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HALKKA LIISA. Ultrastructural changes and kinetic relationships of the secondary nucleolus and nuclear bodies in previtellogenic oocytes of the dragonfly Cordulia aenea. Hereditas 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1981.tb01416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Likovský Z, Smetana K. Nucleolar coefficient of granulocyte precursors and granulocytes after visualization of nucleoli by two different methods. Acta Histochem 2000; 102:95-102. [PMID: 10726168 DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To clarify differences in the incidence and number of nucleoli in the granulopoietic lineage, these nuclear components were studied in human and rabbit granulocyte precursors and granulocytes after visualization by 2 widely employed cytochemical procedures, i.e. a procedure for the demonstration of RNA and the silver reaction for the demonstration of nucleolar silver stainable proteins (SSPs). In early stages of the granulocyte proliferating compartment, substantial differences were not found between specimens in which nucleoli were visualized by both procedures. However, in contrast to specimens stained with the silver reaction, the number of cells without nucleoli was substantially larger in advanced stages of granulocyte development in specimens stained for RNA. The number of nucleoli per cell as expressed by the nucleolar coefficient was generally larger in specimens stained with the silver reaction for nucleolar SSPs. These differences were significant starting with the stage of myelocytes. Moreover, in specimens stained with the silver reaction, most of human mature granulocytes did not contain nucleoli but nucleoli were present in all mature granulocytes of rabbits. Such differences were not observed in specimens stained for RNA in which most granulocytes were without RNA-containing nucleoli. Thus, the evaluation of the presence or absence of nucleoli in specimens depended on the visualization procedure. It is likely that in micronucleoli which are characteristic for terminal differentiation of the granulocytic lineage, RNA-containing structures may be lost or are below the detection limit of the light microscope. In addition, differences in the presence of nucleoli exist apparently between human and rabbit granulocytes in specimens stained for SSPs but not in those stained for RNA.
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- Z Likovský
- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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Chan EK, Takano S, Andrade LE, Hamel JC, Matera AG. Structure, expression and chromosomal localization of human p80-coilin gene. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22:4462-9. [PMID: 7971277 PMCID: PMC308480 DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.21.4462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Coiled bodies (CBs) are non-capsular nuclear bodies with a diameter of 0.3-1 micron and appear to be composed of coiled fibrils. Human autoantibodies to CBs recognize an 80-kD nuclear protein highly enriched in CBs, and this protein has been named p80-coilin. CBs are known to assemble and disassemble during the cell cycle, with the highest number of CBs occurring at mid to late G1 where p80-coilin is assembled into several small nuclear body-like structures. In S and G2 phases, CBs become larger and their number decreases and often they are undetectable during mitosis. Using a human autoantibody as a probe for expression cloning, we initially isolated a partial cDNA encoding p80-coilin. In this report, the 5' end of the complete cDNA for p80-coilin was obtained using the 5'-RACE (rapid amplification of cDNA ends) methodology. The size of the reconstructed full-length cDNA corresponds to the 2.7-kb mRNA detected in Northern blot analysis. The complete p80-coilin protein consists of 576 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 62,608. A putative p80-coilin pseudogene was also detected during the rescreening of p80-coilin cDNA. To confirm the validity of the cDNA sequence, three overlapping genomic DNA clones representing the human p80-coilin gene were selected for further analysis. The complete gene for p80-coilin contains 7 exons spanning approximately 25kb. Sequence analysis of exons 1 and 2 in genomic DNA clones confirmed the accuracy of the 5' cDNA sequence derived from the 5'-RACE procedure. Furthermore, the human p80-coilin gene was localized to chromosome 17q22-23 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
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- E K Chan
- W.M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Andrade LE, Tan EM, Chan EK. Immunocytochemical analysis of the coiled body in the cell cycle and during cell proliferation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:1947-51. [PMID: 8446613 PMCID: PMC45997 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.5.1947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Coiled bodies (CBs) are small, round structures found in the nucleoplasm of most eukaryotic cells. Human autoantibodies to a 80-kDa protein, p80-coilin, are immunohistologic markers for CBs. A polyclonal rabbit antiserum (R288) raised against recombinant p80-coilin was shown to have similar immunochemical properties as human autoantibodies and was used to analyze the expression of p80-coilin-associated CBs in cell cultures synchronized by double thymidine block, nocodazole arrest, serum starvation, or hormonal deprivation. By employing thymidine block and nocodazole arrest of HeLa cells, CBs were observed in immunofluorescent studies to be largest in size in the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle. These large CBs might have coalesced into one or two such structures per cell from smaller and more numerous CBs of three to eight per cell during the mid G1 phase of the cell cycle. No CB-like structures were observed in mitosis and early G1. However, immunoblotting analyses showed that the total amount of p80-coilin remained approximately the same throughout the cell cycle. When HeLa cells were separated into soluble and particulate fractions, p80-coilin was detected predominantly in the soluble fraction in mitosis and early G1, whereas it was present predominantly in the particulate fraction in late G1, S, and G2 when structurally distinct CBs were observed. In the analysis of CBs in two experimental models of cell proliferation (reversal of 3T3 serum starvation and FRTL-5 thyrotropin deprivation), proliferating cells contained larger, brighter, and more numerous CBs as well as a > 2-fold increase in the total amount of p80-coilin compared to that in quiescent cells. The expression of p80-coilin in quiescent cells induced to proliferate and the cyclic formation and breakdown of CBs might be consistent with the notion that CBs may be specialized centers related to the maturation of mRNA, but this evidence is indirect and needs further definitive study.
