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Ultrastructural morphometric investigations on rat liver of young and adult rats after treatment with technical pentachlorophenol (PCP)

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Age-dependent effects of technical pentachlorophenol (PCP) on male rat livers were investigated after a 15 day treatment with PCP, 30 mg/kg/d body weight. The liver tissues were investigated morphometrically at light and electron microscopical levels. Statistically significant alterations of nuclei and organelles of the hepatocytes were described.

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Altersabhängige Unterschiede im Reaktionsverhalten der Leber bei männlichen Wistarratten nach intraperitonealer Applikation von 30 mg technischem Pentachlorphenol (PCP) pro Kilogramm Körpergewicht über 15 Tage wurden feinstrukturell-morphometrisch ausgewertet.

Neben einer altersabhängigen Erhöhung des relativen Lebergewichts und einer Abnahme des Körpergewichts konnten umfangreiche Alterationen an den Hepatocytenzellkernen und Zellorganellen festgestellt werden.

Die Ergebnisse belegen, da β PCP neben Veränderungen an den Mitochondrien und Microbodies eine Proliferation der Membranen des glatten ER und eine Verminderung von Membranen des rauhen ER hervorruft.

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This work was supported by the “Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft — Biologie des Alterns — Th 83/14”

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Fleischer, M., Meiß, R., Robenek, H. et al. Ultrastructural morphometric investigations on rat liver of young and adult rats after treatment with technical pentachlorophenol (PCP). Arch. Toxicol. 44, 243–257 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00278032

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