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In situ localization of cartilage extracellular matrix components by immunoelectron microscopy after cryotechnical tissue processing
EB Hunziker and W Herrmann
Localization and distribution of proteoglycans within rat growth plate cartilage were investigated by immunoelectron microscopy. By use of a mixture of three monoclonal antibodies directed against chondroitin sulfate chains and of post-embedding staining by protein A-gold, the immunosensitivity and resolution achieved by electron microscopy within tissue processed by high-pressure freezing, freeze-substitution, and low-temperature embedding were compared with those in tissue preserved by three alternative procedures (i.e., mild chemical fixation in combination with either low-temperature embedding or conventional embedding, and high-pressure freezing and freeze-substitution followed by conventional embedding). The loss of matrix components incurred during each stage of high-pressure freezing, freeze-substitution, and low temperature embedding was also determined by measuring the loss of [35S]-proteoglycans from tissue labeled in vivo, and the results compared with previously determined estimates for tissue processed using conventional techniques. Immunosensitivity, determined as the number of gold particles per unit area, was highest in tissue processed by high-pressure freezing, freeze substitution, and low-temperature embedding. Comparable results (with a reduction of only 3-7%) were achieved within tissue preserved by mild chemical fixation followed by low-temperature embedding. In both procedures where conventional embedding was adopted, sensitivity was considerably reduced (by 51% for high-pressure freezing and freeze substitution and by 74% for mild chemical fixation). Loss of matrix components was negligible during all stages of high-pressure freezing, freeze-substitution, and low- temperature embedding. Such information, and that derived from morphological inspection of the various matrix compartments in cartilage processed by high-pressure freezing, freeze-substitution, and low-temperature embedding (J Cell Biol 98:277, 1984), together demonstrate that application of this technique results in successful immobilization of proteoglycans in situ within cartilage matrix. Although loss of proteoglycans from mildly fixed cartilage embedded under low-temperature conditions is minor, morphological examination of this tissue reveals considerable shifting of proteoglycans within matrix compartments. Hence, even though immunosensitivity may be high, resolution is poor. The beauty of the high-pressure freezing, freeze- substitution, and low-temperature embedding technique is that it combines high immunosensitivity with precise localization of matrix components at the molecular level.
Volume 35,
Issue 6,
pp. 647-655,
06/01/1987
Copyright © 1987 by The Histochemical Society
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