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- L E Andrade
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, W.M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037
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Nuclear bodies (NBs) were first described in detail some 30 years ago, by conventional electron microscopy, as prominent interchromatin structures found primarily in the nuclei of malignant or hyperstimulated animal cells. Subsequent studies have shown that NBs are ubiquitous organelles, but they are numerically and morphologically quite varied. With the recent discovery of human autoantibodies against several key nuclear antigens present in some NBs, these structures are once again the subject of much attention. At least one class of NBs, coiled bodies, has been shown to be nucleolus-derived and to contain not only nucleolus-associated antigens, but also many of the snRNP components involved in pre-mRNA splicing. These data suggest that coiled bodies, and perhaps other NBs as well, are multifunctional and may be involved in the processing or transport of both pre-mRNA and pre-rRNA. Further evidence is provided showing that NBs constitute distinct nuclear domains whose functional significance is just now emerging.
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- K Brasch
- Department of Biology, California State University, San Bernardino 92407-2397
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Oglesbee M. Intranuclear inclusions in paramyxovirus-induced encephalitis: evidence for altered nuclear body differentiation. Acta Neuropathol 1992; 84:407-15. [PMID: 1332364 DOI: 10.1007/bf00227668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Intranuclear inclusion bodies (INB) are frequently encountered in viral infections, where they are thought to be accumulations of viral particles. However, for RNA viruses replicating in the cytoplasm, this compartmentalization represents a paradox not consistent with the viral replication cycle. To define the basis for intranuclear paramyxoviral inclusion bodies in astrocytes, natural cases of canine distemper virus subacute encephalitis were examined by light and transmission electron microscopy, and by quantitative confocal immunofluorescence microscopy. Although INB were viral antigen positive, they were not composed of structurally recognizable paramyxoviral nucleocapsids. The structural basis for the INB was instead viral antigen-associated forms of nucleolar development known as nuclear bodies. Three variants of the light microscopic Cowdry type A INB were complex nuclear bodies, giant beaded nuclear bodies (sphaeridia), and nuclear body-associated granulofilamentous matrices. In the latter, the granulofilamentous matrix frequently filled the nucleus, resulting in a fourth morphological INB variant, and was associated with morphological evidence of nuclear degeneration. These findings suggest a novel mechanism of virus-induced cytopathology whereby intranuclear viral protein exerts deleterious effects upon nucleolar differentiation in infected cells and hence altered host cell RNA metabolism.
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- M Oglesbee
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Severi B, Landini MP, Cenacchi G, Zini N, Maraldi NM. Human cytomegalovirus nuclear and cytoplasmic dense bodies. Arch Virol 1992; 123:193-207. [PMID: 1372496 DOI: 10.1007/bf01317149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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One of the characteristic features of cytomegalovirus (CMV) replication is the formation of cytoplasmic dense bodies. Recent findings revealed similar structures also in the nuclei of CMV-infected cells. By transmission electron microscopy, immuno electronmicroscopy, and cytochemistry, we have studied the morphogenetic steps and macromolecular composition of both structures. Our results show that both structures contain DNA, RNA and viral antigenic proteins. Nuclear dense bodies are probably an expression of a stimulated cellular metabolism, while cytoplasmic dense bodies may represent the site where surplus cellular and viral molecules are stored before being eliminated.
