title: Cadmium induced changes in cell organelles: an ultrastructural study using cadmium sensitive and resistant muntjac fibroblast cell lines.
abstract: A detailed electron microscopy study of cadmium sensitive and resistant muntjac fibroblast cell lines has identified a wide range of intracellular damage following exposure to cadmium. Damaged organelles included cell membrane, mitochondria, Golgi cisternae and tubular network, chromatin, nucleoli, microfilaments and ribosomes. Although cell membrane damage was generally the earliest indication of adverse cadmium action, particularly with continuous cadmium exposures, cells could tolerate extensive membrane loss. Mitochondrial distortion and some damage to Golgi was also tolerated. The turning point at which cadmium became lethal was generally marked by a cascade of events which included damage to both nuclear and cytoplasmic components. These results for fibroblasts are discussed and compared with damage reported in other types of cells.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Southampton University, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Ord
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Bouffler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chibber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000633:toxicity*; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000187:drug effects; D003670:Deer; D005347:Fibroblasts; D006056:Golgi Apparatus / Q000187:drug effects; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000187:drug effects; D015388:Organelles / Q000187:drug effects*; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium