THE INFLUENCE OF HEPATOPROTECTOR 2-ETHYLTHIOBENZIMIDAZOLE HYDROBROMIDE (BEMITHYL) ON
THE CONTENT OF GLYCOGEN IN CIRRHOTIC RAT LIVER HEPATOCYTES LOCATED IN VARIOUS MICROENVIRONMENTS
M. V. Kudryavtseva, N. N. Bezborodkina, S. V. Okovity, B. N. Kudryavtsev
Institute of Cytology RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia;
e-mail: cellpath@mail.cytspb. rssi.ru
Using absorption and fluorescent cytophotometry methods, glycogen contents were studied in hepatocytes located in
liver lobules and in hepatocytes, which make the general population of these cells in normal and cir-rhotic rat liver. In cirrhosis, the
content of glycogen in hepatocytes located in lobules obviously rises in comparison with the norm, but to a lesser degree, than in
hepatocytes making the general population of these cells in cirrhotic liver. The content of glycogen in hepatocytes, located in lobules of
pathologically changed liver in bemithyl treated rats, did not differ from the norm. At the same time, the glycogen content in hepatocytes,
representing the general population of these cells in cirrhotically altered bemithyl injected rat liver, remained higher than in the norm.
The data obtained indicate that distinctions in particular cell microinvironment, obviously present in cirrhotic liver, render essential
influence on hepatocyte functional activity.
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