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Smetana K, Klamová H, Mikulenková D. To the approximate size of the nuclear region occupied by nucleolar bodies during cell differentiation and maturation using the human leukemic granulocytic lineage as a convenient model. Physiol Res 2019; 68:633-638. [PMID: 31177792 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.934045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The present study was undertaken to estimate the approximate size of nuclear regions occupied by nucleolar bodies during the cell differentiation and maturation. The differentiation and maturation of human leukemic granulocytic cells in patients suffering from the chronic phase of the chronic granulocytic leukemia (CML) represented a convenient model for such study because of the large number of cells for the diameter measurements at the single cell level. Early and advanced differentiation or maturation stages of these cells are well defined and nucleolar bodies and nuclear outlines are easily seen by simple cytochemical methods for the visualization of RNA and silver stained proteins in smear preparations. During the cell differentiation and maturation, the estimated size of the nuclear region occupied by nucleolar bodies decreased in both untreated and treated patients with the anti-leukemic therapy. However, the size reduction of nucleolar bodies in differentiated and mature cells was larger than that of the nucleus. In addition, the results also indicated that the nuclear region occupied by nucleolar bodies was characteristic for each differentiation and maturation stage of the granulocytic cell lineage and was not substantially influenced by the anti-leukemic therapy of CML patients.
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- K Smetana
- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Smetana K, Jirásková I, Mikulenková D, Klamová H. The translocation of AgNORs in large nucleoli of early granulocyte progenitors in patients suffering from chronic phase of chronic myeloid leukaemia. J Appl Biomed 2009. [DOI: 10.32725/jab.2009.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Smetana K, Zápotocký M, Starková J, Trka J. Effect of histone deacetylase inhibitors on the cell nucleus and nucleolus of leukemic myeloblasts in vitro - a cytochemical study. Acta Histochem 2007; 109:413-9. [PMID: 17559910 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2007.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2006] [Revised: 04/13/2007] [Accepted: 04/16/2007] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The present study was designed to provide complementary information on the effects of histone deacetylase inhibitors (HDACi's) such as trichostatin A (TSA) and sodium valproate (VAP) on nuclei and nucleoli of leukemic myeloblasts represented by cultured Kasumi-1 cells. The number of apoptotic cells and bodies with characteristic chromatin condensation and fragmentation was greater after TSA treatment. However, in contrast to TSA, myeloblasts treated with VPA recovered and started to proliferate again. TSA-treated myeloblasts with a fine chromatin structure exhibited an intense phagocytosis of cell fragments. The decreased number and translocation of silver-stained proteins of nucleolus organiser regions (AgNORs) in large nucleoli of myeloblasts treated with HDACi's indicated that these cells entered apoptosis and/or ageing without preceding terminal maturation. The nucleolar asynchrony observed in an increased number of treated cells with both HDACi's studied here possibly represented myeloblasts resistant to such treatment. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that the chromatin structure and nucleoli visualised by simple cytochemical procedures provides useful information on the effects of HDACi's on myeloblasts and facilitated detection of these effects at the single cell level.
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- K Smetana
- Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Fan YZ, Chang H, Yu Y, Liu J, Zhao L, Yang DJ, Wang R. Thymopentin (TP5), an immunomodulatory peptide, suppresses proliferation and induces differentiation in HL-60 cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2006; 1763:1059-66. [PMID: 16952408 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2006.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2006] [Revised: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 07/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Thymopentin (Arg-Lys-Asp-Val-Tyr, TP5) has shown immuno-regulatory activities in humans. In the present study, we investigated the effects of TP5 on the proliferation and differentiation of a human promyelocyte leukemia cell line, HL-60. It is noteworthy that TP5 displayed concentration-dependent inhibitory effects on the proliferation and colony formation of HL-60 cells. Furthermore, the decrease or even disappearance of AgNORs from nucleoli was observed in HL-60 cells after the treatment with TP5. The suppression induced by TP5 was accompanied by an accumulation of cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase. Moreover, TP5 significantly increased the NBT-reduction activity of HL-60 cells. Cytofluorometric and morphologic analysis indicated that TP5 had induced differentiation along the granulocytes lineage in HL-60 cells. d-tubocurarine (TUB) significantly antagonized the inhibitory effects induced by TP5, whereas atropine did not exhibit such effect. All the results indicated that TP5 was able to significantly inhibit proliferation and induce differentiation in HL-60 cells. Our observations also implied that TP5 not only acted as an immunomodulatory factor in cancer chemotherapy, but is also a potential chemotherapeutic agent in the human leukemia therapy.
