A Fine Structural Study of Liver (Littoral) Cells of Methylmercury Fed Japanese Quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica)
- 1 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Pharmacologica et Toxicologica
- Vol. 43 (2) , 93-98
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0773.1978.tb02241.x
Abstract
Tissues of Japanese quails were subjected to EM study. The birds had received 0-8 ppm methylmercury added to their diets for 6 wk. The ultrastructural changes in the littoral cells of the liver were swollen mitochondria, with dilation of the endoplasmic reticulum, loss of ribosomes from the rough endoplasmic reticulum and an increase in the number of vesicles in the cytoplasm. The nuclear membrane in some littoral cells became dilated, and the nuclear chromatin was condensed. The physiological effect of the destruction of the littoral cells is discussed.Keywords
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