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When adult rat pancreatic exocrine tissue is incubated in zinc-iodide/osmium-tetroxide (ZIO) mixture, 3 cell types are recognized depending their degree of impregnation: intensely impregnated (I-PAC), moderately impregnated (M-PAC), and non-impregnated (N-PAC) cells. Their distribution in pancreatic head was 8%, 46% and 46% respectively; whereas in the tail, it was 7%, 35% and 58% respectively. With the purpose to know whether those variations in ZIO-impregnation had some relation with the diet components, 7 groups of 30-day old male rats (n = 5 each) were maintained for 40 days with the following diets: control (C), high-protein (HP), low-protein (hP), high-lipid (HL), low-lipid (hL), high-dextrin (HD) and low-dextrin (hD) diets. Fragments of head and tail were incubated in ZIO mixture, embedded in epoxy resins and cut. Sections were examined unstained under a light microscope. The most striking features in the head were seen with hP, hL and particularly with HD diets. In tail tissue, the most relevant changes were seen with hP, hD and especially with HL diets. It is concluded that there could be a regional acinar cell populations related to preferential production of digestive enzymes in pancreatic head, body and tail, which would need to be further investigated.
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PMID:Effects of diet composition on the reactivity pattern to the zinc-iodide/osmium-tetroxide mixture of the rat pancreatic acinar tissue. 172 92

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalyst-equipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.
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PMID:The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes. 1900 86