[Mitochondrial reorganization after HCG stimulation of Leydig cells from hypophysectomized hogs].
One to three months after hypophysectomy, porcine Leydig cells contain numerous dense bodies surrounded by a single membrane and crowded with dense rods geometrically arranged. In organotypic culture with HCG they undergo a striking evolution which leads first to intermediate bodies looking like peroxysomes and then to mitochondrial structures. This evolution is quantitatively reduced in a medium without HCG.
D000818:Animals; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007016:Hypophysectomy; D007985:Leydig Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D009924:Organ Culture Techniques; D013552:Swine; D013997:Time Factors
D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin
Réorganisation mitochondriale consécutive à la stimulation par HCG des cellules de Leydig du testicule de porc hypophysectomisé