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Pavathuparambil Abdul Manaph N, Ltaief SM, Nour-Eldine W, Ponraj J, Agcaoili J, Mansour S, Al-Shammari AR. An optimized protocol for the preparation of blood immune cells for transmission electron microscopy. Micron 2023; 173:103517. [PMID: 37556900 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2023.103517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a powerful technique that enables visualization of structural details inside cells. Prior to TEM imaging, biological samples must undergo several preparation steps that are optimized according to the sample type. Currently, there are limited protocols for the preparation of blood samples for TEM imaging. Here, we provide a detailed step-by-step method for preparing blood samples for TEM imaging. This protocol enables robust visualization of the ultrastructures of blood immune cells. In addition, we describe the typical cellular features that can be used to distinguish between different immune cells in the blood, such as neutrophils, eosinophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes. This protocol is useful for studying ultrastructural changes in blood immune cells under various physiological and disease conditions.
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Core Labs, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Core Labs, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar
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- Neurological Disorders Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar.
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Miller F, de Harven E, Palade GE. The structure of eosinophil leukocyte granules in rodents and in man. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 31:349-62. [PMID: 19866705 PMCID: PMC2107047 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.31.2.349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The structure of the specific granules of eosinophil leukocytes has been studied by electron microscopy in sections of tissues, buffy coats, and sediments of peritoneal washings of rats, mice, guinea pigs, and men. The core of eosinophil granules is a crystal which has a cubic lattice with a repeat of approximately 30 A in rodents and approximately 40 A in man. The chemical composition of the core is discussed in connection with recent cell fractionation studies, and the hypothesis that the core is a crystal of peroxidase is considered.
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- F Miller
- Pathologisches Institut der Universität München, Germany, the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, and The Rockefeller University, New York
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Enbergs H, Kriesten K. Zur zytoplasmatischen Feinstruktur der eosinophilen Granulozyten des Hühnerbluts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0442.1970.tb00798.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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GILLIS EM, BAIKIE AG. METHOD FOR THE DEMONSTRATION OF NUCLEOLI IN LYMPHOCYTES AND OTHER BLOOD AND BONE MARROW CELLS. J Clin Pathol 1996; 17:573-4. [PMID: 14207795 PMCID: PMC480820 DOI: 10.1136/jcp.17.5.573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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DEANE HW. SOME ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS ON THE LAMINA PROPRIA OF THE GUT, WITH COMMENTS ON THE CLOSE ASSOCIATION OF MACROPHAGES, PLASMA CELLS, AND EOSINOPHILS. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1996; 149:453-73. [PMID: 14208990 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1091490315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Hogg RJ, Hodgson AJ, Henderson DW, Williams KA, Jureidini KF, Zola H. Antigen expression during early human granulocyte development studied with immuno-electron microscopy. Immunol Cell Biol 1987; 65 ( Pt 4):305-13. [PMID: 3315984 DOI: 10.1038/icb.1987.34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Expression of the hapten fucosyl-N-acetyllactosamine was correlated with ultrastructural development in human granulocyte precursors using the monoclonal antibody FMC 10 with immunogold techniques. The antigen was detectable from the myeloblast/early neutrophilic promyelocyte stage onwards and was associated with striking development of the rough endoplasmic reticular system. In addition, low levels of labelling were seen on monocytes, eosinophils and some basophil precursors. Contraction and alignment of the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum during the promyelocyte stage of neutrophilic differentiation gave the appearance of a plasma cell. However, on closer examination it was apparent that true plasma cells did not react with this antibody.
