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  • 1
    ISSN: 1432-0711
    Keywords: Electron microscopy ; Stereology ; Human liver ; Oral contraceptives ; Elektronenmikroskopie ; Stereologie ; Menschliche Leber ; Orale Kontrazeptiva
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Es wurden Leberbiopsien von 12 Frauen feinstrukturell-morphometrisch untersucht, die über einen Zeitraum von 2 Monaten bis zu 8 Jahren ein Kombinationspräparat zur hormonellen Antikonzeption eingenommen hatten. Die stereologischen Daten wurden bereits vorher erstellten Basiswerten für normale Lebern (Roessner et al., 1977) gegenübergestellt und auf signifikante Unterschiede hin überprüft (p〈0,001). Eine deutliche Volumenzunahme lysosomaler Zelleinschlüsse pro ml Hepatocyten und eine leichte Cytoplasmavergrößerung bei gleichzeitiger Verkleine-rung der Nuclei kennzeichnen die Veränderungen der Hepatocyten. Alle übrigen ermittelten Parameter lassen den Schluß zu, daß wesentliche Alterationen der Ultrastruktur der menschlichen Leber nach hormoneller Kontrazeption nicht auftreten. Ob damit auch funktionelle Alterationen auszuschließen sind, kann hier nicht beantwortet werden.
    Notes: Summary Liver biopsies from 12 healthy women were investigated morphometrically — according to the methods of Weibel (1969). All women had taken an oral contraceptive agent during 2 til 76 months. The evaluated stereological datas were compared with base-line datas for normal human liver biopsies, which were elaborated in a previous investigation (Roessner et al., 1977). Statistical analysis was performed on an IBM 360/50 computer system, including F- and student's t-test. In the liver biopsy-specimen from the women, which were on oral contraceptives, the volume-density of lysosomes per ml hepatocytes shows a pronounced, significant (p〈0.001) increase. A moderate increase of cytoplasm is combined with decrease of nuclei-volume. The surface-densities of the rough and smooth endoplasmatic reticulum do not differ significantly from the datas calculated from normal human liver biopsies. All other datas too demonstrate that there are no striking changes in the ultrastructure of human liver, caused by oral contraceptives. Functional alterations however can not be excluded.
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  • 2
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Human myocardium ; Left ventricle ; Electron microscopy ; Morphometry ; Aging
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Licht- und elektronenmikroskopisch wurde mit einem manuell-optischen Bildanalysesystem eine morphometrische Analyse am Herzmuskel durchgeführt. Das Untersuchungsgut stammte aus nicht belasteten menschlichen linken Ventrikeln, welches bei herzchirurgischen Eingriffen gewonnen wurde. Bei den Patienten lag entweder ein Foramen ovale persistens, ein Vorhofseptumdefekt (ASD) I.–II. Grades oder eine reine Mitralstenose III.–IV. Grades vor. Die linken Kammerdruckmittelwerte lagen im Normbereich. Das Patientengut konnte in eine junge Patientengruppe von 5–15 Jahren und in eine alte Patientengruppe von 42–78 Jahren unterteilt werden. Lichtmikroskopisch wurde ermittelt, da\ sich der Anteil des Interstitium am Herzmuskelgewebe mit dem Alter nicht verÄndert. Die Anzahldichte der Herzmuskelzellkerne nimmt im Alter ab (P〈0,001), was auf eine Verringerung der Anzahldichte der Herzmuskelzellen pro Testvolumen und eine Vergrö\erung der einzelnen Herzmuskelzelle schlie\en lÄ\t. Elektronenmikroskopisch konnte eine Vermehrung der Volumendichte der Myofibrillen (P〈0,02) mit zunehmendem Alter nachgewiesen werden, wÄhrend die Volumendichte der Mitochondrien konstant bleibt und die Volumendichte des restlichen Cytoplasmas sogar abnimmt (P〈0,05). Die Anzahl der Mitochondrien erhöht sich im Alter (P〈0,001), so da\ bei den einzelnen Mitochondrien mit zunehmendem Alter eine Verkleinerung eintritt.
    Notes: Summary An ultrastructural and morphometric analysis was performed on human myocardial left ventricle, obtained during surgical heart operations on normally loaded ventricles. The diagnoses of the patients were a) Persistant foramen ovale b) Atrial septal defect stage (I.–II.) c) Mitral stenosis (stage III.–IV.). The median values of left ventricular pressure were not pathologically elevated. The patients were divided in 2 groups, the younger one ranging from 5–15 years, the older from 42–78 years. It was shown that the volume density of the interstitial tissue does not differ with the aging process. The number of the nuclei per test area of the heart muscle cells decreased within age (P〈0.001). This finding suggests a decreasing process in the number of the heart muscle cells and an increase in size of the individual myocardial cell. Increase in the volume density of myofibrils was demonstrated at electron microscopical level with aging (P〈0.02). The volume density of mitochondria is the same in both groups, whereas the volume density of the remaining cytoplasm (without myofibrils and mitochondria) decreases (P〈0.05). The numerical density of the mitochondria increased in the older patient group (P〈0.001).
