Cytochemical characterization of the granules in zona glomerulosa of the bovine adrenal gland

✍ Scribed by Schultz, Richard L. ;Meyer, Roland K.

• Publisher: Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
• Year: 1958
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 595 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0095-9898
• DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1030520102

✦ Synopsis

Spheroidal acidophilic cytoplasmic granules in the bovine adrenal gland have been described by Weber et al. ( '50). These granules were confined to the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex with an occasional group in the zona fasciculata. The granules were observed in the adrenal of animals as young as three weeks of age and were present in both male and female cattle. The female adrenal gland showed no noticeable change in granule content and distribution during the complete estrous cycle or in pregnancy. These were called "azocarmine granules" in the bovine adrenal by Nicander ('52) who stated that a few "azocarmine graniiles" were present in the glomerulosa zones of sheep, pig and female rat adrenal glands.

Fuchsinophilic granules have been observed in the adrenal & cases of adrenal virilism in cattle (Garm, '49). These granules were not found in endocrinologically normal cows.

The Iiistologjcal structures of the zona glornerulosa of domesticated ungulates were described by Elias ('48) but cytoplasmic granules were not mentioned.