Intracellular localization of samarium in the lactating mammary gland cells: Ultrastructural and microanalytical study

• Published in: Microscopy research and technique Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 448 - 451
• Main Authors: Ahlem, Ayadi, Samira, Maghraoui, Jean-Nicolas, Audinot, Mohamed-Habib, Jaafoura, Henri-Noël, Migeon, Ali, El Hili, Leila, Tekaya
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Animals; Female; Histocytochemistry; Lactation - metabolism; lysosomes; Lysosomes - ultrastructure; mammary gland; Mammary Glands, Animal - chemistry; Mammary Glands, Animal - cytology; Mammary Glands, Animal - metabolism; Mammary Glands, Animal - ultrastructure; Microscopy, Electron, Transmission - methods; Rats; Rats, Wistar; Samarium - analysis; Samarium - metabolism; Samarium - pharmacokinetics; secondary ion mass spectrometry; Spectrometry, Mass, Secondary Ion - methods; transmission electron microscopy

The frequent use of some rare earths in the medical and industrial domains make us worry about their intracellular behavior into the body. Reason for which we have investigated the subcellular localization of one of these elements, the samarium, in the mammary gland of lactating female wistar rats u...