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: Human myocardium ; Left ventricle ; Hypertrophy ; Electron microscopy ; Morphometry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung An den KammerwÄnden menschlicher linker Ventrikel, die auf Grund einer Aortenstenose, einer Aorteninsuffizienz oder eines kombinierten Aortenvitium hypertrophiert waren, wurden licht- und elektronenmikroskopisch morphometrische Untersuchungen angestellt. Die Ergebnisse wurden mit denen, die an nicht belasteten menschlichen linken Ventrikeln gewonnen wurden, verglichen. Lichtmikroskopisch unterscheiden sich die Anteile der Volumendichten des Interstitium und der Herzmuskelzellen am gesamten Herzmuskelgewebe nicht statistisch signifikant. Es konnte morphometrisch eine Zellvergrö\erung festgestellt werden, die aus der signifikanten Verringerung der Volumendichte der Zellkerne (P〈0,001) und der Anzahl der Zellkerne pro TestflÄche (P〈0,0001) gegenüber den beiden Normalkollektiven resultiert. Elektronenmikroskopisch ist eine Zunahme der Volumendichten der Myofibrillen (P〈0,0001) auf Kosten des restlichen Cytoplasmas (P〈0,001) festzustellen, wÄhrend die Volumendichte der Mitochondrien im Vergleich mit den jungen und alten Patienten abnahm (P〈0,0001). Die OberflÄchendichte der Mitochondrien verringerte sich gegenüber den beiden Vergleichskollektiven (P〈0,001) ebenso wie die der Cristae mitochondriales (P〈0,0001). Diese Ergebnisse finden ihr morphologisches Korrelat in Mitochondriendestruktionen. Eine vermehrte Myolyse hat bei den hypertrophierten Herzen, die alle gewichtsmÄ\ig über dem kritischen Herzgewicht lagen, noch nicht eingesetzt. Bei allen Patienten wurde der herzchirurgische Eingriff mit Erfolg durchgeführt.
    Notes: Summary Biopsies of hypertrophied human myocardial left ventricles were investigated morphometrically. The diagnoses of the patients were stenosis of the aortic valve, aortic insufficiency or a combination of both lesions. The results were compared with those from normally loaded human left ventricles. There are no differences on light microscopical level between the volume densities of interstitial tissue and of heart muscle cells in the three groups of patients. A significant diminution of the volume density of the nuclei (P〈0.001) and the number of nuclei per test area (P〈0.0001) when compared with normal groups suggests an increase in volume of the single heart muscle cell. The ultrastructural study shows marked increase in volume density of myofibrils (P〈0.0001), with accompanying decrease in the volume densities of mitochondria (P〈0.0001) and the remaining cytoplasm (P〈0.001). A gross decrease in the surface area of mitochondria (P〈0.001) and of cristae mitochondriales (P〈0.0001) is found. The morphological equivalents of this result are numerous stages of mitochondrial destruction including cristolysis. All myocardial weights were beyond the “critical heart weight”.
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  • 4
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    International archives of occupational and environmental health 44 (1979), S. 25-43 
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Electron microscopy ; Morphometry ; Freeze etching ; Liver ; Aging ; Polychlorinated biphenyls ; Elektronenmikroskopie ; Morphometrie ; Gefrierätzung ; Leber ; Altern ; polychlorierte Biphenyle
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung In der vorliegenden Untersuchung wurden jungen und alten männlichen Wistarratten polychlorierte Biphenyle (PCB) i.p. appliziert. Die altersbedingten und die hepatotoxischen Veränderungen in der Leber wurden licht- und elektronenmikroskopisch erfaßt. Des weiteren wurden Membranveränderungen mit der Gefrierätzung nachgewiesen. Neben den altersbedingten Veränderungen im Vergleich der beiden Kontrollkollektive fällt vor allem die exzessive Proliferation des glatten endoplasmatischen Retikulums auf, welche nach PCB-Applikation in den Hepatocyten nachzuweisen ist. Bei den jungen Ratten betrug die Vermehrung der Oberflächen-dichte dieser Membranen im Vergleich zu den Kontrolltieren 803% (P〈0,001) und bei den alten Ratten 282% (P〈0,001). Bei alten anderen untersuchten Parametern wurden sowohl bei den jungen als auch bei den alten Ratten statistisch signifikante Verringerungen nach PCB-Gabe festgestellt.
