RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GLYCOGEN AND AGRANULAR ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM IN RAT HEPATIC CELLS
1 Department of Submicroscopical Pathology, Pathological Laboratory, University of Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands
The relation between agranular reticulum and glycogen was studied in hepatic cells of female rats. Prolonged fasting of nonadrenalectomized rats did hot result ins complete liver glycogen depletion, whereas in adrenalectomized rats this could be accomplished within a few hours of fasting. In nonadrenalectomized rats a marked development of agranular reticulum associated with glycogen was found, whereas in adrenalectomized rats no such marked development of agranular reticulum was seen during glycogen depletion. Early glycogen restoration in glycogen-depleted liver cells of adrenalectomized rats was brought about 2-4 hr after the injection of 1 dose of cortisone or
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