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- Ying-zhe Fan
- Key Laboratory of Preclinical Study for New Drugs of Gansu Province, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Science, Lanzhou University, 222 Tian Shui South Road, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China
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Smetana K, Jirásková I, Klamová H. Are microproerythroblasts in human bone marrow real or artefacts? A cytochemical note. Acta Histochem 2005; 107:313-7. [PMID: 16054197 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2005.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2005] [Accepted: 06/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Early erythroid precursors were studied in human bone marrow smears to provide more information on small proerythroblasts--"microproerythroblasts"--using a silver reaction to demonstrate silver stained nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) and light microscopic densitometry of large irregularly shaped nucleoli and cytoplasm stained for RNA. No significant differences were found for the density of such nucleoli and basophilic cytoplasm between characteristic large proerythroblasts with a nuclear diameter larger that 9 microm (K2 and K1 erythroblasts) and small proerythroblasts--"microproerythroblasts" representing a subpopulation of K1/2 erythroblasts (early basophilic erythroblasts), which are characterized by a smaller nuclear diameter. In addition, large irregularly shaped nucleoli of "microproerythroblasts" possessed numerous silver stained particles representing AgNORs similar to those of large proerythroblasts. The number of AgNORs in "microproerythroblasts" was slightly, but significantly, smaller than that in large characteristic proerythroblasts.
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- Karel Smetana
- Clinical Department, Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, U nemocnice 1, Prague 2, 128 20 Czech Republic.
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Smetana K, Klamová H, Pluskalová M, Stöckbauer P, Hrkal Z. To the intranucleolar translocation of AgNORs in leukemic early granulocytic and plasmacytic precursors. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 125:165-70. [PMID: 16142449 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0059-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Early leukemic granulocytic and plasmacytic precursors were studied in vitro and in vivo to provide an information on the intranucleolar distribution of AgNORs (silver stained nucleolus organizer regions). In most of these cells AgNORs appeared as clusters of silver stained particles distributed in the whole nucleolar body. On the other hand, in some leukemic early granulocytic precursors, i.e., in myeloblasts and promyelocytes enlarged AgNORs were translocated in the nucleolar peripheral part. In addition, the number of translocated AgNORs at the nucleolar periphery was significantly smaller. Such translocation of a reduced number of AgNORs was easily produced by experimental aging, i.e., starving of cultured leukemic early granulocytic precursors (HL-60 and K562 cells) in vitro and seems to be reversible. Similar translocation of a reduced number of AgNORs was also produced by aging of leukemic plasmacytic precursors. Thus, the translocation of the reduced number of AgNORs to the nucleolar periphery in some blastic leukemic hematopoietic cells might be an useful marker of their aging at the single cell level. However, more studies in this direction are required in the future.
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- Karel Smetana
- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, U nemocnice 1, Prague 2, 128 20, Czech Republic.
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Imamoglu N, Demirtas H, Donmez-Altuntas H, Ilten A. Higher NORs-expression in lymphocyte of trisomy 21 babies/children: In vivo evaluation. Micron 2005; 36:503-7. [PMID: 15993095 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2005.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2005] [Revised: 05/10/2005] [Accepted: 05/11/2005] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Extra chromosome 21 of Down syndrome (DS) or trisomy 21 patients contains an average of 40 extra copies of rRNA genes and the in vivo regulation of these genes is not known. The objective of this work is to compare the NORs expression in interphase nuclei in non-stimulated lymphocytes of DS patients and healthy controls. Because the AgNOR staining is the indicator of the active rRNA genes, comparison of the image analysis values of AgNORs area between DS's and healthy controls' interphase lymphocytes is considered to be sufficient to evaluate the level of rDNA activities in the two groups. The Nucleolus Organizer Regions area/Total Nuclear area (NORa/TNa) was calculated using a computer program designed by us. 100 consecutive NORa/TNa per individual were evaluated. We report that 24 DS children's peripheral lymphocytes show significantly higher NORa/TNa mean value (6.32 +/- 1.77%) than that of the 20 healthy controls' cells (5.31 +/- 1.34%) (2-tailed Mann-Whitney U test, z = 19.4, P = 0.000). The same is true for the nucleolus (AgNOR spot) number per nucleus. The mean value of nucleoli number per nucleus in DS lymphocytes was significantly higher than that of the controls: z = 14.6, P = 0.000. In conclusion, extra rRNA genes on the chromosome 21 are not down-regulated in DS patients' lymphocytes. Rather, extra NORs expressions in 'in vivo' condition contribute to the increase of AgNORs area and AgNOR spots number per nucleus. This is the first work on the comparison of NORs activities in resting (non-stimulated) interphase lymphocytes between DS and healthy controls.
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- Nalan Imamoglu
- Erciyes University, Medical Faculty, Medical Biology, Campus, Tibbi Biyoloji, Kayseri, Turkey.
