Ultrastructural characterization of isolated rat Kupffer cells by transmission X-ray microscopy.

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  • J G Scharf
  • G Schneider
چکیده

The ultrastructure of primary cultured rat Kupffer cells was studied using transmission X-ray microscopy as well as transmission electron microscopy. X-ray microscopical images of intact, hydrated Kupffer cells demonstrated structures such as cell nucleus separated by a nuclear membrane and filaments concentrated in the perinuclear area. Within the cytoplasm, a number of vacuoles were visible; some of these were crescent-shaped vacuoles that were half X-ray lucent, half X-ray dense; others were uniformly dense. The number of crescent-shaped vacuoles was predominant. After phagocytosis of haematite particles, enlarged vacuoles containing the ingested material were visible within the cytoplasm of Kupffer cells while crescent-shaped vacuoles were no longer detectable. Densitometric analysis of the two types of vacuole revealed that the X-ray absorption of the uniform vacuole was approximately half that of the dense part of the crescent-shaped vacuoles. This observation led to speculation on the existence of only one type of vacuole in the cytoplasm of Kupffer cells. The different morphological aspects--crescent-shaped versus uniform vacuoles--might be due to different three-dimensional orientation with respect to the image plane. Using transmission electron microscopy, the morphology of vacuoles differed more widely in diameter, density and shape. Two main types of vacuole were identified: electron-lucent and electron-dense. Based on the observation of only one type of vacuole by transmission X-ray microscopy, the different morphological aspects of vacuoles obtained by transmission electron microscopy could be explained by imaging several different sections of a crescent-shaped vacuole. From the present data it can be concluded that transmission X-ray microscopy is a versatile technique that reveals the ultrastructure of intact, unsectioned biological specimens in their aqueous environment, thereby allowing a more comprehensive interpretation of data obtained by transmission electron microscopy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of microscopy

دوره 193 Pt 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1999