    Notes: Summary Thin-section and freeze-fracture techniques have been employed to investigate the ultrastructure of PCB-intoxicated rat liver of different ages. Besides alterations in the supramolecular structure of the plasma membranes, excessive proliferation of smooth endoplasmic reticulum (SER) in the hepatocytes was observed. In young rats, the surface density increased by up to 803% (P〈0.001) and in old rats up to 282% (P〈0.001) compared with the control rats. All other investigated parameters decreased significantly after the application of PCB.
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  • 5
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Diesel exhaust emission ; Liver ; Electron microscopy ; Freeze-fracture
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The livers of Syrian golden hamsters were examined with the light and electron microscope using the techniques of thin sectioning and freeze-fracture following 5 months of exposure to various concentrations of diluted diesel exhaust gases. The light microscopical examination showed enlarged sinusoides with activated Kupffer's cells and slight changes in the cell nuclei. In the electron microscopical examination the most striking changes were seen in the mitochondria, which frequently showed a loss in cristae. In addition, the mitochondria exhibited pleomorphic character. The microbodies were of the same size as mitochondria. An increase in the number of lysosomes was observed especially in the tissue surrounding the narrow bile canaliculi. The various alterations corresponding to the different concentrations of exhaust gases could be seen especially well in the sinusoides, the mitochondria and the microbodies. In general the hepatocytes appeared to be moderately enlarged. The zonulae occludentes showed a more irregular outline and large maculae tight junctions were found on the lateral region of the plasmalemma of hepatocytes. The gap junctions exhibited a wide range of structural diversity. The intramembranous particles on the P fracture face of the plasmalemma of hepatocytes are aggregated.
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  • 6
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    International archives of occupational and environmental health 49 (1982), S. 305-314 
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon ; Liver ; Electron microscopy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Female NMRI mice aged 9–12 weeks were each given a single subcutaneous injection of 0.5 ml of a suspension containing either the total extracts or the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) fraction of airborne particles. Both the total extracts and PAH fractions contain 3 Vg benzopyrene. After about 15 months the livers were removed from the animals, which had by that time developed tumors at the injection site, and were subjected to ectronmicroscopical study. The essential alterations were observed in the nucleoli and the cell nuclei, which had greatly proliferated and exhibited irregular nuclear membranes. Advanced fibrosis was observed in central liver specimens of all groups. Marked alterations were also observed in the mitochondria and the mitochondria) cristae as well as in the bile canaliculi. Intracytoplasmic glycogen usually occurred densely clustered along the periphery of the cell. It may be concluded from the observations that both the total extract of atmospheric suspended particulate matter and the PAH fraction cause hematogenic damage to the liver following subcutaneous injection, a finding which cannot be interpreted as metastatic carcinoma.
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  • 7
    ISSN: 1432-072X
    Keywords: Malonomonas rubra ; Propionigenium modestum ; Malonate decarboxylase ; Methylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase ; Biotin ; Avidin ; Electron microscopy ; High pressure freezing ; Immunolabeling
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Malonate decarboxylase of Malonomonas rubra is a complex enzyme system involving cytoplasmic and membrane-bound components. One of these is a biotin-containing protein of Mr 120'000, the location of which in the cytoplasm was deduced from the following criteria: (i) If the cytoplasm was incubated with avidin and the malonate decarboxylase subsequently completed with the membrane fraction the decarboxylase activity was abolished. The corresponding incubation of the membrane with avidin, however, was without effect. (ii) Western blot analysis identified the single biotin-containing polypeptide of Mr 120'000 within the cytoplasm. (iii) Transmission electron micrographs of immuno-gold labeled M. rubra cells clearly showed the location of the biotinyl protein within the cytoplasm, whereas the same procedure with Propionigenium modestum cells indicated the location of the biotin enzyme methylmalonyl-CoA decarboxylase in the cell membrane. The biotin-containing protein of the M. rubra malonate decarboxylase enzyme system was not retained by monomeric avidin-Sepharose columns but could be isolated with this column in a catalytically inactive form in the presence of detergents. If the high binding affinity of tetrameric avidin towards biotin was reduced by destructing part of the tryptophan residues by irradiation or oxidation with periodate, the inhibition of malonate decarboxylase by the modified avidin was partially reversed with an excess of biotin. Attempts to purify the biotin protein in its catalytically active state using modified avidin columns were without success.