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Smetana K, Pluskalová M, Jirásková I, Hrkal Z. A morphological and cytochemical note to the reversible intranucleolar translocation of AgNORs (silver stained nucleolus organizer regions) in early leukemic granulocytic progenitors represented by cultured K 562 cells. J Appl Biomed 2005. [DOI: 10.32725/jab.2005.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Imamoglu N, Demirtas H, Donmez-Altuntas H, Hamurcu Z, Ilten A. NOR expression increases on metaphase chromosomes of down syndrome lymphocytes in concordance with mitogen concentration in culture medium. CYTOMETRY PART B-CLINICAL CYTOMETRY 2005; 66:36-9. [PMID: 15800881 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.b.20050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Regulation of nucleolus organizer region (NOR) expression in trisomy 21 (Down syndrome [DS]) cells is not fully explained. This work compared NOR expression on metaphase chromosomes in gradiently stimulated lymphocytes from DS patients with those from healthy controls. METHOD Conventional peripheral blood culture (72 h) and chromosomal preparation procedures were used except that blood samples from each individual were cultivated in the same but gradiently increasing concentrations (0.37, 0.75, 1.48, and 2.21 ml) of phytohemagglutinin (PHA) per 100 ml of medium. One hundred consecutive metaphases per concentration were analyzed for scoring the means of the active NORs bearing chromosomes (AgNOR+ chromosome) per individual and per concentration. RESULTS In contrast to healthy controls (n=24), AgNOR+ chromosomal number in lymphocytes from 30 DS patients increased in concordance to the gradient of PHA concentration in the culture medium. CONCLUSION DS lymphocytes do not downregulate their NOR expression in the limit of control cells. This in vitro result may serve as a clue for the explanation of the DS phenotype due to the wasted energy in producing unnecessary rRNA transcripts and AgNOR proteins in utero during organogenesis. These results also indicate that precautions must be used in routine work of NOR evaluation/interpretation in DS lymphocytes.
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- Nalan Imamoglu
- Department of Medical Biology, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
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Smetana K, Chan PK, Marinov Y, Soucek J, Hrkal Z, Busch H. A short note on the nucleolar size and density in apoptotic leukemic granulocytic precursors (HL-60 cells). Life Sci 2004; 75:791-6. [PMID: 15183072 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2003.12.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2003] [Accepted: 12/20/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The present study was undertaken to provide more information on the nucleolar size and density in mononuclear blastic granulocytic precursors represented by HL-60 cells the proliferation of which was blocked by photodynamic treatment (PDT) which induced apoptotic process without preceding terminal maturation. Both the nucleolar size and density did not change in apoptotic cells in comparison with controls. Thus, large and dense nucleoli in apoptotic cells are not necessarily related to the nucleolar biosynthetic or cell proliferation activity.
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- Karel Smetana
- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Smetana K. Are nucleoli participating in programmed cell death? (MINI-REVIEW AND RECENT OBSERVATIONS). J Appl Biomed 2003. [DOI: 10.32725/jab.2003.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Demirtas H, Imamoglu N, Dönmez H, Cücer N, Yilmaz A, Candemir Z. Condensed chromatin surface and NORs surface enhancement in mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes of Down syndrome patients. ANNALES DE GENETIQUE 2001; 44:77-82. [PMID: 11522245 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3995(01)01041-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes of 20 Down syndrome (DS) patients with regular trisomy 21 contain more condensed chromatin surface (11.28 +/- 2.64 % of the total nuclear surface: mean +/- SD) and more nucleolus organiser regions surface (13.21 +/- 3.45 %) than that of 12 healthy controls: (8.84 +/- 2.23 and 9.12 +/- 2.33 %, reciprocally). The source of this peculiarity has been investigated. A computer program was designed for the planimetric measurement of the condensed chromatin surface (CCs)/ total nuclear surface(TNs) and the nucleolus organiser regions surface (NORss) /TNs proportions in interphase nuclei. CCs/TNs and NORss/TNs of 100 maximally activated nuclei (MANs) were measured for each patient and control case. The difference was found highly significant (P<0.01). Nuclei with a diameter of >/= 17 micrometer measured on the slide (in flattened state) were considered as maximally activated nuclei (MANs). NORss/TNs enhancement and fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) studies in MANs of DS patients indicate that this phenomenon is due to the over-expression (or lack of downregulative mechanism) of NORs (rDNA) to some extent, including the NOR of the supernumerary chromosome 21. No statistical difference was observed between 12 healthy controls and 5 Robertsonian translocation type of DS Patients (where the two involved NORs are missing) when the two parameters were considered.
