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Imazato H, Takahashi N, Hirakawa Y, Yamaguchi Y, Hiyoshi M, Tajima T, Chosa E, Sawaguchi A. Three-dimensional fine structures in deep fascia revealed by combined use of cryo-fixed histochemistry and low-vacuum scanning microscopy. Sci Rep 2023; 13:6352. [PMID: 37072465 PMCID: PMC10113183 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33479-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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Recent physiological studies have shown that the deep fascia has received much attention concerning clinical medicine; however, histological examination of the deep fascia has not been well established. In this study, we aimed to clarify and visualize the structure of the deep fascia by taking advantage of cryofixation techniques and low-vacuum scanning electron microscopy. As a result, the ultrastructural observations revealed three-dimensional stratification of the deep fascia composed of three layers: the first superficial layer consisting of collagen fibers extending in various directions with blood vessels and peripheral nerves; the second intermediate layer formed by single straight and thick collagen fibers with flexibility; and the third deepest layer, consisting of relatively straight and thin collagen fibers. We explored the use of two hooks to hold a piece of deep fascia in place through the course of cryo-fixation. A comparative observation with or without the hook-holding procedure would indicate the morphological adaptation to physiological stretch and contraction of the deep fascia. The present morphological approach paves the way to visualize three-dimensional ultrastructures for future biomedical studies including clinical pathophysiology.
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- Hiroyuki Imazato
- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Ultrastructural Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan.
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan
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- Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy, Ultrastructural Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan
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Correlative light and electron microscopic observation of calcium phosphate particles in a mouse kidney formed under a high-phosphate diet. Sci Rep 2023; 13:852. [PMID: 36646820 PMCID: PMC9842637 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-28103-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Calcium phosphate forms particles under excessive urinary excretion of phosphate in the kidney. While the formation of calcium phosphate particles (CaPs) has been implicated in the damage to renal tubular cells and renal dysfunction, clarifying the ultrastructural information and the elemental composition of the small CaPs in the wide areas of kidney tissue has been technically difficult. This study introduces correlative and sequential light as well as electron microscopic CaP observation in the kidney tissue by combining fluorescent staining for CaPs and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) on resin sections prepared using high-pressure freezing and freeze substitution. CaPs formed in mouse kidneys under long-term feeding of a high-phosphate diet were clearly visualized on resin sections by fluorescence-conjugated alendronate derivatives and toluidine blue metachromasia. These CaPs were verified by correlative observation with EDS. Furthermore, small CaPs formed in the kidney under short-term feeding were detected using fluorescent probes. The elemental composition of the particles, including calcium and magnesium, was identified following EDS analyses. These results suggest that the correlative microscopy approach is helpful for observing in situ distribution and elemental composition of CaPs in the kidney and contributing to studies regarding CaP formation-associated pathophysiology.
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Elucidation of the control mechanism of dynamic tissues using freezing techniques. Anat Sci Int 2022; 97:165-169. [PMID: 35038144 DOI: 10.1007/s12565-022-00648-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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The preparation of histological specimens from animals and humans is a multi-step process comprising tissue collection, fixation, and dehydration, followed by paraffin embedding. Each process can be achieved using different methods and substances. For example, dehydration may not be required depending on the substance used for embedding. The freezing technique described in the present study can be used for tissue collection and fixation. Tissues obtained using "in vivo cryotechnique (IVCT)" reflect blood flow and protein localization in body fluids at the time of tissue collection, making it an indispensable method in histological analyses of the future. This study utilized the IVCT to capture histological images of dynamic objects from multiple viewpoints and elucidate the mechanism underlying their movement control at the molecular level.
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Fukasawa Y, Ohno N, Saitoh Y, Saigusa T, Arita J, Ohno S. Immunohistochemical and morphofunctional studies of skeletal muscle tissues with electric nerve stimulation by in vivo cryotechnique. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2015; 48:27-36. [PMID: 26019372 PMCID: PMC4427562 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.14068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In this study, morphological and immunohistochemical alterations of skeletal muscle tissues during persistent contraction were examined by in vivo cryotechnique (IVCT). Contraction of gastrocnemius muscles was induced by sciatic nerve stimulation. The IVCT was performed immediately, 3 min or 10 min after the stimulation start. Prominent ripples of muscle fibers or wavy deformation of sarcolemma were detected immediately after the stimulation, but they gradually diminished to normal levels during the stimulation. The relative ratio of sarcomere and A band lengths was the highest in the control group, but it immediately decreased to the lowest level and then gradually recovered at 3 min or 10 min. Although histochemical intensity of PAS reaction was almost homogeneous in muscle tissues of the control group or immediately after the stimulation, it decreased at 3 min or 10 min. Serum albumin was immunolocalized as dot-like patterns within some muscle fibers at 3 min stimulation. These patterns became more prominent at 10 min, and the dots got larger and saccular in some sarcoplasmic regions. However, IgG1 and IgM were immunolocalized in blood vessels under nerve stimulation conditions. Therefore, IVCT was useful to capture the morphofunctional and metabolic changes of heterogeneous muscle fibers during the persistent contraction.
