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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
To assess the effect of ethanol on the liver of the offspring of alcohol-fed rats, the hepatocytes of newborn rats whose mothers were fed: a) a liquid diet containing alcohol, b) the same diet isocalorically balanced, or c) a chow diet, were analyzed using both quantitative and qualitative electron microscopy as well as cytophotometric and biochemical methods. Hepatocytes of chow-fed and pair-fed controls showed differences in the amounts of glycogen and lipids as well as in several stereologically measured variables including mitochondria, Golgi apparatus and smooth endoplasmic reticulum. These differences are probably due to the composition of the diet. Rats prenatally exposed to alcohol showed increases in the hepatocyte and mitochondria volumes and in the number of peroxisomes. Moreover, the Golgi apparatus of these cells appeared disorganized and composed exclusively of small size vesicles, suggesting an impairment of their function.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0174-7398
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
405
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Qualitative and quantitative ultrastructural alterations in hepatocytes of rats prenatally exposed to ethanol with special reference to mitochondria, golgi apparatus and peroxisomes.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article