Effects of low energy beta-irradiation from tritiated water on the morphology of 3T3 fibroblasts

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Scanning Microscopy; (United States)

OSTI ID:5590995

Somosy, Z; Kubasova, T; Kovacs, J; Koeteles, G J ^[1]

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1. Frederic Joliot-Curie, National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, (Hungary)

Cellular alterations of cultured 3T3 cells irradiated with beta-rays from tritiated water were studied by scanning and transmission electron microscopy. We observed decreased negative surface charges, vacuolization of rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi-complex, degeneration of mitochondria, increase of lysosomal activity and changes in distribution and amount of microfilaments in the irradiated cells, that parallelled changes in cell shape.

• OSTI ID: 5590995
• Journal Information: Scanning Microscopy; (United States), Vol. 5:1; ISSN 0891-7035
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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