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- B Severi
- Istituto di Microscopia Elettronica Clinica, Università di Bologna, Italy
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Raska I, Andrade LE, Ochs RL, Chan EK, Chang CM, Roos G, Tan EM. Immunological and ultrastructural studies of the nuclear coiled body with autoimmune antibodies. Exp Cell Res 1991; 195:27-37. [PMID: 2055273 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(91)90496-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 258] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Studies with human autoimmune sera identified auto-antibodies reacting with a novel antigen of 80 kDa. In interphase mammalian cells, the 80-kDa antigen was enriched in nuclear coiled bodies and was used as a marker for this nuclear structure. This antigen was subsequently named p80-coilin. By light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry, a number of other antigens were also localized to the coiled body, including components of small nuclear ribonucleoproteins which are involved in the processing of nucleolar and extranucleolar RNA. Although the function of the coiled body is unknown, the presence of these subcellular particles might indicate an involvement in RNA metabolism. The identification of a protein highly enriched in this structure and the availability of specific antibodies might help in its isolation and the study of its function.
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- I Raska
- W. M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 92037
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Tobin DJ, Mandir N, Fenton DA, Dover R. Intranuclear rodlets and associated true intranuclear bodies in normal cultured human dermal papilla cells. J Invest Dermatol 1991; 96:388-91. [PMID: 2002258 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12466243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The dermal papilla is believed to exert controlling influences on hair growth. This report documents, for the first time, the occurrence of intranuclear rodlets in normal cultured human dermal papilla cells. Intranuclear rodlets have been observed predominantly in normal neurons, neural neoplasms, and paraneuromas. Whereas intranuclear rodlets and complex intranuclear bodies have not been identified in dermal papilla cells in vivo, they were observed, by light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy, in primary and subsequent passaged cultures in all 10 individuals examined. Intranuclear rodlets and bodies were not found, however, in parallel cultures of scalp dermal fibroblasts from the same individuals. Rodlet ultrastructure in cultured dermal papilla cells exhibited many features in common with previous reports on rodlets in neuronal and paraneuronal cells. Features that differentiated the rodlets in this study, however, included: doublet/triplet rodlets in the same nucleus; rodlets or crystalline filament bundles within complex nuclear inclusions; close relationship with the nuclear membrane, and their frequent intimate association with intranuclear bodies; and nucleoli and fine chromatin-distinct fibrillar material. Although the function of these true intranuclear inclusions in dermal papilla cells is unknown, it is noteworthy that they were present in these highly metabolically active fibroblasts while absent in comparatively less active dermal fibroblasts, and may indeed be a marker for this fibroblast cell type.
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- D J Tobin
- UMDS, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London, U.K
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For most known nuclear domains (ND), specific functions have been identified. In this report we used murine mAbs and human autoantibodies to investigate precisely circumscribed structures 0.2-0.3 micron in diameter which appear as "nuclear dots" distributed throughout the nucleoplasm. Nuclear dots are metabolically stable and resistant to nuclease digestion and salt extraction. The localization of nuclear dots is separate from kinetochores, centromeres, sites of mRNA processing and tRNA synthesis, nuclear bodies, and chromosomes. The nuclear dots, therefore, represent a novel ND. Nuclear dots break down as cells enter metaphase and reassemble at telophase. In interphase cells, nuclear dots are frequently "paired," and some are visible as "doublets" when stained with one particular antiserum. The number of dot doublets increased when quiescent cells were stimulated with serum although the total number of dots did not change substantially. One of the antigens was identified as a protein with a molecular mass of approximately 55 kD showing three charge isomers in the pI range of 7.4 to 7.7. Autoantibodies affinity purified from this nuclear dot protein (NDP-55) show nuclear dots exclusively. Nuclear dot-negative rat liver parenchymal cells became positive after chemical hepatectomy, suggesting involvement of the NDP-55 in the proliferative state of cells.