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-0878
    Keywords: Aedes aegypti ; Midgut epithelium ; Cytology ; Morphometry ; Electron microscopy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Zusammenfassung Die Ultrastruktur des Mitteldarmes von Aedes aegypti Weibchen wurde morphometrisch untersucht. Besonderes Interesse lag dabei auf quantitativen Unterschieden im Bau der Epithelzellen eines vorderen (A) und eines hinteren (P) Abschnittes des Mitteldarmes, um jedem dieser beiden Abschnitte bestimmte Funktionen zuordnen zu können. 5 physiologisch verschiedene Stadien wurden verglichen: 1 = unreife Weibchen; 2 = zum 1. Blutmahl (B.M.) bereit; 3 = Verdauung des B.M.; 4 = zum 2. B.M. bereit; 5 = alternde Weibchen. Wenn der Mitteldarm noch nicht funktionsbereit ist (Stadium 1) gleichen sich die Epithelzellen von A und P quantitativ ultrastrukturell. In den folgenden Stadien hingegen werden deutliche Unterschiede sichtbar. Das Zellvolumen und die Kern-Cytoplasma-Relation werden in P generell größer als in A. Parallel dazu nehmen der Mitochondriengehalt und die Oberfläche des rauhen endoplasmatischen Retikulums in P gegenüber A zu. In A entwickeln sich mehr Microvilli, ein extensiveres basales Labyrinth und ein deutliches glattes endoplasmatisches Retikulum. Vergrößerte Cytoplasmavolumina vor allem in den P-Zellen werden 24 Std. nach dem 1. B.M. gefunden (Stadium 3). Parallel dazu erreichen die Volumina der Organellen und/oder ihre Membranoberflächen ebenfalls Maximalwerte. Diese Vergrößerung des gesamten Zell-apparates läßt den Schluß zu, daß während der Blutverdauung die Funktionskapazität des Mitteldarmes erhöht ist. Basierend auf den quantitativ ultrastrukturellen Unterschieden zwischen den Zellen von A und P wurde postuliert, daß dem vorderen Abschnitt des Mitteldarms verstärkte Absorptionsfunktionen zukommen. Dem hinteren Abschnitt hingegen wurden gesteigerte Protein-syntheseleistungen im Zusammenhang mit der Bildung von Verdauungsenzymen zugeordnet. Die vorliegenden Resultate wurden an einem, in Beziehung auf seine Ernährung, spezialisierten Insekt gewonnen (Blutverdauung). Trotzdem scheint die postulierte Zuordnung von Funktionen zu bestimmten Mitteldarmzonen mit dem “secretion—absorption”-Modell (Berridge, 1970) übereinzustimmen.
    Notes: Summary The ultrastructure of the midgut of Aedes aegypti females was investigated by means of morphometric techniques. The interest was focussed on quantitative differences in the composition of epithelial cells between the anterior (A) and posterior (P) part of the midgut. The aim was to attribute defined functions to each of these 2 parts. 5 different physiological stages were compared: 1 = immature female; 2 = ready for first blood meal (b.m.); 3 = digestion of b.m.; 4 = ready for 2nd b.m.; 5 = aging female. Whereas in stage 1, when the gut has not yet reached a functional state the epithelial cells of A and P resemble each other, distinct differences develop in subsequent stages. Generally the cell volume and the nuclear-cytoplasmic ratio become higher in P than in A. Concomitantly the mitochondrial content and the surface area of the rough endoplasmic reticulum are more prominent in P than in A. On the other hand more microvilli, a more extensive basal labyrinth and a well developed smooth endoplasmic reticulum are present in A. Enlarged cytoplasmic volumes, especially high in P, are found 24 h after the first b.m. (stage 3). In accordance with this increase the volume of organelles and/or their membrane surface areas also reach maximal values. This augmentation of the metabolic cell apparatus suggests that during blood digestion the whole organ develops an increased functional capacity. From the quantitative structural differences in A and P we concluded that the A-part of the midgut is especially involved in absorption. To the P-part more protein synthesis may be attributed, thus indicating an enhanced formation of digestive enzymes. Although this study deals with a rather specialised insect (blood digestion), it appears that our hypothesis attributing functions to defined midgut zones, agrees to a certain extent with the “secretion-absorption-model” of Berridge (1970).
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  • 9
    ISSN: 0020-7608
    Keywords: Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling ; Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: A summary is given of our recently developed semiempirical pseudopotentials and their applications, and new results are presented on the K2 molecule.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 0020-7608
    Keywords: Computational Chemistry and Molecular Modeling ; Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Computational studies are reported of Stieltjes orbitals for Hilbert-space descriptions of discrete and continuum molecular electronic eigenstates. Particular attention is focused on the identification of N → V π(π → π*) and N → Vσ(σ → σ*) intravalence contributions to photoexcitation and ionization spectra in CO and H2CO molecules. Three-dimensional graphical representations of appropriate Stielties orbitals serve to identify the σ → σ* transitions of Mulliken as photoionization resonances above threshold in these compounds, whereas the corresponding π → π* contributions are spectrally localized as familiar discrete excited states. The development illustrates the nature and properties of Stieltjes orbitals, and demonstrates their utility in studies of both discrete and continuum excitation spectra on a common basis.
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