An electron microscopic study on the effects of reserpine on the subclavian glomera of the rabbit

The American Journal of Anatomy
J T HansenI L Chen

Abstract

Young male and female New Zealand white rabbits were given a daily subcutaneous injection of reserpine (Serpasil, Ciba; 3 mg/kg) for two days and were sacrificed 24 hours after the last injection. The subclavian glomera (aortic bodies) were processed for electron microscopy to determine the effects of this biogenic amine depleting agent on the electron-opaque cytoplasmic granules of the parenchymal type I cells. Observations of glutaraldehyde-osmium tetroxide fixed glomera from reserpinized animals showed a slight decrease in granule density of the type I cells. Glomera fixed in glutaraldehyde and incubated in potassium dichromate (pH 4.1) demonstrated a reduction in granule opacity following reserpine treatment. Control glomera incubated in potassium dichromate displayed electron-opaque granules. These results indicate that reserpine does deplete the amines without granule disappearance or changes in granule population. The positive reaction of the control tissue granules to potassium dichromate incubation suggests that the predominant biogenic amines in the electron-opaque granules are unsubstituted monoamines. Persistence of the opaque granules following reserpinization and glutaraldehyde-osmium tetroxide double fixation, ma...Continue Reading

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Jan 1, 1975·British Journal of Urology·M Singh, T M Scott
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