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A Three-Dimensional Technique for the Visualization of Mitochondrial Ultrastructural Changes in Pancreatic Cancer Cells
Published on: June 23, 2023
Mitochondrial changes in adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
Radko Novotný1, Jiří Ehrmann, Igor Tozzi di Angelo
1Laboratory of Microscopic Methods, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University in Olomouc, Hněvotínská 3, Olomouc, Czech Republic. rnovot@centrum.cz
Abstract:
The aim of our study was to analyse the mitochondrial ultrastructure in primary ductal adenocarcinomas of the pancreas and to compare it with normal pancreatic cells. 52 samples of adenocarcinoma of the pancreas obtained by surgical resection or by endosonographic biopsy were examined. Compared to normal mitochondrial ultrastructure in non-tumorous cells, the mitochondria in cancer cells had a dense matrix and condensed configuration or with lucent-swelling matrix associated with disarrangement and distortion of cristae and partial or total cristolysis. Functionally, these structural alterations presume the presence of hypoxia-tolerant and hypoxia-sensitive cancer cells.
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