Farquhar, Marilyn G.; Palade, George E. (2021). CIL:7623, Rattus rattus, epithelial cell, rat kidney proximal tubule epithelial cell. In Cell Image Library. UC San Diego Library Digital Collections. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.6075/J0MK6BNT

Portion of a proximal convoluted tubule from a rat kidney with experimental hemoglobinuria. A mass of dense hemoglobin completely fills the tubule lumen and outlines the microvilli (MV) of the brush border. The penetration of hemoglobin along the intercellular spaces is blocked at the level of the tight junctions (also known as zonula occludens, ZO) and does not appear in the adherens junctions (zonula adherens, ZA) or in the distended intercellular spaces (IS) below the level of the shallow tight junctions. Hemoglobin also has been internalized via large clathrin coated vesicles (CV) and appears in endosomes (end) and lysosomes (lys). First demonstration that the tight junction acts as a barrier preventing passage of proteins along the intercellular spaces by forming a seal between adjacent cells. First demonstration of the shallow nature of the tight junctions between epithelial cells in the proximal tubule. Identical unlabeled image available as CIL# 7622. Image published as Figure 24 in Farquhar and Palade, 1963.

• 2021

• Farquhar, Marilyn G.
• Palade, George E.

In this experiment, hemoglobin was used
as a mass tracer. The rat received two injections, each of 1 gm of 2 X crystallized bovine hemoglobin in ~5 ml saline, administered intraperitoneally, the first at 24 and the last at 16 hours before collecting kidney specimens. Fixative was perfused into the aorta of the rat (2% osmium tetroxide buffered at pH 7.6 with acetate-veronal). Tissue blocks were stained by placing them for 30 minutes in 1 per cent phosphotungstic acid in absolute ethanol prior to infiltration and were embedded in Epon. Thin sections were stained with lead hydroxide. Micrograph was taken at original magnification of 50,000 X with a Siemens Elmiskop I, operating at 60 or 80 kv, with a double condenser, and a 50 µ objective aperture. Digitization process: conversion from a 1200 dpi tiff, 3832 x 3260 pixels. Original image created on June 11, 1962. Original resource provided as a 3.25 x 4 inch lantern slide. Research conducted at The Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research (New York, NY).

Preparation: osmium tetroxide fixed tissue
Relation to intact cell: microtome-sectioned tissue
Item type: film
Imaging mode: transmission electron microscopy (TEM); illumination by electrons; detection of electrons
Parameter imaged: electron density
Source of contrast: differences in adsorption or binding of stain; distribution of a specific protein
Visualization methods: lead salt; phosphotungstic acid
Processing history: digitized lantern slide
Data qualification: Processed;spatialmeasurements;intensitiesquantitation

• Cell Image Library Group ID: 10226

• Rattus rattus

• Brush border membrane
• Clathrin-coated endocytic vesicle
• Endosome
• Epithelial cell
• Lysosome
• Microvillus
• Occluding junction
• Rat kidney proximal tubule epithelial cell
• Zonula adherens

• data
• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Samplenumber: 7623

Doi: https://doi.org/10.6075/J0MK6BNT

Source data

• Source Record in the Cell Image Library: https://doi.org/10.7295/W9CIL7623

Reference

• J Cell Biol 17: 375-412. 1963. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=13944428
• Marilyn G. Farquhar, George E. Palade; Junctional complexes in various epithelia. J Cell Biol 1 May 1963; 17 (2): 375–412. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.17.2.375

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