dc.contributor.author Møller-Madsen, B
dc.contributor.author Thorlacius-Ussing, O
dc.date.accessioned 2025-06-19T16:21:11Z
dc.date.available 2025-06-19T16:21:11Z
dc.date.issued 1986-12-01
dc.description.abstract A sensitive histochemical technique has been used to visualize the ultrastructural localization of mercury in the anterior pituitary of rats which have been exposed to methyl mercury. After administration of methyl mercury in the drinking water (20 mg X l-1 methyl mercury in distilled water) or intraperitoneally (daily dose 100 ug or 200 ug methyl mercury) intracellular accumulations of mercury were found in the lysosomes and granules of secretory cells (somatotrophs, thyrotrophs and corticotrophs). In non-secretory cells (follicular cell and marginal layer cells) mercury deposits were found in lysosomes. In orally treated rats, the number of mercury deposits increased significantly with time up to day 21. In rats exposed intraperitoneally, a continuous increase was seen in intracellular mercury accumulation. Apart from vacuolation of lysosomes, no structural damage was observed in the cells containing mercury.
dc.description.epage 311
dc.description.spage 303
dc.description.volume 51
dc.identifier.doi 10.1007/bf02899039
dc.identifier.issn 0042-6431
dc.identifier.openaire doi_dedup___:fac5cecd09aad8f8d65ad4c404cc6f68
dc.identifier.pmid 2875555
dc.identifier.uri https://trapdev.rcub.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1340123
dc.openaire.affiliation Aarhus University
dc.openaire.collaboration 1
dc.publisher Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.rights RESTRICTED
dc.rights.license Springer TDM
dc.source Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathology Including Molecular Pathology
dc.subject Male
dc.subject Cytoplasm
dc.subject Administration, Oral
dc.subject Mercury
dc.subject Methylmercury Compounds
dc.subject Rats
dc.subject Microscopy, Electron
dc.subject Pituitary Gland, Anterior
dc.subject Animals
dc.subject Injections, Intraperitoneal
dc.subject.fos 0301 basic medicine
dc.subject.fos 03 medical and health sciences
dc.subject.sdg 3. Good health
dc.title Accumulation of mercury in the anterior pituitary of rats following oral or intraperitoneal administration of methyl mercury
dc.type publication

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