Electron Microscopic Study of the Polymyxin Treated Goat Erythrocytes

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 776-780
Author(s):  
T. K. Mandal ◽  
S. N. Chatterjee

Abstract Polymyxin B produced dose dependent changes in the surface topography of the goat erythrocyte cells. Transformation from the normal biconcave discs through crenated structures to the final rounded or spherical shape was recorded by scanning electron microscopy. A maxim um of three to four crenations per cell was recorded corresponding to a polymyxin dose of 15.62 ng/ml. Transmission electron microscopy of the ultrathin sections of treated or untreated erythrocytes indicated that the crenations were formed by protrusions of the plasma membrane, occurring presumably because of the local increase of membrane fluidity after polymyxin treatment. Changes in the shape of the erythrocytes to the ultimate rounded forms were also indicated by the transmission electron microscopy.

2013 ◽  
Vol 544 ◽  
pp. 183-186
Author(s):  
Tao Zhang ◽  
Tian Ma ◽  
Peng Gang Gao ◽  
Feng Chuan Shen ◽  
Jian Chun Zhang

The microstructure of the inorganic fullerene-like WS2 was analyzed by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) in this work. The results indicate that the diameter of the WS2 particles is around 60~120 nm. The WS2 consists mainly of hollow polyhedral structures with quasi-spherical shape that is capable of sustaining much higher shock pressures due to a more uniform stress distribution on its surface. This characteristic made it a super shock wave absorbing material, which is great worth of bullet proof applications. This work is expected to develop a new type bullet-proof composite which can be used in the army.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1483 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ugalde ◽  
E. Chavira ◽  
M. T. Ochoa-Lara ◽  
M. A. Canseco ◽  
E.A. Zaragoza-Contreras ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTIn this work, the synthesis of new hybrid material based on a poly (buthyl acrylate –co- vinyl formamide) copolymer using the emulsion polymerization and doped with Pd, is discussed. The copolymer structure was confirmed by FT-IR. Afterwards, Pd nanocrystals previously synthesized, resulting on a spherical shape of ~ 5 nm, as measured by High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM), were deposited on the structure of the organic material. The films were analyzed using AFM and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), giving rise to a hybrid material that could be applied in areas such as nanolithography, catalysis, and sensors.


1977 ◽  
Vol 55 (17) ◽  
pp. 2348-2357 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. P. Tewari ◽  
W. P. Skoropad

The structure and development of oospores of Albugo candida in the stagheads in rapeseed (Brassica campestris) were investigated by light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy of ultrathin sections, and scanning electron microscopy. Development of an oospore, in general, is similar to that in Pythium. A reaction zone is formed in the oogonial wall at the point of contact by the fertilization tube of the antheridium. The oospore has a highly differentiated five-layered cell wall. The periplasm appears to play an active role in deposition of the cell wall of the oospore. Contents of the periplasm do not disappear after maturation of the oospore; instead, they forma persistent material between it and the oogonial wall. Hence, functionally, the oospore wall complex has two additional layers. Longevity of the oospore may be due to the heavily fortified cell wall.


Author(s):  
Peter M. Andrews

Scanning electron microscopy, supplemented with light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, was used to study aminonucleoside nephrosis in rats. Aminonucleoside nephrosis was induced by daily injections of puromycin aminonucIeoside (1.5 mg/10 gm). When the rats exhibited considerable proteinuria (10 mg/ml after 14 days of injections), their kidneys were fixed by vascular perfusion, sectioned and critical point dried.


1986 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1055-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Grant ◽  
W. D. Beversdorf ◽  
R. L. Peterson

The cytological development of male cells and the tapetum of male fertile and combined cytoplasmic triazine-resistant cyto-plasmic-genetic male sterile (ctr) lines of B. napus L. was studied using light, scanning electron, and transmission electron microscopy. Development of the cytoplasmic-genetic male sterile anther was similar to the normal anther up to and including meiotic prophase I. After this stage, degeneration of the microspore mother cells occurs within the callose walls, and tetrads of microspores are not formed. These degenerating microspore mother cells appear to develop numerous endoplasmic reticulum derived vesiculated structures, which may be involved in lysis of organelles. Degeneration occurs simultaneously with a proliferation of the tapetum, which eventually fills the anther locule. It is not clear whether the abortion of the microspore mother cells during meiosis stimulates proliferation of the tapetum or whether the proliferating tapetum actually interferes with microspore development thereby causing degeneration. Dilated endoplasmic reticulum cisternae containing crystalline-like deposits, and plastids with osmiophilic bodies, are frequent in cells of the proliferated tapetum of cytoplasmic-genetic male sterile anthers.


Author(s):  
Nakazo Watari ◽  
Yasuaki Hotta ◽  
Yoshio Mabuchi

It is very useful if we can observe the identical cell elements within the same sections by light microscopy (LM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and/or scanning electron microscopy (SEM) sequentially, because, the cell fine structure can not be indicated by LM, while the color is; on the other hand, the cell fine structure can be very easily observed by EM, although its color properties may not. However, there is one problem in that LM requires thick sections of over 1 μm, while EM needs very thin sections of under 100 nm. Recently, we have developed a new method to observe the same cell elements within the same plastic sections using both light and transmission (conventional or high-voltage) electron microscopes.In this paper, we have developed two new observation methods for the identical cell elements within the same sections, both plastic-embedded and paraffin-embedded, using light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and/or scanning electron microscopy (Fig. 1).


Author(s):  
Loren Anderson ◽  
Pat Pizzo ◽  
Glen Haydon

Transmission electron microscopy of replicas has long been used to study the fracture surfaces of components which fail in service. Recently, the scanning electron microscope (SEM) has gained popularity because it allows direct examination of the fracture surface. However, the somewhat lower resolution of the SEM coupled with a restriction on the sample size has served to limit the use of this instrument in investigating in-service failures. It is the intent of this paper to show that scanning electron microscopic examination of conventional negative replicas can be a convenient and reliable technique for determining mode of failure.


Author(s):  
A.J. Tousimis ◽  
T.R. Padden

The size, shape and surface morphology of human erythrocytes (RBC) were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), of the fixed material directly and by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of surface replicas to compare the relative merits of these two observational procedures for this type specimen.A sample of human blood was fixed in glutaraldehyde and washed in distilled water by centrifugation. The washed RBC's were spread on freshly cleaved mica and on aluminum coated microscope slides and then air dried at room temperature. The SEM specimens were rotary coated with 150Å of 60:40- gold:palladium alloy in a vacuum evaporator using a new combination spinning and tilting device. The TEM specimens were preshadowed with platinum and then rotary coated with carbon in the same device. After stripping the RBC-Pt-C composite film, the RBC's were dissolved in 2.5N HNO3 followed by 0.2N NaOH leaving the preshadowed surface replicas showing positive topography.


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