1. Stereological studies of the parathyroid gland of phosphate-treated golden hamsters subjected to a hypergravity environment.
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Shoumura S, Emura S, Utsumi M, Yamahira T, Hayakawa D, Terasawa K, Tamada A, Arakawa M, and Isono H
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- Animals, Calcium blood, Cricetinae, Cytoplasmic Granules ultrastructure, Lysosomes ultrastructure, Male, Mesocricetus, Microscopy, Electron, Parathyroid Glands drug effects, Reference Values, Vacuoles ultrastructure, Gravitation, Parathyroid Glands ultrastructure, Phosphates pharmacology
- Abstract
The ultrastructure of the parathyroid glands of phosphate-treated golden hamsters exposed to a 5-G environment was studied. In the phosphate-treated animals exposed to a hypergravity environment, the Golgi complexes associated with numerous prosecretory granules, and the enlarged intercellular spaces containing floccular or finely particulate material showed a significant increase compared to those of the control, centrifuged, and phosphate-treated groups, and the cisternae of the granular endoplasmic reticulum showed a significant increase compared to those of the control and phosphate-treated groups. In addition, numerous secretory granules were situated close to the plasma membrane of chief cells in the phosphate-treated animals exposed to a hypergravity environment. These findings suggest that the synthesis, and to a greater extent the release of secretory granules may be markedly stimulated, in the parathyroid glands of phosphate-treated animals exposed to a hypergravity environment.
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- 1992
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