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- R J Hogg
- Adelaide Children's Hospital, South Australia
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Presentey B, Jerushalmy Z, Ben-Bassat M, Perk K. Genesis, ultrastructure and cytochemical study of the cat eosinophil. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1980; 196:119-27. [PMID: 7416506 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1091960202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Eosinophils from cat bone marrow and peripheral blood were studied by electron microscopy and cytochemical procedures. The maturation of eosinophils and formation of typical granules were described. Contrary to the accepted opinion that the core of animal's eosinophilic specific granules have a crytal-like structure, our observations revealed that the core has a myelin-like cylindrical appearance, whose layered formation proceeds from the inside outwards. Electron microscopic observations revealed that localization of reaction product to potassium pyroantimonate and phosphotungstic acid and to acid phosphatase activity was similar to that of eosinophils of man and other animals. Antimonate deposits and acid phosphatase activity were detected between the layers of the myelin-like structure of the core. Eosinophil granules failed to yield a positive reaction for peroxidase activity. The secretory activity of the eosinophil is discussed.
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Enzan H, Takahashi H, Kawakami M, Yamashita S, Ohkita T. Light and electronmicroscopic observations on hepatic hematopoiesis of human fetuses. I. Granulocytopoiesis in the hepatic mesenchymal tissue. ACTA PATHOLOGICA JAPONICA 1978; 28:411-26. [PMID: 685689 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1978.tb01265.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Focusing on hematopoiesis, especially granulocytopoiesis, livers from ten human fetuses between 7 to 13 weeks of gestation were observed with light and electron microscope. In the hepatic mesenchymal tissue variable number of granulocytes in varying stage of maturation were found from 10 to 13 weeks of gestation. The granules of neutrophils in human fetal livers were classified into three distinct types. The first granules appeared in myeloblasts. The second granules, possibly formed in Golgi complex, were more larger and observed after the promyelocytic stage. The third granules, predominant in mature neutrophils, were pleomorphic. Other than granulocytic, erythrocytic and stromal cells, unclassifiable cells were occasionally encountered. The role of mesenchymal tissues in the granulocytopoiesis, the development of fetal neutrophils and the problem of hematopoietic stem cells were discussed.
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Rumpelt HJ. Ultrastructure of alcoholic hyalin and fate of the affected hepatocytes. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. B, CELL PATHOLOGY 1977; 23:339-51. [PMID: 67700 DOI: 10.1007/bf02889142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In liver biopsy specimens, foci of satellitosis, i.e., foci of alcoholic hyalin containing hepatocytes surrounded by accumulated leukocytes, were studied by means of electron-microscopic investigation. Within satellitosis hepatocytes, the same morphologic variants of alcoholic hyalin were observed as formerly described in nonsatellitosis liver cells: (1) clusters of randomly oriented smooth filaments of homogenous electron density, (2) bundles of filaments aligned in parallel arrays and exhibiting irregular densities and indistinct boundaries, and (3) masses of a strongly osmiophilic amorphous material, presumably lipidic in nature. The individual hyalin body was composed of one, two, or all three components in varying proportions; an uptake by cytosegresomes was never observed. The leukocytes of satellitosis foci, mostly polymorphonuclear ones without obvious alterations, had close contact to the central hepatocytes, and sometimes covered large holes in the hepatocellular plasma membrane. In other cases, hepatocytes and neutrophils were both destroyed and the hyalin bodies were found unaltered within the sinusoids. It is suggested that alcoholic hyalin represents an inert proteinaceous storage material, deposited at the site of synthesis which in the course of time becomes superimposed by a lipid component. In cases of alcohol-induced hepatocellular lesions, those hepatocytes which produce hyalin bodies may have a special metabolic sensitivity to alcohol which on the one hand may result in hyalin synthesis and accumulation and on the other hand may, under special conditions, lead to plasma membrane destruction with secondary satellitosis formation.