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- Yuki Fukasawa
- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- First Department of Physiology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- First Department of Physiology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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Shimo S, Saitoh S, Saitoh Y, Ohno N, Ohno S. Morphological and immunohistochemical analyses of soluble proteins in mucous membranes of living mouse intestines by cryotechniques. Microscopy (Oxf) 2015; 64:189-203. [PMID: 25770106 DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfv012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2014] [Accepted: 02/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have performed immunohistochemical or ultrastructural analyses of living mouse small intestines using Epon blocks prepared by 'in vivo cryotechnique' (IVCT). By electron microscopy, intracellular ultrastructures of epithelial cells were well preserved in tissue areas 5-10 μm away from cryogen-contact surface tissues. Their microvilli contained dynamically waving actin filaments, and highly electron-dense organelles, such as mitochondria, were seen under the widely organized terminal web. By quick-freezing of fresh resected tissues (FT-QF), many erythrocytes were congested within blood vessels due to loss of blood pressure. By immersion-fixation (IM-DH) and perfusion-fixation (PF-DH), small vacuoles were often seen in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells, and their intercellular spaces were also dilated. Moreover, actin filament bundles were irregular in cross sections of microvilli, compared with those with IVCT. Epon-embedded thick sections were treated with sodium ethoxide, followed by antigen retrieval and immunostained for immunoglobulin A (IgA), Ig kappa light chain (Igκ), J-chain and albumin. By cryotechniques, IgA immunoreactivity was detected as tiny dot-like patterns in cytoplasm of some epithelial cells. Both J-chain and Igκ immunoreactivities were detected in the same local areas as those of IgA. By FT-QF, however, the IgA immunoreactivity was more weakly detected, compared with that with IVCT. In thick sections prepared by IM-DH and PF-DH, it was rarely observed in both plasma and epithelial cells. Another albumin was diffusely immunolocalized in extracellular matrices of mucous membranes and also within blood vessels. Thus, IVCT was useful for preservation of soluble proteins and ultrastructural analyses of dynamically changing epithelial cells of living mouse small intestines.
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- Satoshi Shimo
- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan Present address: Department of Occupational Therapy, Health Science University, 7187 Kodachi, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi 401-0380, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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Aredo B, Zhang K, Chen X, Wang CXZ, Li T, Ufret-Vincenty RL. Differences in the distribution, phenotype and gene expression of subretinal microglia/macrophages in C57BL/6N (Crb1 rd8/rd8) versus C57BL6/J (Crb1 wt/wt) mice. J Neuroinflammation 2015; 12:6. [PMID: 25588310 PMCID: PMC4305240 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-014-0221-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Background Microglia/macrophages (MG/MΦ) are found in the subretinal space in both mice and humans. Our goal was to study the spatial and temporal distribution, the phenotype, and gene expression of subretinal MG/MΦ in mice with normal retinas and compare them to mice with known retinal pathology. Methods We studied C57BL/6 mice with (C57BL/6N), or without (C57BL/6J) the rd8 mutation in the Crb1 gene (which, in the presence of yet unidentified permissive/modifying genes, leads to a retinal degeneration), and documented their fundus appearance and the change with aging. Immunostaining of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) flat mounts was done for 1) Ionized calcium binding adaptor (Iba)-1, 2) FcγIII/II Receptor (CD16/CD32, abbreviated as CD16), and 3) Macrophage mannose receptor (MMR). Reverse-transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was done for genes involved in oxidative stress, complement activation and inflammation. Results The number of yellow fundus spots correlated highly with subretinal Iba-1+ cells. The total number of subretinal MG/MΦ increased with age in the rd8 mutant mice, but not in the wild-type (WT) mice. There was a centripetal shift in the distribution of the subretinal MG/MΦ with age. Old rd8 mutant mice had a greater number of CD16+ MG/MΦ. CD16+ cells had morphological signs of activation, and this was most prominent in old rd8 mutant mice (P <1×10−8 versus old WT mice). Subretinal MG/MΦ in rd8 mutant mice also expressed iNOS and MHC-II, and had ultrastructural signs of activation. Finally, rd8 mutant mouse RPE/ MG/MΦ RNA isolates showed an upregulation of Ccl2, CFB, C3, NF-kβ, CD200R and TNF-alpha. The retinas of rd8 mutant mice showed upregulation of HO-1, C1q, C4, and Nrf-2. Conclusions When compared to C57BL/6J mice, C57BL/6N mice demonstrate increased accumulation of subretinal MG/MΦ, displaying phenotypical, morphological, and gene-expression characteristics consistent with a pro-inflammatory shift. These changes become more prominent with aging and are likely due to the combination of the rd8 mutation and yet unidentified permissive/modulatory genes in the C57BL/6N mice. In contrast, aging leads to a scavenging phenotype in the C57BL/6J subretinal microglia/macrophages. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12974-014-0221-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Bogale Aredo
- Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390-9057, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390-9057, USA. .,Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, Hainan Provincial People's Hospital, Haikou, Hainan, 570203, PR China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390-9057, USA. .,Current address: Department of Ophthalmology, Wuhan General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command, Wuhan, 430070, PR China.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390-9057, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390-9057, USA.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390-9057, USA.
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Application of "in vivo cryotechnique" to morphological and immunohistochemical analyses of living mouse subepicardial microcirculation under various pathological conditions. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 2011; 20:304-17. [PMID: 22024992 DOI: 10.1097/pai.0b013e318225a2a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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"In vivo cryotechnique" (IVCT), which involves immediately cryofixing cells and tissues of living animals in situ, can display more native morphology in vivo and eliminate artificial changes in conventional preparations. However, the technical characteristics of IVCT are not known for the practical examination of subepicardial microcirculation of beating heart tissue. Histological sections of subepicardial area were prepared using IVCT and conventional fixation methods: quick freezing, immersion fixation, or perfusion fixation followed by alcohol dehydration, respectively from healthy mice. In addition, changes of erythrocyte shape, T-tubule, and microvasculature in mouse heart from a variety of models (acute increase of left ventricular afterload, myocardial ischemia, and cardiac arrest) were examined by IVCT. With IVCT, flowing erythrocytes, blood flow, microvasculature, and myocyte structure could be well preserved without artificial change of erythrocyte shape and translocation of serum proteins as displayed in conventional preparation samples. Furthermore, in various pathological models prepared by IVCT, T-tubules with albumin immuno-positive staining were arranged in a disorderly way and were decreased in volume in samples of acute increase of left ventricular afterload (IVCT-LAA). This was more evident in acute regional myocardial ischemia (IVCT-IC) and less evident in heart arrest (IVCT-HA). In addition, the leakage of serum proteins from microvasculature into myocyte was found only in IVCT-IC but not in IVCT-LAA and in IVCT-HA. In conclusion, IVCT is a new technique for examining morphology of subepicardial microcirculation without artifacts compared with conventional methods and is a more sensitive fixation technique in detecting pathological changes of the heart.
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Shi L, Terada N, Saitoh Y, Saitoh S, Ohno S. Immunohistochemical distribution of serum proteins in living mouse heart with In vivo cryotechnique. Acta Histochem Cytochem 2011; 44:61-72. [PMID: 21614167 PMCID: PMC3096083 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.11007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2011] [Accepted: 02/17/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In vivo cryotechnique (IVCT), which immediately cryofixes target organs in situ, was used to clarify the morphological features of beating heart tissue of living mice. IVCT was performed for diastolic heart tissue under the condition of monitoring with electrocardiogram (ECG). Other mouse hearts were prepared with conventional perfusion-fixation (PF-DH) or immersion-fixation followed by dehydration (IM-DH), and quick-freezing of resected heart tissues (FQF). Immunolocalizations of albumin, immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1), intravenously injected bovine serum albumin (BSA), and connexin 43 were examined after different intervals of BSA injection. In the case of IVCT, the exact stop time of beating mouse hearts was recorded by ECG, and open blood vessels with flowing erythrocytes were observed with less artificial tissue shrinkage than with conventional preparation methods. Both albumin and BSA were well preserved in intercalated discs and t-tubules of cardiomyocytes in addition to blood vessels and interstitial matrices. IgG1 was immunolocalized in interstitial matrices of heart tissues in addition to their blood vessels. At 4 hr after BSA injection, it was immunolocalized in the intercalated discs of cardiomyocytes and lost later at 8 hr. IVCT should prove to be more useful for the morphofunctional examination of dynamically changing heart tissue than conventional preparation methods.
