Action of estrogen alone on the number of lysosomes in the rat endometrial epithelium

ABSTRACT

In order to determine the possible variations in the number of lysosomes in the glandular epithelium of endometrial cells of rats under estrogen action alone, the following groups of rats were studied I, rats in estrous phase; II, oophorectomized rats; III, oophorectomized plus estrogen treated rats. Lysosomes were visualized by Gomori's method for acid phosphatase and counted by two researchers. The results obtained were statistically significant, with higher values in oophorectomized plus estrogen treated rats than in oophorectomized animals. Rats in estrous phase also presented a higher number of lysosomes than those of oophorectomized and not treated with estrogen