Ultrastructural Changes in the Pancreata of Selenium-Vitamin E-Deficient Chicks

Three hundred and seventy 1-day-old male, white Leghorn chicks were divided into seven groups and fed a series of semipurified torula yeast diets either deficient in or supplemented with selenium and vitamin E. Chicks in each group were necropsied sequentially and the pancreata examined by light mic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Veterinary pathology 1977-11, Vol.14 (6), p.629-642
Hauptverfasser: Rebar, A. H., Van Vleet, J. F.
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Zusammenfassung:Three hundred and seventy 1-day-old male, white Leghorn chicks were divided into seven groups and fed a series of semipurified torula yeast diets either deficient in or supplemented with selenium and vitamin E. Chicks in each group were necropsied sequentially and the pancreata examined by light microscopy. Selected pancreata of selenium deficient chicks in various stages of the deficiency disease were examined by electron microscopy. Supplements of either selenium (0.2 mg/kg) or vitamin E (100 IU/kg diet) resulted in protection against pancreatic lesions. Changes in pancreata of selenium deficient chicks progressed from cytoplasmic vacuolation of acinar cell cytoplasm to focal disseminated acinar necrosis. There was ductular proliferation and interstitial fibrosis in advanced lesions. Acini around islets were less frequently affected than acini further away. Ultrastructurally, the mildest lesions were focal dilation of the endoplasmic reticulum and autophagic vacuoles in acinar cell cytoplasm. Necrotic areas contained both membranous and granular debris and fragments of intact endoplasmic reticulum. In fibrotic pancreata the main acinar cell changes were uniform dilation of endoplasmic reticulum and reduction in number of zymogen granules.
ISSN:0300-9858
1544-2217
DOI:10.1177/030098587701400609