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- Liye Shi
- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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Bai Y, Wu B, Terada N, Ohno N, Saitoh S, Saitoh Y, Ohno S. Histological study and LYVE-1 immunolocalization of mouse mesenteric lymph nodes with "In Vivo Cryotechnique". Acta Histochem Cytochem 2011; 44:81-90. [PMID: 21614169 PMCID: PMC3096085 DOI: 10.1267/ahc.11002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2011] [Accepted: 03/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The “in vivo cryotechnique” (IVCT) is a powerful tool to directly freeze living animal organs in order to maintain biological components in frozen tissues, reflecting their native states. In this study, mesenteric lymph nodes of living mice were directly frozen with IVCT, and we did morphological studies and immunohistochemical analyses on a hyaluronic acid receptor, LYVE-1. In lymph nodes, widely open lymphatic sinuses were observed, and many lymphocytes adhered to inner endothelial cells along subcapsular sinuses. The LYVE-1 was clearly immunolocalized at inner endothelial cells of subcapsular sinuses, as well as those of medullary sinuses. Conventional pre-embedding electron microscopy also showed LYVE-1 immunolocalization along both the apical and basal sides of cell membranes of inner endothelial cells. By triple-immunostaining for LYVE-1, smooth muscle actin, and type IV collagen, the LYVE-1 was immunolocalized only in the inner endothelial cells, but not in outer ones which were surrounded by collagen matrix and smooth muscle cells. Thus, the functional morphology of lymph nodes in vivo was demonstrated and LYVE-1 immunolocalization in inner endothelial cells of subcapsular sinuses suggests hyaluronic acid incorporation into lymph node parenchyma.
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- Yuqin Bai
- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi
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Shimo S, Saitoh S, Terada N, Ohno N, Saitoh Y, Ohno S. Immunohistochemical detection of soluble immunoglobulins in living mouse small intestines using an in vivo cryotechnique. J Immunol Methods 2010; 361:64-74. [PMID: 20691695 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2010.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Revised: 07/27/2010] [Accepted: 07/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Some morphological changes are inevitable during immersion- or perfusion-fixation and following alcohol-dehydration for tissue preparations. Common immunostaining techniques for these specimens have some limitations to capture accurate localizations of soluble proteins in cells and tissues. In this study, to examine in situ distributions of immunoglobulins (Igs), small intestinal tissues of living mice were prepared with our "in vivo cryotechnique" (IVCT). Thin sections were first stained with hematoxylin-eosin for morphology, and then some immunostainings were performed on serial sections for IgA, Ig kappa light chain, IgG1 heavy chain (IgG1), and IgM. Living morphological states of small intestinal tissues, including flowing erythrocytes and opening blood vessels, were observed on paraffin sections prepared with IVCT. IgA was immunolocalized in many plasma cells of the lamina mucosa propria, intestinal matrices, and also in epithelial cells of the intestinal villi and crypts. Both IgG1 and IgM immunoreactivities were mainly detected in blood vessels, whereas only IgG1 was also immunolocalized in interstitial matrices of mucous membranes. By perfusion-fixation and alcohol-dehydration, however, IgA immunoreactivity was observed in plasma cells, but not in epithelial cells or the lamina mucosa propria. Thus, IVCT was more useful to examine in vivo immunolocalizations of soluble Igs in small intestines.
