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Ultrastructural aberrations in the hepatopancreas of Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers) exposed to mercury

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Title Ultrastructural aberrations in the hepatopancreas of Metapenaeus dobsoni (Miers) exposed to mercury
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Creator Menon,N R
Manisseri,Mary K
 
Subject Metapenaeus dobsoni
hepatopancreas
ultrastructure
mercury toxicity
 
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Toxic effect of mercury on, the flower-tail shrimp, Metapenarus dobsoni (Miers) was investigated by
exposing the animal to sub-lethal concentrations of 0.005 and 0.015 ppm of the metal. As pollutant-induced
stress leads to cellular responses and often gets manifested as ultrastructural alterations, an attempt was made to delineate the alterations and damage caused to fine structure level with the help of electron microscopy.
The hepatopancreas, which has been identified as a target organ, depicted considerable' ultrastructural
alterations. Mitochondria1 membrane was damaged and the cristae were swollen, assuming circular shape at
many instances. Endoplasmic reticulum was totally damaged. Excessive accumulation of lipid was noticed in
the R-cells. Electron-dense inclusions were found "nipped off' from the basal lamina. Merging of vesicles
resulted in collection of electron-dense materials in larger residual vacuoles. The damage seemed to be dosedependent. Ultrastructural damage of the cellular components was found to render the cardinal organelles
less or non-functional, thus affecting the functional integrity of the organism. Pollutant induced injuries of
this kind often prove to be useful biological tools to assess the stress profile
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Date 2021-09-08T08:03:32Z
2021-09-08T08:03:32Z
2006
 
Type Article
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/61762
 
Language English
 
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Publisher MBAI