scholarly journals PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN RAT LIVER MICROBODIES AFTER AMINO-TRIAZOLE INHIBITION

1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 576-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Wood ◽  
Peter G. Legg
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Catalase Activity ◽  
Staining Technique ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Hepatic Cells ◽  
In Vivo Effects

The in vivo effects of 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole (AT) on the fine structure of microbodies in hepatic cells of male rats has been studied by the peroxidase-staining technique. Within 1 hr of intraperitoneal injection AT abolishes microbody peroxidase-staining, and the return of staining coincides temporally with the known pattern of return of catalase activity following AT inhibition; this is further evidence that the peroxidase staining of microbodies is due to catalase activity. Peroxidase staining reappears in the microbody matrix without evidence of either massive degradation or rapid proliferation of the organelles. Furthermore, during the period of return of activity, ribosomal staining occurs adjacent to microbodies whose matrix shows little or no peroxidase staining. These observations are interpreted as evidence that (a) catalase is capable of entering preexisting microbodies without traversing the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum or the Golgi apparatus, and that (b) the ribosomal staining is probably not cytochemical diffusion artifact and may represent a localized site of synthesis or activation of catalase.

scholarly journals NEW OBSERVATIONS ON MICROBODIES

1970 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter G. Legg ◽  
Richard L. Wood
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Peroxidase Reaction ◽  
Hepatic Cells

The liver of male rats has been studied after CPIB stimulation by using the peroxidase reaction for localizing catalase in hepatic cells. CPIB administration leads to an increase in the number of microbodies, and it is suggested that one mechanism by which microbody proliferation occurs is a process of fragmentation or budding from preexisting microbodies. Reaction product was observed not only within the microbody matrix, but outside the limiting membrane of the microbody and in association with ribosomes of adjacent rough endoplasmic reticulum. This localization of reaction product is interpreted as evidence that catalase after synthesis on rough endoplasmic reticulum may accumulate near microbodies and may be transferred directly into these organelles without traversing the cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum or Golgi apparatus.

An Ultra-Structural Study of Human Melanoma in Vivo and Vitro

1976 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 258-259
Author(s):  
James R. Gaylor ◽  
Fredda Schafer ◽  
Robert E. Nordquist
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Protein Aggregation ◽  
Structural Study ◽  
Human Melanoma ◽  
Protein Matrix ◽  
Early Form ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum Protein ◽  
Mitochondrial Origin

Several theories on the origin of the melanosome exist. These include the Golgi origin theory, in which a tyrosinase-rich protein is "packaged" by the Golgi apparatus, thus forming the early form of the melanosome. A second theory postulates a mitochondrial origin of melanosomes. Its author contends that the melanosome is a modified mitochondria which acquires melanin during its development. A third theory states that a pre-melanosome is formed in the smooth or rough endoplasmic reticulum. Protein aggregation is suggested by one author as a possible source of the melanosome. This fourth theory postulates that the melanosome originates when the protein products of several genetic loci aggregate in the cytoplasm of the melanocyte. It is this protein matrix on which the melanin is deposited. It was with these theories in mind that this project was undertaken.

scholarly journals INDUCTION OF ENDOMETRIAL PEROXIDASE SYNTHESIS AND SECRETION BY ESTROGEN AND ESTROGEN ANTAGONIST

1974 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 449-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Churg ◽  
Winston A. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Combined Treatment ◽  
Initial Injection ◽  
Immature Rats ◽  
Glandular Cells ◽  
Endogenous Peroxidase ◽  
Estrogen Antagonist

Synthesis of peroxidase was induced in the uterine epithelium of immature rats by multiple doses over a 24–96-h period of either 17 ß-estradiol, the estrogen-antagonist Parke-Davis CI-628, or a combination of estradiol plus antagonist. Endogenous peroxidase activity first appeared in the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum of surface epithelial and glandular cells within 24–48 after the initial injection. Uterine peroxidase activity was also visible in the cisternae of the Golgi apparatus, in Golgi-derived secretory granules, and within the uterine and glandular lumen. Some cells of the epithelium produced little or no peroxidase, even after 96 h. Whereas the antagonist appeared to induce synthesis and secretion of peroxidase, neither the antagonist alone nor the combined treatment (estradiol plus antagonist) reproduced the estradiol-mediated growth in organ size and increased lumen diameter.

