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Ultrastructural study of proliferating cells with an improved immunocytochemical detection of DNA-incorporated bromodeoxyuridine
R Tamatani, Y Taniguchi and Y Kawarai
Department of Anatomy, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
We designed an improved method to observe proliferating cells with well- preserved ultrastructure. After IP injection of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) into rats, the pituitaries were fixed in 4% paraformaldehyde with 0.05% or 0.2% glutaraldehyde and post-fixed with ferrocyanide- reduced osmium. They were embedded in LR White and polymerized by heat. BrdU incorporated into DNA was detected with a commercial anti-BrdU monoclonal antibody (MAb) by the immunogold or the immunogold-silver staining method. Using these methods, proliferating cells labeled by BrdU were observed with well-preserved ultrastructure. By light microscopy, the number of labeled cells was almost the same regardless of the fixative used. By electron microscopy, localization of gold particles that indicate incorporated BrdU varied according to the cells and was mainly observed in two patterns, one in which gold particles were localized in condensed chromatin scattered in the nucleus and the other in which gold particles were dispersed evenly all over the nucleus. These results showed that with our improved method fine ultrastructure and good immunoreactivity of BrdU can be obtained in proliferating cells. We consider that this method is very useful for ultrastructural study of cell proliferation and differentiation.
Volume 43,
Issue 1,
pp. 21-29,
01/01/1995
Copyright © 1995 by The Histochemical Society
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