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- Satoshi Shimo
- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo-city, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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Immunolocalization of phospho-Arg-directed protein kinase-substrate in hypoxic kidneys using in vivo cryotechnique. Med Mol Morphol 2009; 42:24-31. [DOI: 10.1007/s00795-008-0430-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Accepted: 11/28/2008] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Ohno N, Terada N, Saitoh S, Ohno S. Extracellular space in mouse cerebellar cortex revealed by in vivo cryotechnique. J Comp Neurol 2007; 505:292-301. [PMID: 17879272 DOI: 10.1002/cne.21498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Conventional methods of preparing tissue specimens for morphological investigation of the central nervous system suffer from inevitable artifacts caused by anoxia during the processing. In the present study we performed ultrastructural analyses of mouse cerebellar cortex using the in vivo cryotechnique (IVCr), which minimizes ischemic artifacts of target organs through direct cryofixation in vivo. In molecular and Purkinje cell layers of the mouse cerebellum prepared with IVCr, considerably large extracellular spaces (ECS) were detected among cellular profiles and synaptic clefts. The ECS obtained with IVCr without ischemia were larger than those obtained with IVCr after 8-minute ischemia or a conventional quick-freezing method with fresh resected tissues (FQF), but did not decrease with IVCr after 30-second ischemia. By contrast, the parallel fibers observed with IVCr without ischemia were slightly smaller than those after 30-second ischemia, and significantly smaller than those prepared with IVCr after 8-minute ischemia or FQF. ECS were frequently preserved around synaptic clefts, although the rest were totally or partially enclosed with closely apposed glial processes. The estimated sizes of the ECS around synaptic clefts did not differ between the opened and enclosed synapses, suggesting that the opened synapses might be temporarily surrounded by glial sheaths dynamically extending or retracting throughout the perisynaptic ECS. These findings indicate IVCr to be useful for some morphological analyses of ECS in the central nervous system. The appreciable ECS around synapses would allow morphological and functional changes of neuronal and glial cells dynamically involved in synaptic remodeling or signal transduction.
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- Nobuhiko Ohno
- Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo-city, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan
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Terada N, Ohno N, Saitoh S, Ohno S. Immunohistochemical detection of hypoxia in mouse liver tissues treated with pimonidazole using "in vivo cryotechnique". Histochem Cell Biol 2007; 128:253-61. [PMID: 17680263 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-007-0324-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/23/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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To evaluate hypoxic cells in live mouse liver tissues, immunohistochemistry for protein adducts of reductively activated pimonidazole (PARaPi) was performed using the "in vivo cryotechnique (IVCT)" followed by freeze-substitution fixation. This method was used because cryotechniques have some merits for examining biological events in living animal organs with improved time-resolution compared to conventional perfusion and/or immersion chemical fixation. Pimonidazole was intraperitoneally injected into living mice, and then after various times of hypoxia, their livers were quickly frozen by IVCT. The frozen liver tissues were freeze-substituted in acetone containing 2% paraformaldehyde, and routinely embedded in paraffin wax. De-paraffinized sections were immunostained for PARaPi. In liver tissues of mice without hypoxia, almost no immunostained cells were detected. However, in liver tissues with 30 s of hypoxia, some hepatocytes in the pericentral zones were strongly immunostained. After 60 s of hypoxia, many hepatocytes were immunostained with various degrees of staining intensity in all lobular zones, indicating different reactivities of pimonidazole in the hepatocytes to hypoxia. At this time, the general immunoreactivity also appeared to be stronger around the central veins than other portal areas. Although many hepatocytes were immunostained for PARaPi in the liver tissues with perfusion fixation via heart, those with perfusion via portal vein were not immunostained. Thus, IVCT is useful to detect time-dependent hypoxic states with pimonidazole treatment in living animal organs.
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- Nobuo Terada
- Department of Anatomy and Molecular Histology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo-city, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan.
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Zhou H, Ohno N, Terada N, Saitoh S, Fujii Y, Ohno S. Involvement of follicular basement membrane and vascular endothelium in blood–follicle barrier formation of mice revealed by ‘in vivo cryotechnique’. Reproduction 2007; 134:307-17. [PMID: 17660240 DOI: 10.1530/rep-07-0062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The molecular sieve with size- and charge selectivity in ovarian follicles, the so-called blood–follicle barrier (BFB), was examined during follicular development under physiological conditions to reveal ovarian structures responsible for the BFB by using our ‘in vivocryotechnique’ (IVCT). Mouse ovary specimens were prepared with different methods including IVCT, immersion, or perfusion chemical fixation and quick-freezing following resection or perfusion. Their paraffin sections or cryosections were stained with hematoxylin–eosin or immunostained for serum proteins with different molecular weights: albumin, immunoglobulin (Ig) G1 heavy chain, inter-α-trypsin inhibitor (IαI), fibrinogen, and IgM. Their immunoreactivity was better preserved with IVCT. The immunostaining for albumin was clearly observed in blood vessels, interstitium, and developing follicles, but that of IgG1, IαI, or fibrinogen was significantly decreased inside the follicles. IgM was immunohistochemically decreased throughout the interstitium outside blood vessels. The immunoreactivities of IgG1 and IgM, as compared with albumin, were clearly changed along follicular basement membranes and around vascular endothelial cells respectively. These findings indicate that BFB functions throughout follicular development, and the follicular basement membrane and the vascular endothelium could play some significant roles in the permselectivity for such soluble proteins with intermediate and high molecular weight respectively.
