Ultrastructural changes in blood cells in the hematopoietic organs of Lake Baikal fish exposed to phenol

Abstract

exposure, the cells of fish showed signs of destructive processes: strong vacuolization of cytoplasm and partial destruction of the cell membrane. In the cell nucleus the chromatin was condensed, the perinuclear space had expanded and the nuclear membrane had been partly destroyed. In another experiment, stone sculpin and perch were first exposed to phenol for 30 days and then they were kept for another 30 days in water without phenol. In the kidneys and spleen of stone sculpin the processes of lymphopoiesis were observed, whereas in perch the processes of lymphopoiesis and myelopoiesis occurred. Ultrastructural changes in blood cells in the hematopoietic organs of Lake Baikal fish exposed to phenol