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Albegger KW, Tilz GP. [The human lymphocyte and his surface. A scanning and transmission electronic miscroscopic investigation (author's transl)]. ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY 1974; 206:319-35. [PMID: 4479041 DOI: 10.1007/bf00460285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Schumacher HR, Szekely IE, Park SA, Fisher DR. Ultrastructural studies on the acute leukemic lymphoblast. BLUT 1973; 27:369-406. [PMID: 4520118 DOI: 10.1007/bf01630783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Szekely IE, Park SA, Schumacher HR. Ultrastructural studies on the acute leukemic monoblast. BLUT 1972; 25:376-84. [PMID: 4345093 DOI: 10.1007/bf01632762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Hung KS. Electron microscopic observations on eosinophil leukocyte granules in dog blood. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1972; 174:165-73. [PMID: 4116652 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1091740203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Huhn D, Schmalzl F, Krug U. [Myeloblastic leukemia. Cytochemistry, electron microscopy and cytogenetics]. BLUT 1971; 23:189-206. [PMID: 5287837 DOI: 10.1007/bf01633771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
MESH Headings
- Acid Phosphatase/analysis
- Adult
- Aged
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Cytogenetics
- Erythrocytes
- Esterases/analysis
- Female
- Histocytochemistry
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/diagnosis
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/enzymology
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/genetics
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/pathology
- Leukocytes/enzymology
- Male
- Microscopy, Electron
- Middle Aged
- Mitosis
- Peroxidases/analysis
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Bainton DF, Ullyot JL, Farquhar MG. The development of neutrophilic polymorphonuclear leukocytes in human bone marrow. J Exp Med 1971; 134:907-34. [PMID: 4106490 PMCID: PMC2138991 DOI: 10.1084/jem.134.4.907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 575] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Neutrophilic leukocytes (PMN) and their precursors from normal human marrow and blood were examined by histochemical staining and by electron microscopy and cytochemistry in order to determine the origin and nature of their cytoplasmic granules. Human neutrophils contain two basic types of granules, azurophils and specifics, which differ in morphology, contents, and time of origin. Azurophils are large and may be spherical or ellipsoid, the latter with a crystalline inclusion. They are produced in the first secretory stage (promyelocyte), contain peroxidase and various lysosomal enzymes, and thus correspond to modified primary lysosomes. Specifics are smaller, may be spherical or elongated, and are formed during a later secretory stage (myelocyte). They lack lysosomal enzymes and contain alkaline phosphatase and basic protein; their contents remain largely undetermined. Specifics outnumber azurophils in the mature PMN because of reduction in numbers of azurophils per cell by cell division in the myelocyte stage. The findings indicate that the situation is basically the same as described previously in the rabbit, insofar as the origin, enzymic activity, and persistence in the mature cell of the two types (azurophil and specific) of granules are concerned. The main difference between PMN of the two species is in the morphology (size, shape, and density) of the granules, especially the azurophils.
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Nichols BA, Bainton DF, Farquhar MG. Differentiation of monocytes. Origin, nature, and fate of their azurophil granules. J Cell Biol 1971; 50:498-515. [PMID: 4107019 PMCID: PMC2108281 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.50.2.498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The origin, content, and fate of azurophil granules of blood monocytes were investigated in several species (rabbit, guinea pig, human) by electron microscopy and cytochemistry. The life cycle of monocytes consists of maturation in bone marrow, transit in blood, and migration into tissues where they function as macrophages. Cells were examined from all three phases. It was found that: azurophil granules originate in the Golgi complex of the developing monocyte of bone marrow and blood, and ultimately fuse with phagosomes during phagocytosis upon arrival of monocytes in the tissues. They contain lysosomal enzymes in all species studied and peroxidase in the guinea pig and human. These enzymes are produced by the same pathway as other secretory products (i.e., they are segregated in the rough ER and packaged into granules in the Golgi complex). The findings demonstrate that the azurophil granules of monocytes are primary lysosomes or storage granules comparable to the azurophils of polymorphonuclear leukocytes and the specific granules of eosinophils. Macrophages from peritoneal exudates (72-96 hr after endotoxin injection) contain large quantities of lysosomal enzymes throughout the secretory apparatus (rough ER and Golgi complex), in digestive vacuoles, and in numerous coated vesicles; however, they lack forming or mature azurophil granules. Hence it appears that the monocyte produces two types of primary lysosomes during different phases of its life cycle-azurophil granules made by developing monocytes in bone marrow or blood, and coated vesicles made by macrophages in tissues and body cavities.