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- C A Ascoli
- Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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Lafarga M, Berciano MT, Suarez I, Viadero CF, Andres MA, Berciano J. Cytology and organization of reactive astroglia in human cerebellar cortex with severe loss of granule cells: a study on the ataxic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Neuroscience 1991; 40:337-52. [PMID: 2027464 DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(91)90124-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In order to investigate the cellular basis of human astrogliosis, we have selected the cerebellar cortex because it provides a relatively simple and geometrical organization of both neuronal and glial populations. A pathological system with severe and progressive loss of granule cells was studied: the ataxic form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, where the tissue geometry is minimally disturbed. The quantitative study revealed a drastic reduction in the numerical density of granule cells in the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease cerebellum, and a significant increase in the numerical density of astrocytes. Karyometric analysis showed that the nuclear area was significantly greater in reactive astroglial cells than in normal astroglia. Glial fibrillary acidic protein immunocytochemistry revealed astroglial hypertrophy, but the geometry and spatial domains of astroglial subtypes were strictly preserved. Vimentin expression was detected in Bergmann glia and in certain astrocytes of the granular layer. Ultrastructural analysis showed that reactive astroglia had large nuclei, with expanded interchromatinic regions which contained clusters of interchromatin granules and nuclear bodies, and prominent reticulate nucleoli. In the cytoplasm, hypertrophied bundles of intermediate filaments were observed, some of them associated with the nuclear envelope. Numerous adhering and gap junctions were also found among reactive astroglial cells. Perivascular glial processes showed a terminal web of intermediate filaments and a conspicuous plasmalemmal undercoat. Interendothelial tight junctions were preserved. Our results suggest that the severe loss of granule cells induces a highly ordered astroglial response which tends to preserve the geometry of the astroglial scaffold, the domains of each astroglial subtype, the neuronal microenvironmental conditions and the efficiency of the blood brain barrier, in order to promote neuron survival.
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- M Lafarga
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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Raska I, Ochs RL, Andrade LE, Chan EK, Burlingame R, Peebles C, Gruol D, Tan EM. Association between the nucleolus and the coiled body. J Struct Biol 1990; 104:120-7. [PMID: 2088441 DOI: 10.1016/1047-8477(90)90066-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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By means of light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry, we have localized p80-coilin, a specific protein marker for coiled bodies, in mammalian cell lines as well as in primary rat neuron cultures. p80-coilin-stained nuclear bodies, which also contained fibrillarin, could be subsequently silver stained by a method specific for the visualization of nucleolar organizer regions. In cycling cells, most coiled bodies were not associated with nucleoli, whereas in rat neurons such as association was frequent. The treatment of cycling cells with actinomycin D or 5,6-dichloro-1-beta-D-ribo furanosyl-benzimidazole led to nucleolar segregation and/or disintegration, and to an association of p80-coilin staining structures with nucleoli. p80-coilin-positive structures contained fibrillarin in both untreated and treated cells. These results support the opinion that there might be a special association between coiled bodies and nucleoli, particularly in neuronal cells.
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- I Raska
- W.M. Keck Autoimmune Disease Center, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California 92037
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Kamel HM, Kirk J, Toner PG. Ultrastructural pathology of the nucleus. CURRENT TOPICS IN PATHOLOGY. ERGEBNISSE DER PATHOLOGIE 1990; 82:17-89. [PMID: 2186894 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-74668-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Zareba-Kowalska A. Cytochemical observations of the coiled bodies in neurons of rat sympathetic ganglia. HISTOCHEMISTRY 1989; 91:251-6. [PMID: 2722567 DOI: 10.1007/bf00490140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Coiled bodies were investigated by means of ultrastructural cytochemistry. Preferential staining methods for localization of various proteins (ribonucleoproteins, basic proteins, phosphoproteins and glycoproteins) and DNA were applied. The results of cytochemical tests revealed that coiled bodies have a proteinaceous nature. They are composed of ribonucleoproteins, probably of nucleolar origin. They also contain phosphoproteins and glycoproteins but lack cytochemically detectable DNA. Coiled bodies present ultrastructural and cytochemical characteristics similar to the fibrillar part of the nucleous and to the interchromatin granules. The origin and possible functional role of coiled bodies are briefly discussed.
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- A Zareba-Kowalska
- Laboratory of the Ultrastructure of the Central Nervous System, Medical Research Centre, Warsaw, Poland
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Komlos L, Shimberg R, Halbrecht I, Zohar Y, Strauss M, Laurian L, Laurian N. Primary tissue cultures of benign and malignant human thyroid tumors: effect of TSH. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1988; 99:10-5. [PMID: 3140176 DOI: 10.1177/019459988809900102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Many thyroid carcinomas seem to be dependent upon the thyroid growth-promoting properties of the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). The purpose of the present investigation was to compare the in vitro effect of TSH on tissue cultures derived from malignant and benign thyroid tumors. The results indicate that TSH can affect the morphology and protein synthesis of primary tissue cultures derived from benign and malignant thyroid tumors differently. The addition of TSH to cultures derived from benign tumors resulted in a reorganization of follicle-like structures of the monolayer and in a reduction of protein synthesis. In contrast to this, monolayers derived from carcinomas of the thyroid were not able to reorganize and their protein synthesis was not inhibited in the presence of TSH. For a better understanding of TSH suppressive therapy, we suggest testing the influence of TSH on a large number of tissue cultures derived from benign and malignant tumors of the thyroid.
