The fine structure of adrenal zona glomerulosa in the adult rat

1974 ◽  
Vol 149 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora Wassermann ◽  
M. Wassermann
1992 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 130-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brigitte Onténiente ◽  
Fatiha Nothias ◽  
Michel Geffard ◽  
Marc Peschanski

In Vitro ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Rappay ◽  
Angéla Gyévai ◽  
L. Kondics ◽  
E. Stark

1991 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. 399-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Mankowitz ◽  
J W DePierre ◽  
B Mannervik ◽  
H A Hansson

The distribution of glutathione transferase subunits 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 in the different cells of the female and male rat adrenal and the effects of hypophysectomy on these isoenzymes were studied using immunohistochemical methods. All these glutathione transferase subunits, with the exception of subunit 1, were present in the adrenal. Each subunit showed, however, its own characteristic distribution pattern. After hypophysectomy, increased staining for these isoenzymes was generally observed, and this effect was also cell-specific. Staining for subunit 2 increased in intensity in the zona fasciculata and reticularis after hypophysectomy, whereas a decrease was observed in the zona glomerulosa. Staining for subunit 8 was increased in the borderline between the capsule and zona glomerulosa, as well as in medullary chromaffin cells after hypophysectomy. The Mu subunits 3 and 4 increased markedly in fascicular and reticular cells after hypophysectomy and staining for subunit 3 was also increased in the medullary cells. A slight, but more general, increase was observed for subunit 7. We conclude from these experiments that the increases in glutathione transferase subunits observed in the rat adrenal after hypophysectomy are due to increased protein synthesis and/or increased protein stability and not to a selective destruction of cells lacking, or with low levels of, the isoenzymes.


1966 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-206 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carmen Lemos ◽  
Joseph Pick

1962 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Rosenbluth

Nerve cell bodies in the spiral and vestibular ganglia of the adult rat are surrounded by thin (about ten lamellae) myelin sheaths which differ in several respects from typical axonal myelin. In some instances lamellae surrounding perikarya appear as typical major dense lines, and in others as thin Schwann cell sheets in which cytoplasm persists. Discontinuities and irregularities appear in the structure of perikaryal myelin. Lamellae may terminate anywhere within the sheaths; they may bifurcate; they may reverse their direction; or they may merge with each other. The number of lamellae varies from one part of a sheath to another. In addition, the myelin of a single perikaryal sheath may receive contributions from more than one Schwann cell, which overlap and interleave with each other. The ganglion cells are of two types: those which are densely packed with the usual cytoplasmic organelles but have few neurofilaments (granular neurons), and those which exhibit large areas containing few organelles but have a high concentration of neurofilaments (filamented neurons). The latter cell type is ensheathed by myelin which is generally more compact that that surrounding the former. The formation and the physiologic significance of perikaryal myelin are discussed.


1980 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Pilkington ◽  
P. L. Lantos ◽  
J. P. Roscoe

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