In vivo effects of flavonoid EMD 21388 on thyroid hormone secretion and metabolism in rats

1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (2) ◽  
pp. E227-E232 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Schroder-van der Elst ◽  
D. van der Heide ◽  
J. Kohrle
Keyword(s):  
Thyroid Hormone ◽  
Hormone Secretion ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Intact Male ◽  
Hormone Production ◽  
Iodide Uptake ◽  
Brown Adipose ◽  
In Vivo Effects

In vitro, the synthetic flavonoid EMD 21388 appears to be a potent inhibitor of thyroxine (T4) 5'-deiodinase and diminishes binding of T4 to transthyretin. In this study, in vivo effects of long-term administration of EMD 21388 on thyroid hormone production and metabolism were investigated. Intact male rats received EMD 21388 (20 mumol.kg body wt-1.rat-1.day-1) for 14 days. [125I]T4 and 3,5,3'-[131I]triiodotyronine (T3) were infused continuously and intravenously in a double-isotope protocol for the last 10 and 7 days, respectively. EMD 21388 decreased plasma thyroid hormone concentrations, but thyrotropin levels in plasma and pituitary did not change. Plasma clearance rates for T4 and T3 increased. Thyroidal T4 secretion was diminished, but T3 secretion was elevated. Extrathyroidal T3 production by 5'-deiodination was lower. T4 concentrations were markedly lower in all tissues investigated. Total tissue T3 was lower in brown adipose tissue, brain, cerebellum, and pituitary, tissues that express the type II 5'-deiodinase isozyme due to decreased local T3 production. Most tissues showed increased tissue/plasma ratios for T4 and T3. These results indicate that this flavonoid diminished T4 and increased T3 secretion by the thyroid, probably in analogy with other natural flavonoids, by interference with one or several steps between iodide uptake, organification, and hormone synthesis.

In vivo effects of Rauvolfia vomitoria ( Apocynaceae ) ethanolic extract on sexual performance and reproductive activity in male rats

Andrologia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brice Landry Koloko ◽  
Ijaz Bushra ◽  
Modeste Wankeu‐Nya ◽  
Marie Ide Ngaha Njila ◽  
Hubert Kenmogne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ethanolic Extract ◽  
Reproductive Activity ◽  
Male Rats ◽  
Sexual Performance ◽  
In Vivo Effects ◽  
Rauvolfia Vomitoria

scholarly journals Subcellular distribution of selenium in deficient mouse liver

1989 ◽  
Vol 258 (2) ◽  
pp. 541-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Reiter ◽  
R Otter ◽  
A Wendel
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Trace Element ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Subcellular Fractionation ◽  
Fast Response ◽  
Cell Compartment ◽  
Deficient Mice

Selenium (Se)-deficient mice were labelled in vivo with single pulses of [75Se]selenite, and the intrahepatic distribution of the trace element was studied by subcellular fractionation. At 1 h after intraperitoneal injection of 3.3 or 10 micrograms of Se/kg body weight, 15% of the respective doses were found in the liver. Accumulation in the subcellular fractions followed the order: Golgi vesicular much greater than lysosomal greater than cytosolic = microsomal greater than mitochondrial, peroxisomal, nuclear and plasma-membrane fraction. At a dose of 3.3 micrograms/kg, more than 90% of the hepatic Se was protein-bound. When cross-contamination was accounted for, the following specific Se contents of the subcellular compartments were extrapolated: Golgi apparatus, 7.50 pmol/mg; cytosol, 0.90 pmol/mg; endoplasmic reticulum, 0.80 pmol/mg; mitochondria, 0.49 pmol/mg; nuclei, lysosomes, peroxisomes and plasma membrane, less than 0.4 pmol/mg. At 10 micrograms/kg, a roughly 2-3-fold increase in Se content of all fractions was found without major changes in the intrahepatic distribution pattern. An extraordinary rise in the cytosolic fraction was due to an apparently non-protein-bound Se pool. At 24 h after dosing, total hepatic Se had decreased to 6% of the initial dose and had become predominantly protein-bound. The 60% decrease in hepatic Se was reflected in a similar fall in the subcellular levels of the trace element. The Golgi apparatus still had the highest specific Se content, although accumulation was 5 times less than that after 1 h. The cytosolic pool accounted for 50% of the hepatic Se at both labelling times. After 1 h the Golgi apparatus was, with 19%, the second largest intrahepatic pool, followed by the endoplasmic reticulum with 16%. The high affinity and fast response of the Golgi apparatus to Se supplementation of deficient mice is interpreted in terms of a predominant function of this cell compartment in the processing and the export of Se-proteins from the liver.

scholarly journals Cytochemical demonstration of extraperoxisomal catalase. I. Sheep liver.

