for 3 hours At a higher magnification, as seen in figure 2, the helical polyribosomes are seen arranged in parallel rows. In favorably cut sections, a prominent backbone like "stalk" of finely granular material, measuring approximately 300Å in width is seen in close association with the linear rows of helical polyribosomes.


1962 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Rosenbluth

Subsurface cisterns (SSC's) are large, flattened, membrane-limited vesicles which are very closely apposed to the inner aspect of the plasma membranes of nerve cell bodies and the proximal parts of their processes. They occur in a variety of vertebrate and invertebrate neurons of both the peripheral and central nervous systems, but not in the surrounding supporting cells. SSC's are sheet-like in configuration, having a luminal depth which may be less than 100 A and a breadth which may be as much as several microns. They are separated from the plasmalemma by a light zone of ∼50 to 80 A which sometimes contains a faint intermediate line. Flattened, agranular cisterns resembling SSC's, but structurally distinct from both typical granular endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and from Golgi membranes, also occur deep in the cytoplasm of neurons. It is suggested that membranes which are closely apposed may interact, resulting in alterations in their respective properties. The patches of neuronal plasmalemma associated with subsurface cisterns may, therefore, have special properties because of this association, resulting in a non-uniform neuronal surface. The possible significance of SSC's in relation to neuronal electrophysiology and metabolism is discussed.


1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (5) ◽  
pp. 477-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherwin S. Desser

The ookinete of Parahaemoproteus velans is bounded externally by a trilaminar membrane, beneath which lies a fibrillar zone. Below this zone and forming the inner surface of the pellicle is a second, dense, membranelike layer. The specialized apical region of the ookinete is modified into a thickened "caplike" structure. The inner layer of the pellicle in this region is thickened and wavy in appearance. In a sub-pellicular space in the cap region lie about 27 elongate cylindrical structures, and beneath these about 50 microtubules ring the cytoplasm. Numerous dense spherical bodies are located in the anterior cytoplasm of the parasite. A large, more or less central nucleus, often containing microtubular elements, lies in a cytoplasm richly endowed with granular endoplasmic reticulum. Two or more areas containing a "crystalloid" material lie anterior and posterior to the nucleus.


Author(s):  
William J. Banks ◽  
Jennifer Neal

The histomorphology and ossification process of the antler has been a subject of controversy. The exact nature of antler cartilage, based on light microscopic and limited histochemical analyses, has not been clarified. This report presents evidence that the ultrastructural features of antler progenitor cells and chondrocytes are similar to other cartilaginous systems which arise from reserve, undifferentiated cells.An extensive fibrocellular cap covered the distal portion of the growing antler and was continuous with the typical periosteum of the antler shaft and frontal bone. This hyperplastic tissue (Fig. 1) was composed of fibroblastlike cells which contained large nuclei with 1 or 2 nucleoli (N). The cytoplasm contained numerous free ribosomes and polyribosomes, as well as granular endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The latter was tubular or vesicular; some exhibited dilations.


Author(s):  
Hiroshi Saito ◽  
Goro Asano ◽  
Kaoru Aihara ◽  
Katsunari Fukushi ◽  
Minoru Yoshida ◽  
...  

This short communication is dealt with the ultrastructural changes of the chief cells in insulin stimulus in chronic gastritic condition. The bio gastro-endoscopic biopsy was obtained and pepsin activity of the gastric juice was measured in respective cases. Regular insulin of 0.15U/kg was administrated intra-muscularly and in pre-administration of insulin, 10 minutes, 20 minutes and 30 minutes after administration, biopsied specimens were subjected for electron microscopic studies.In the pre-treated chief cells, extensive development of the cysternal structures of the granular endoplasmic reticulum in basal aspect of the cytoplasm and spherical or oval shaped, light homogeneous zymogen granules in supranuclear region and especially apical aspect of the cytoplasm were featured. Moreover, other type of the chief cells as the one characterized by their fragmented and saccular dilated granular endoplasmic reticulum in basal aspect of the cytoplasm, also exist.


Development ◽  
1968 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-326
Author(s):  
Lennart Nicander ◽  
Björn A. Afzelius ◽  
Inger Sjödén

Fertilization is accompanied by changes in the structure of the egg cytoplasm (cf. Rothschild, 1958; Raven, 1961). At the level of fine structure such changes have mainly been studied in some marine invertebrates with small eggs that can easily be fertilized in vitro (Pasteels & de Harven, 1963; Schäfer, 1966). Vertebrate eggs are less favourable in this respect, but electron microscope studies have been made on eggs of mammals (Fléchon, 1966; Zamboni & Mastroianni, 1966; Zamboni, Mishell, Bell & Baca, 1966) and Xenopus (van Gansen, 1966). Changes generally observed soon after fertilization include the formation of polysomes or an increase in their number, a hypertrophy of the Golgi complexes, and the appearance of granulated endoplasmic reticulum and annulate lamellae. Afzelius (1957) observed the dispersal of mitochondria in fertilized sea-urchin eggs. Pasteels & de Harven (1963) reported that the structure and distribution of cytoplasmic organelles in eggs of the bivalve mollusc, Barnea Candida, are not altered by fertilization.


1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1092-1093
Author(s):  
Gurdip S. Sidhu ◽  
Nicholas D. Cassai

TRS and CCC are endoplasmic reticulum membrane-derived structures seen in HIV-infected individuals in a variety of cell types. TRS (synonym: tubuloreticular inclusions) are 24-25 nm in diameter, branching tubules which are short or long and associated with the granular or smooth endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, the perinuclear cistern, and annulate lamellae (Fig. 1-3, 8). The tubules are noticeably more stretched out in Kaposi's sarcoma endothelial cells, presumably by an increase of matrix material within the reticulum sac (Fig. 3). TRS consist of membranous components, including polypeptides, but lack nucleic acid.CCC (test tube and ring-shaped forms; curvilinear membranes) are formed by a concentric stacking of two or three cisterns of endoplasmic reticulum resembling nuclear membrane in mitosis (Fig. 7), but with the interposition between the opposing membranes of a layer of electron-dense material that is resistant to lipid solvents (Fig. 4,5,8).


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