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Ackerman GA. The human neutrophilic promyelocyte. A correlated phase and electron microscopic study. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ZELLFORSCHUNG UND MIKROSKOPISCHE ANATOMIE (VIENNA, AUSTRIA : 1948) 1971; 118:467-81. [PMID: 4327627 DOI: 10.1007/bf00324614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Mastaglia FL, Currie S. Immunological and ultrastructural observations on the role of lymphoid cells in the pathogenesis of polymyositis. Acta Neuropathol 1971; 18:1-16. [PMID: 5579380 DOI: 10.1007/bf00684472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Ostendorf ML, Niedorf HR, Bl�mcke S. Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an menschlichen Leukozyten nach Osmium-Zink-Impr�gnation. Cell Tissue Res 1971. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00337639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ackerman GA. The human neutrophilic myelocyte. A correlated phase and electron microscopic study. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ZELLFORSCHUNG UND MIKROSKOPISCHE ANATOMIE (VIENNA, AUSTRIA : 1948) 1971; 121:153-70. [PMID: 4330179 DOI: 10.1007/bf00340669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Scott RE, Horn RG. Fine structural features of eosinophile granulocyte development in human bone marrow. Evidence for granule secretion. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH 1970; 33:16-28. [PMID: 5487205 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5320(70)90116-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Hu D, Pfisterer H, Lani K. Fine structure of circulating lymphocytes under the effect of antilymphocyte serum (ALS) in chronic lymphatic leukemia. BLUT 1970; 20:273-81. [PMID: 4986661 DOI: 10.1007/bf01632128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Kriesten K, Enbergs H. [The ultrastructure of lymphocytes of the domestic chicken]. BLUT 1970; 20:229-33. [PMID: 5444136 DOI: 10.1007/bf01632294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Steidle C, Huhn D. [The ultrastructure of freeze etched neutrophil granulocytes]. BLUT 1970; 20:90-104. [PMID: 5438307 DOI: 10.1007/bf01632859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Wiener J. Ultrastructural aspects of delayed hypersensitivity. CURRENT TOPICS IN PATHOLOGY. ERGEBNISSE DER PATHOLOGIE 1970; 52:143-208. [PMID: 4393613 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-95133-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Carr I. The fine structure of the mammalian lymphoreticular system. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1970; 27:283-348. [PMID: 4190450 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)61249-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Liebich HG, Hebel R. Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an Zellen aus dem Ductus thoracicus des Hundes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1969. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02052920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Wyllie JC. The stromal cell reaction of pigmented villonodular synovitis: an electron microscopic study. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 1969; 12:205-14. [PMID: 4239604 DOI: 10.1002/art.1780120307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Baggiolini M, Hirsch JG, De Duve C. Resolution of granules from rabbit heterophil leukocytes into distinct populations by zonal sedimentation. J Cell Biol 1969; 40:529-41. [PMID: 5812474 PMCID: PMC2107611 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.40.2.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Postnuclear supernates from homogenates of essentially pure rabbit heterophil leukocytes were fractionated by means of zonal differential centrifugation through a discontinuous sucrose gradient at various speeds. Three distinct groups of granules were characterized biochemically and morphologically. They were, in order of decreasing sedimentation coefficient: (a) Large, relatively dense granules, identified morphologically as the azurophil or primary granules, and containing essentially all of the myeloperoxidase activity of the preparations, about one-third of their lysozyme activity, and between 50 and 80% of their content in five acid hydrolases typically associated with lysosomes in other cells; (b) smaller, less dense granules, with the morphological appearance of the specific or secondary granules, and carrying most of the alkaline phosphatase and the remainder of the lysozyme activity of the preparations; (c) a second group of lysosome-like particles, associated with a morphologically heterogeneous fraction, and containing the remainder of the acid hydrolases, but little or no myeloperoxidase. When p-nitrophenyl phosphate was used instead of beta-glycerophosphate for the assay of acid phosphatase, only small proportions of the total activity accompanied the two main lysosomal bands, and considerable activity was found in a zone slightly retarded with respect to the slowly moving band of acid hydrolases.
