Abstract
We used scanning electron microscopy to study the glomerular peripolar cell in the kidneys of seven sheep. Peripolar cells were present in a variable proportion (3.6-100%) of glomeruli. Although on average two peripolar cells were present at each vascular pole, up to ten were seen on occasion. They were more often related to the afferent than to the efferent arteriole. Mapping the relative position of each cell failed to reveal any zonal distribution in the renal cortex. Scanning electron microscopy showed that they were globular in shape and had a bossellated surface. We showed by examination of cells which had been broken open that this appearance was due to the presence of cytoplasmic granules that produced bulging of the cell membrane. We suggest that scanning electron microscopy is a suitable method for studying this cell in the mammalian kidney.
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