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- L Komlos
- B. Gattegno Research Institute of Human Reproduction and Fetal Development, Hasharon Hospital, Petah-Tiqva, Israel
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Perrudet-Badoux A, Anteunis A, Astesano A, Ruitenberg EJ. Effects of macrophage activity on the antibody-dependent cytotoxicity against Trichinella spiralis newborn larvae: an in vitro cytotoxicity and ultrastructural study. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR PARASITENKUNDE (BERLIN, GERMANY) 1985; 71:249-57. [PMID: 3887792 DOI: 10.1007/bf00926275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The effect of the activity of macrophages on the antibody-dependent cytotoxicity against Trichinella spiralis newborn larvae was studied in vitro. Macrophages present in peritoneal exudates from mice genetically selected for high and low antibody production (HL and LL, respectively) showed an inverse cytotoxic effect. Cells from HL mice were ineffective, whereas cells from LL mice had a very high killing capacity. Ultrastructural studies of cells after incubations of up to 36 h supported these observations. Furthermore, peritoneal macrophages from congenitally athymic (nu/nu) mice showed a higher killing potential than cells from thymus-bearing littermates (+/nu) mice. The activity of the latter cells could be increased by in vitro pretreatment of the mice with Calmette-Guérin bacillus, a well-known macrophage stimulating agent. The results indicate that macrophages, although not the only effector cells, may play an important role in the defence against T. spiralis newborn larvae.
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Winkler GC, Cheville NF. The neonatal porcine lung: ultrastructural morphology and postnatal development of the terminal airways and alveolar region. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1984; 210:303-13. [PMID: 6507895 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092100205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Morphology and postnatal development of the porcine lung are described in animals ranging in age from newborn through 60 days. Standardized fixation was accomplished by intratracheal instillation of glutaraldehyde under constant pressure. Light microscopic, scanning, and transmission electron microscopic investigations revealed that the porcine lung follows the common architecture of mammalian lungs, but has certain peculiarities as well: intravascular macrophages, ultrastructurally similar to Kupffer cells, are attached to endothelial cells in pulmonary capillaries and are involved in erythrophagocytosis during the first postnatal weeks. Type II pneumocytes of newborn pigs exhibit signs of cell activation, mainly complex nuclear bodies in the cell nuclei. At the same time high levels of 17-hydroxycorticosteroids are observed in the newborn blood plasma. Terminal airways of the porcine lung are nonalveolarized and are, therefore, of purely conductive function. At birth the porcine lung exhibits a high degree of maturity, and thick-walled primary saccules, as described in newborn rodents, are not seen. Septa appear straight and smooth, owing to rare ramification. Septal buds are discernible, and two capillary networks visible on both sides of septal cross sections are seen. Further subdivision of the airspaces occurs in the first two postnatal weeks. Precociousness and fast postnatal growth of the porcine species are assumed to be the reason of this advanced degree of lung maturity at birth and the following rapid pulmonary development.
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Lafarga M, Crespo D, Villegas J. Nuclear inclusions in immature glial cells of the rat hypothalamus during the postnatal period. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 1983; 167:263-71. [PMID: 6311056 DOI: 10.1007/bf00298515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Ultrastructural study of the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus during the postnatal period showed the presence of nuclear inclusions in immature glial cells. These inclusions, identified as "coiled bodies", consist of round-to-oval formations of coiled electron-dense strands embedded in a less dense fibrillar matrix. Coiled bodies are located free within the nucleoplasm, showing no specific relationships with the nucleolus or the nuclear membrane. The cells containing coiled bodies were typified as oligodendrocyte precursors, mainly oligodendroblasts. The coiled bodies were not found in mature glial cells nor in other types of immature glial elements. The nature and possible functional role of coiled bodies are suggested in the light of recent morphological and biochemical data.
