The presence of intracytoplasmic confronting cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum in osteosarcoma cells in interphase.
Confronting cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum recognized in tumor cells of 7 cases of osteosarcoma were presented. They were found in the mitotic cells as well as in the cytoplasms of interphase cells. The more the mitotic cells were observed in 1 micron-thick sections, the more frequently those membranous structures were encountered in the corresponding ultrathin sections. In the interphase cells, such structures were located around Golgi apparatus or close to the nucleus. Occasionally, they were composed of a pair of closely apposed cisternae of the nuclear membrane and the rough endoplasmic reticulum. These results seem to indicate that the nuclear envelope which is disrupted and reformed during mitosis in rapidly proliferating cells takes part in the formation of the confronting cisternae of the endoplasmic reticulum.
Nakanishi
I
I
Katsuda
S
S
Okada
Y
Y
Oda
Y
Y
Matsubara
F
F
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007399:Interphase; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure*