Electron microscopic observation of fat-storing cells on the liver of squirrels
1981
Lee, J.H. (Kyungbuk National Univ., Daegu (Korea R.). Coll. of Agriculture) | Lee, J.S. (Seoul National Univ., Suwon (Korea R.). Coll. of Agriculture)
In order to know the morphology and the function of the fat-storing cells (FSC) of the squirrels which were captured at the Pal-Gong mountain near Taegu, Korea [R.] in December, 1980 (Group A) and May, 1981 (Group B), respectively, light and electron microscopic observations were conducted on the liver of the squirrels. Light microscopically, the size of the lipid droplets in the FSC of group A was uniformly larger than those in the cells of group B, and number of the droplets in the FSC of group A was less than those in the cells of Group B. The distribution of the FSC of group A was mainly perilobular area while those of group B were centrolobular and midzonal areas. In this method, the FSC of the squirrels was similar to those cells of the hamsters. Electron microscopically, general morphology of the squirrel's FSC was accorded with those of the other mammals. However, the rough surfaced endoplasmic reticulum in the FSC of group B was more dilated than those in the cells of group A, and more lipid droplets and pinocytotic vesicles were observed in the FSC of group B than those in the cells of group A. From those evidences, it could be suggested that the metabolic rates in the FSC of the squirrels collected in the spring were higher than those in the cells of the animals collected in the winter.
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