title: [Electron microscopic research on the mitochondria-rich bladder cells of the frog].
abstract: The ultrastructural peculiarities of mitochondria-rich cells of the frog urinary bladder are analysed using three electron microscopic methods: ultrathin sections, scanning electron microscopy, freeze fracture. The mitochondria and tubular and vesicular structures are most abundant in the apical region of cytoplasm. The P-face (PF) of the apical plasma membrane is characterized by the presence of rod-shaped intramembrane particles (IMP), whereas the E-face (EF) possesses complementary pits. Depending on the distribution density of the rod-shaped IMP, three types of cells are described. The apical plasma membrane has an invert distribution of the globular IMP: a great quantity of IMP on the EF and a few particles on the PF. This structure of the apical plasma membrane is supposed to correlate with its very low water permeability. Using filipin as a marker of cholesterol localization, it has been shown that the mitochondria-rich cell apical membrane contains more cholesterol than that of the granular cells. The nature of the rod-shaped IMP and their role in the transmembrane ion transport have been discussed.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Snigirevskaia
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Kever
authors.forename: Ia Iu
authors.initials: IaIu
authors.lastname: Komissarchik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005614:Freeze Fracturing / Q000379:methods; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000379:methods; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning / Q000379:methods; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D011896:Rana temporaria; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000648:ultrastructure*
vernacular_title: Elektronno-mikroskopicheskoe issledovanie mitokhondrial'nykh kletok mochevogo puzyria liagushki.