title: [Structural and metabolic changes in the rat hypothalamic histaminergic neurons induced by the bile loss].
abstract: The aim of the study was the estimation of structural and metabolic changes in histaminergic neurons of rat hypothalamic E2 nucleus induced by total external bile drainage. The investigation was carried out on male Wistar rats (n=45). The control group comprised the sham-operated animals, in which the physiological bile drainage was preserved during the whole experimental period. Quantitative histological and histochemical methods were used. In serial frontal cryostat sections of posterior hypothalamus, the activity of the following enzymes was demonstrated histochemically: monoamine oxidase B, succinate dehydrogenase, NADH- dehydrogenase, NADPH-dehydrogenase, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, lactate dehydrogenase and acid phosphatase. Morphometric study of histaminergic neurons was performed in thionin-stained sections. It was found that total external bile drainage resulted in a temporary reduction of the sizes and rounding of neuronal perikarya. Metabolic changes were detected already after 1 day of bile loss, and they were found to progress henceforth. All the pathways of energy metabolism were suppressed, while the acid phosphatase activity was increased, on day 5.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zimatkin
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Baraban
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Emel'ianchik
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile / Q000502:physiology*; D006632:Histamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000201:enzymology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D006632:Histamine