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Ree K. Intranuclear inclusions containing melanosomes observed after PUVA therapy: a study of five psoriatic patients. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH 1983; 83:10-20. [PMID: 6854715 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5320(83)90060-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Skin biopsies were obtained before and after PUVA therapy from five psoriatic patients and epidermal melanocytes surveyed for the presence of intranuclear melanosome-like bodies and nuclear bodies. Intranuclear melanosome-like bodies were observed after PUVA therapy whereas none were found before therapy. Nuclear bodies were found to increase in frequency after PUVA therapy. Remnants of a nuclear envelope membrane were not found around the intranuclear melanosome-like bodies. Nor were remnants of a nuclear envelope membrane found in or around the nuclear bodies. The results are discussed in view of the possible sites of origin of intranuclear melanosome-like bodies and nuclear bodies.
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Lafarga M, Hervás JP, Santa-Cruz MC, Villegas J, Crespo D. The "accessory body" of Cajal in the neuronal nucleus. A light and electron microscopic approach. ANATOMY AND EMBRYOLOGY 1983; 166:19-30. [PMID: 6301310 DOI: 10.1007/bf00317942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The present light and electron microscopic study deals with the morphology and staining properties of two intranuclear inclusions - the "accessory body" of Cajal and the "coiled body"--in the supraoptic nuclei of adult rat hypothalamus, and supports the assumption that these structures represent the same intrinsic component of the neuronal nucleus. Consequently, we propose to term it "accessory body". The structure of this body was visualized by several different staining procedures: conventional electron microscopic techniques, a silver reaction, and the regressive EDTA staining for ribonucleoproteins. The silver-impregnation method employed here, which consists of a silver development sequence on hypothalamic tissue blocks prior to plastic embedding, permitted the study of supraoptic neurons at both light and electron microscopic levels. The nature and origin of "accessory bodies" are suggested and their possible functional role is briefly discussed.
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Puvion-Dutilleul F, Azzarone B, Macieira-Coelho A. Comparison between proliferative changes and nuclear events during ageing of human fibroblasts in vitro. Mech Ageing Dev 1982; 20:75-92. [PMID: 7176705 DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(82)90076-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Age-related alterations in nucleoproteins were examined in resting human embryonic fibroblasts at various population doubling levels (PDL) with three techniques for electron microscopy. Conventional glutaraldehyde fixation showed nuclear modifications consistent with previously published studies. Miller's technique permitted the detection of transcription complexes in young as well as in old cells. The technique involving the ultrathin sectioning of partially loosened nucleoproteins revealed at high PDL a marked rarefaction of the chromatin threads and the appearance of large parts of the lamina densa devoid of attached threads. In addition, the nucleolar filamentous masses were considerably less tufty than at earlier PDL, suggesting a decrease in the ribosomal transcriptional activity. These changes in nucleoprotein organization were rare before the 40th PDL, then increased to about 5% of the nuclei when the percentage of cells initiating DNA during the first 24 h remained at low levels. They were the rule for the last 6 to 7 PDL and coincided with the time when the maximal densities started to fall rapidly. They appeared after treatment with a loosening medium at neutral and at alkaline pH.
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Vagner-Capodano AM, Bouteille M, Stahl A, Lissitzky S. Nucleolar ribonucleoprotein release into the nucleoplasm as nuclear bodies in cultured thyrotropin-stimulated thyroid cells: autoradiographic kinetics. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH 1982; 78:13-25. [PMID: 6176723 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5320(82)80010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hervás JP, Villegas J, Crespo D, Lafarga M. Coiled bodies in supraoptic nuclei of the rat hypothalamus during the postnatal period. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ANATOMY 1980; 159:447-54. [PMID: 6261574 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1001590408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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In electron microscopic studies of the supraoptic nuclei of the rat hypothalamus, structures identified as "coiled bodies" were found in magnocellular neurons. Although they could be seen elsewhere in mature neurosecretory cells, coiled bodies were commonly encountered in developing neurons during the postnatal period in both sexes. They appeared as distinctive nuclear inclusions consisting of round-to-oval networks of short electron-dense strands embedded in a less dense, fibrillar matrix, and lacking a limiting membrane. In fine structure and stain-affinity, they bore a resemblance to the fibrillar component of the nucleolus. Coiled bodies were located either in close association with the nucleolus or free within the nucleoplasm, showing no specific relationships with the perinucleolar chromatin or with the nuclear envelope. Their origin and functional meaning is discussed in the light of recent ultrastructural and biochemical data on cellular differentiation and nucleolar behavior.
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