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- H Demirtas
- Med. Biol. and Genetics Dept., Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey
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Smetana K, Cajthamlová H, Grebenová D, Hrkal Z. The 5-aminolaevulinic acid-based photodynamic effects on nuclei and nucleoli of HL-60 leukemic granulocytic precursors. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2000; 59:80-6. [PMID: 11332894 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(00)00139-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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To provide more information on the 5-aminolaevulinic acid (ALA)-based photodynamic effect (PDE) on nuclei and nucleoli of individual leukemic cells, these structures were studied in cultured HL-60 cells which originated from leukemic highly immature and less differentiated precursors of granulocytes. The nuclear morphology was visualized by panoptic May-Grünwald/Giemsa staining and cytochemical method for DNA, nucleoli were visualized by cytochemical methods for the demonstration of RNA and silver stainable proteins including those of interphase silver stained nucleolus organizer regions (AgNORs). In most cells ALA-based photodynamic treatment (PDT) produced marked alterations such as formation of apoptotic bodies, and large condensation of nuclear chromatin structure but without nuclear segmentation. Such changes are in harmony with the apoptotic process induced in these cells but without previous terminal differentiation. In nucleoli ALA-based PDT produced the reduction and disappearance of nucleolar silver stainable particles (SSPs) representing AgNORs which apparently reflected the alteration of the nucleolar biosynthetic activity and cell proliferation. The latter is also reflected by the disappearance of mitotic divisions. On the other hand, a small subpopulation of cells was less sensitive or resistant to the ALA-based PDE since they did not show mentioned nuclear and nucleolar alterations.
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- K Smetana
- Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Demirtas H, Candemir Z, Cücer N, Imamoglu N, Dönmez H, Bökesoy I. Essay on the nucleoli survey by the alpha- and beta-satellite DNA probes of the acrocentric chromosomes in mitogen-stimulated human lymphocytes. ANNALES DE GENETIQUE 2000; 43:61-8. [PMID: 10998446 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3995(00)01014-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The two constitutive heterochromatin (alpha- and beta-satellite DNA) probes of human acrocentric chromosomes were assayed separately to label the nucleoli in the phytohemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human lymphocytes. Fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH) results have shown that: a) whole (100%) signal-nucleoli overlapping was obtained with both heterochromatin probes in maximally activated nuclei (MANs); b) partial overlapping was observed in non-activated or slightly activated nuclei; c) random signal-nucleolus overlapping (background level) was found to be approximately 6% by the NOR-irrelevant euchromatic probe (D5S23); d) Yq-nucleolus association in the MANs was found to be approximately 97% without the subtraction of the background level. We concluded that: a) acrocentric alpha- or beta-satellite DNA probes may be used as nucleolar markers only in the MANs and not in slightly activated or non-activated nuclei; b) the distances between rDNA loci and alpha-/beta-satellite DNA on human acrocentrics are short enough to permit their observation on the same nucleolus.
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- H Demirtas
- Medical Biology and Genetics Department, Medical Faculty, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey.
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Likovský Z, Smetana K. Nucleolar coefficient of granulocyte precursors and granulocytes after visualization of nucleoli by two different methods. Acta Histochem 2000; 102:95-102. [PMID: 10726168 DOI: 10.1078/0065-1281-00541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To clarify differences in the incidence and number of nucleoli in the granulopoietic lineage, these nuclear components were studied in human and rabbit granulocyte precursors and granulocytes after visualization by 2 widely employed cytochemical procedures, i.e. a procedure for the demonstration of RNA and the silver reaction for the demonstration of nucleolar silver stainable proteins (SSPs). In early stages of the granulocyte proliferating compartment, substantial differences were not found between specimens in which nucleoli were visualized by both procedures. However, in contrast to specimens stained with the silver reaction, the number of cells without nucleoli was substantially larger in advanced stages of granulocyte development in specimens stained for RNA. The number of nucleoli per cell as expressed by the nucleolar coefficient was generally larger in specimens stained with the silver reaction for nucleolar SSPs. These differences were significant starting with the stage of myelocytes. Moreover, in specimens stained with the silver reaction, most of human mature granulocytes did not contain nucleoli but nucleoli were present in all mature granulocytes of rabbits. Such differences were not observed in specimens stained for RNA in which most granulocytes were without RNA-containing nucleoli. Thus, the evaluation of the presence or absence of nucleoli in specimens depended on the visualization procedure. It is likely that in micronucleoli which are characteristic for terminal differentiation of the granulocytic lineage, RNA-containing structures may be lost or are below the detection limit of the light microscope. In addition, differences in the presence of nucleoli exist apparently between human and rabbit granulocytes in specimens stained for SSPs but not in those stained for RNA.
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- Z Likovský
- Institute of Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
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