1976 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 713-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Roels
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Plasma Membrane ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Catalase Activity ◽  
Nonparenchymal Cells ◽  
Sheep Liver ◽  
Heat Stable ◽  
Cytochemical Demonstration ◽  
Electron Microscopes

In sheep hepatocytes catalase activity was demonstrated both within peroxisomes and within the cytosol. In the cytosol the catalase reaction product is contiguous to the plasma membrane and surrounds the nuclei, rough endoplasmic reticulum, cisternae, mitochondria and Golgi apparatus. This is the first cytochemical demonstration of guine extraperoxisomal catalase. No catalase reaction product was seen in the cytosol of nonparenchymal cells. To demonstrate catalase, both glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde fixation were used, followed by a diaminobenzidine technique modified from Novikoff and Goldfischer. Control reactions were performed to distinguish catalase reaction product from adsorption of oxidized diaminobenzidine and from precipitate due to oxidase-, peroxidase- or heat-stable peroxidatic activities. The results were evaluated in the light and electron microscopes.

scholarly journals OBSERVATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ERYTHROCYTES IN MAMMALIAN FETAL LIVER

1962 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Grasso ◽  
Hewson Swift ◽  
G. Adolph Ackerman
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Nuclear Envelope ◽  
Cell Size ◽  
Marked Decrease ◽  
Fetal Liver ◽  
Hepatic Parenchyma ◽  
Hemoglobin Synthesis ◽  
Hepatic Cells ◽  
Eventual Loss

The fine structure of the erythrocyte during development in rabbit and human fetal liver has been studied. A morphologic description of representative erythropoietic cells and their relationship to the hepatic parenchyma is presented. Erythrocyte development was accompanied by a decrease in nuclear and cell size, fragmentation and eventual loss of nucleoli, and progressive clumping of chromatin at the nuclear margin. Mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, and Golgi elements decreased in size or abundance and eventually disappeared. Ribosome concentration initially increased, but subsequently diminished as the cytoplasm increased in electron opacity, probably through the accumulation of hemoglobin. Similar dense material, interpreted to be hemoglobin, infiltrated the nuclear annuli and, in some cases, appeared to extend into the interchromatin regions. There was a marked decrease in the number of annuli of the nuclear envelope. Possible relationships between nucleus and cytoplasm and of RNA to hemoglobin synthesis are discussed. In rabbits, erythroid and hepatic cells were separated by a 200 to 400 A space limited by the undulatory membranes of the respective cells. Membranes of adjacent erythropoietic cells were parallel and more closely apposed (100 to 200 A). In humans, relationship between various cells exhibited wide variation. Ferritin particles were observed within forming and formed "rhopheocytotic" vesicles.

Ultrastructural Studies on the Effects of Korean Panax Ginseng on the Theca Interna of Rat Ovary

1979 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 333-344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moo Rim Byung
Keyword(s):  
Endoplasmic Reticulum ◽  
Fine Structure ◽  
Golgi Apparatus ◽  
Panax Ginseng ◽  
Lipid Droplets ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Dense Bodies ◽  
Rat Ovary ◽  
Theca Interna ◽  
Morphologic Changes

An investigation was conducted to delineate the fine structure of steroid-producing ovarian theca interna cells following administration of Korean Panax ginseng to rats for 60 days. The cytoplasmic changes were observed in the ginseng-treated theca interna cells, increased number, size and density of the mitochondria, and increased size of the smooth surfaced endoplasmic reticulum, the rough surfaced endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus. The nucleus and nucleolus were slightly enlarged and increased numbers of dense bodies were seen whereas lipid droplets were decreased in number. The changes may result from hyperfunction of the steroid-producing cells. Morphologic changes seen may represent stimulating effects on the steroid-producing cells of the theca interna in ginseng-treated animals.

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