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McCall CE, Katayama I, Cotran RS, Finland M. Lysosomal and ultrastructural changes in human "toxic" neutrophils during bacterial infection. J Exp Med 1969; 129:267-93. [PMID: 5762047 PMCID: PMC2138608 DOI: 10.1084/jem.129.2.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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"Toxic" neutrophils from humans with severe bacterial infections, identified by the presence of Döhle bodies, "toxic" granules, and vacuoles were shown to differ from normal neutrophils both in ultrastructure and in lysosome activity. Döhle bodies were identified as lamellar aggregates of rough endoplasmic reticulum. Toxic granules corresponded to the azurophilic granules usually identified by Romanowsky stains only in neutrophil precursors. By electron microscopy such granules were large, electron-dense, and peroxidase positive; they could usually be distinguished from the smaller, less dense, "specific" granules also present in control neutrophils, but in the latter they became visible by light microscopy only after prolonged staining or following fixation with glutaraldehyde. These observations suggest that toxic granules represent an abnormal staining reaction of the large dense granules in the toxic cells, and not phagocytized material, newly formed abnormal granules or autophagic bodies. Alkaline phosphatase activity was significantly greater in toxic neutrophils than in normal ones; 80% of the activity of both was located in the lysosome fraction. Beta glucuronidase was normal. Total acid phosphatase was normal, but the percentage located in the nonlysosome fraction of toxic neutrophils was increased, suggesting that lysosomes were "labilized." Formation of neutral red vacuoles in supravitally stained preparations, an index of lysosome activity, occurred more rapidly in toxic neutrophils. This reaction paralleled degranulation and the formation of clear vacuoles in unstained wet mounts and could be blocked by colchicine, a lysosome stabilizer, or enhanced by procedures which activate lysosomes. "Autophagic" vacuoles were observed by electron microscopy in some toxic neutrophils. These observations are discussed in relation to the concept that the "toxic" neutrophils in severe bacterial infection reflect cellular immaturity and/or stimulation or degeneration.
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Balázs A. Granule formation in rat myeloid cells. An electron microscopic study. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ZELLFORSCHUNG UND MIKROSKOPISCHE ANATOMIE (VIENNA, AUSTRIA : 1948) 1969; 99:286-301. [PMID: 5354175 DOI: 10.1007/bf00342228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Hirsch JG, Fedorko ME. Ultrastructure of human leukocytes after simultaneous fixation with glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide and "postfixation" in uranyl acetate. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1968; 38:615-27. [PMID: 4874495 PMCID: PMC2108377 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.38.3.615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 431] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Human leukocytes in suspension or in monolayer cultures have been processed for electron microscopy by fixation in a freshly made cold mixture of glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide and by "postfixation" in uranyl acetate. Simultaneous exposure to glutaraldehyde and osmium tetroxide eliminates many of the shortcomings seen when either of these agents is used alone as the initial fixative. Specimens are processed to the stage of dehydration as single cell suspensions or as very small clumps to assure rapid penetration of fixatives and efficient washing. The technique is rapid and reproducible. Electron micrographs presented in this report illustrate the ultrastructural features of human white cells prepared by this method.
