Atypical cristae (paracrystalline inclusions) in mitochondria of epithelial cell of the rat ureter. II. Image analysis.
Long mitochondria containing paracrystalline inclusions have been detected in the epithelial cells of the basal layer of the rat ureter close to the bladder (Barastegui and Ruano-Gil, 1978). In the first part of this investigation the origin of these inclusions from alterations of the cristae has been suggested. The current report deals with an analysis by microdensitometry, optical diffraction and goniometry of the inclusions as well as with their possible architecture. A tridimensional model of the paracrystalline inclusions is proposed.
D000818:Animals; D003720:Densitometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D004848:Epithelium / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D014513:Ureter / Q000648:ultrastructure*