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ArticleCell and tissue research1991

Peroxisomes in guinea pig liver: their peculiar morphological features may reflect certain aspects of lipoprotein metabolism in this species.

T Masuda, K Beier, K Yamamoto, H D Fahimi

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Article in Cell and tissue research, 1991. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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T MasudaDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology II, University of Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany.
K Beier
K Yamamoto
H D Fahimi
Heidelberg University · DE

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We have studied the ultrastructural characteristics and the distribution of peroxisomes in guinea pig liver using electron-microscopic cytochemistry for catalase and morphometry. By light microscopy, peroxisomes appear as dark 0.2-0.5 microns granules in the cytoplasm of liver parenchymal cells, often forming large clusters that measure up to 5 microns across. Rows of single peroxisomes or their aggregates line the sinusoidal surface of hepatocytes. Electron microscopy reveals that clusters of up to 25 individual peroxisomes are usually located in the subsinusoidal region of parenchymal cells. The mean diameter and the volume density of peroxisomes are larger in pericentral than in periportal regions of the liver lobule. Whereas large amounts of lipoprotein particles with a mean diameter of 160 nm (chylomicrons) are present in the Disse space, the cytoplasm of parenchymal cells contains multivesicular bodies and abundant lipid droplets. In addition, the Golgi complexes show distended lipoprotein-filled vesicles suggesting active biosynthesis of lipoproteins. We propose that the unique features of peroxisomes in guinea pig liver, such as cluster formation and alignment along the sinusoidal surface, may be related to the high levels of lipoproteins in the portal circulation and their hepatic catabolism in this species.

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AnimalsCatalaseGuinea PigsHistocytochemistryLipoproteinsLiverMaleMicrobodiesMicroscopy, ElectronSpecies SpecificityCatalaseLipoproteins

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