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Clarke JA, Salsbury AJ, Rowland GF. Surface ultrastructure of human leucocytes, mouse macrophages and rat liver cells, and of isolated nuclei and nucleoli. Br J Haematol 1968; 14:533-42. [PMID: 5749756 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1968.tb07005.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Brittinger G, Hirschhorn R, Douglas SD, Weissmann G. Studies on lysosomes. XI. Characterization of a hydrolase-rich fraction from human lymphocytes. J Cell Biol 1968; 37:394-411. [PMID: 5656398 PMCID: PMC2107405 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.37.2.394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Pure suspensions of human lymphocytes were separated from peripheral blood by means of nylon wool, homogenized in 0.34 M sucrose-0.01 M EDTA solution, and fractionated by differential centrifugation. The bulk of acid hydrolase activity was found to be concentrated in a 20,000 g x 20 min granular fraction, whereas nuclear, debris, and supernatant fractions contained lesser concentrations of hydrolases. Acid hydrolase activity present in the granular fraction showed appropriate "latency" as judged by its dose-dependent release into the 20,000 g x 20 min supernatant after exposure to membrane-disruptive agents such as streptolysin S, filipin, and lysolecithin. Heparin proved to be necessary in the suspending medium so that reproducible homogenization and cell fractionation could be obtained. Even excessive contamination of lymphocyte suspensions with platelets did not appreciably alter the acid hydrolase activity of lymphocyte homogenates or the distribution of enzymes in subcellular fractions. Discontinuous density-gradient centrifugation of a 500 g x 10 min supernatant, containing both acid hydrolase-rich organelles and mitochondria, resulted in partial resolution of hydrolase-rich organelles from mitochondria. Fine structural studies of the intact lymphocytes showed the presence of acid phosphatase-positive, membrane-bounded organelles. Electron microscopy of the "large granule" (20,000 g x 20 min) fraction of such lymphocytes demonstrated 80-90% mitochondria, 5-10% platelets, and 5-10% membrane-bounded acid phosphatase-positive structures. The data indicate the presence in human peripheral blood lymphocytes of acid hydrolase-rich granules which possess many of the biochemical and structural characteristics of lysosomes in other tissues.
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Hebel R, Liebich HG. Elektronenmikroskopische Untersuchungen an kleinen Lymphozyten aus dem Ductus thoracicus der Ratte. Cell Tissue Res 1968. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00336691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Eosinophil (and heterophil) leukocytes of glycogen-induced rabbit peritoneal exudates were fixed for 1(1/2) min in 2% glutaraldehyde and examined for acid phosphatase activity both biochemically and cytochemically. Biochemical assays showed that enzymatic activity had been inhibited by only approximately 10% under these conditions. The cytochemical reaction in the eosinophil was confined to the granules in which the reaction product appeared in the matrix, not in the crystalline core (or in the core region after the latter's extraction). Granules wherein the matrix was disrupted and the crystalline core degraded or extracted showed the most intense deposition of reaction product, whereas well preserved granules with morphologically intact matrix and crystals were unreactive. Yet, not all disrupted granules gave a positive reaction, indicating that disruption was a necessary but not sufficient condition for reactivity. In many eosinophil leukocytes, most if not all granules were acid phosphatase-positive, provided they had become disrupted to a certain degree. Factors possibly involved in converting the granules from an unreactive to a reactive state are discussed.
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Iwamoto T, Witmer R. Aqueous humor cytology with the electron microscope. ALBRECHT VON GRAEFES ARCHIV FUR KLINISCHE UND EXPERIMENTELLE OPHTHALMOLOGIE. ALBRECHT VON GRAEFE'S ARCHIVE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL OPHTHALMOLOGY 1967; 174:110-26. [PMID: 4869464 DOI: 10.1007/bf00413509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Anderson DR. Ultrastructure of normal and leukemic leukocytes in human peripheral blood. JOURNAL OF ULTRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH 1966; 9:1-42. [PMID: 5224582 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5320(66)90002-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Fischer R, Gropp A. [Cytochemistry of lymphocytes in vitro]. KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 1966; 44:733-8. [PMID: 4230648 DOI: 10.1007/bf01746107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hudson G. Eosinophil granules and phosphotungstic acid: an electron microscope study of guinea-pig bone marrow. Exp Cell Res 1966; 41:265-73. [PMID: 5929546 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4827(66)80134-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Beck JS, Paterson JC. Nuclear antigens in normal and leukaemic leucocytes: a histochemical study using human auto-immune antinuclear antibodies. THE JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY 1965; 90:567-78. [PMID: 5321929 DOI: 10.1002/path.1700900225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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