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- Hong Zhou
- Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo-City, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan
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Ohno N, Terada N, Yamakawa H, Komada M, Ohara O, Trapp BD, Ohno S. Expression of protein 4.1G in Schwann cells of the peripheral nervous system. J Neurosci Res 2006; 84:568-77. [PMID: 16752423 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The membrane-associated cytoskeletal proteins, including protein 4.1 family, play important roles in membrane integrity, protein targeting, and signal transduction. Although protein 4.1G (4.1G) is expressed ubiquitously in mammalian tissues, it can have very discrete distributions within cells. The present study investigated the expression and distributions of 4.1G in rodent sciatic nerve. Northern and Western blot analysis detected abundant 4.1G mRNA and protein in rat sciatic nerve extracts. Immunohistochemical staining with a 4.1G-specific antibody and double immunolabeling with E-cadherin, betaIV spectrin, and connexin 32 detected 4.1G in paranodal loops, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures, and periaxonal, mesaxonal, and abaxonal membranes of rodent sciatic nerve. Immunoelectron microscopy confirmed the immunodistribution of 4.1G in Schwann cells. In developing mouse sciatic nerves, 4.1G was diffusely distributed in immature Schwann cells and gradually localized at paranodes, incisures, and periaxonal and mesaxonal membranes during their maturation. These data support the concept that 4.1G plays an important role in the membrane expansion and specialization that occurs during formation and maintenance of myelin internodes in the peripheral nervous system.
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- Nobuhiko Ohno
- Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo-City, Yamanashi, Japan
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Yang C, Terada N, Ohno N, Fujii Y, Ohno S. Morphological analysis of lamellar structures in mouse type II pneumocytes by quick-freezing and freeze-drying with osmium tetroxide vapor-fixation. Med Mol Morphol 2006; 39:88-96. [PMID: 16821146 DOI: 10.1007/s00795-006-0318-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Accepted: 04/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The lamellar body is a membranous structure periodically laminating in vesicles that is known as the most distinctive feature of type II pneumocytes by conventional preparation methods for transmission electron microscopy. The quick-freezing and freeze-drying method, followed by osmium tetroxide vapor-fixation (QF-FD-OsV), was performed to examine the in situ morphology of the lamellar body in type II pneumocytes of living mouse lungs. Typical lamellar structures were rarely seen in vesicles of the type II pneumocytes, but amorphous components and dispersed stripes were often detected in the vesicles, as revealed by the QF-FD-OsV method. To clarify how the lamellar body was formed during the conventional preparation steps, lung tissues of mice were treated with different fixation procedures, such as immersion-fixation with osmium tetroxide or perfusion-fixation with glutaraldehyde followed by osmium tetroxide, in combination with alcohol dehydration or QF-FD-OsV. In addition to lamellar bodies of type II pneumocytes in the specimens with alcohol dehydration, some lamellar structures were also formed even with the QF-FD-OsV method. These findings suggest that the labile lamellar body is easily modified and formed during both chemical fixation and alcohol dehydration steps.
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- Chunlu Yang
- Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo-shi, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan
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Ohno N, Terada N, Ohno S. Histochemical analyses of living mouse liver under different hemodynamic conditions by "in vivo cryotechnique". Histochem Cell Biol 2006; 126:389-98. [PMID: 16601970 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-006-0173-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/08/2006] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Although the morphology and molecular distribution in animal liver tissues have been examined using conventional preparation methods, the findings are always affected by the technical artifacts caused by perfusion-fixation and tissue-resection. Using "in vivo cryotechnique" (IVCT), we have examined living mouse livers with histochemical, immunohistochemical and ultrastructural analyses. In samples prepared by IVCT, widely open sinusoids with many flowing erythrocytes were observed under normal blood circulation, and their collapse or blood congestion was seen in ischemic or heart-arrested mice. In contrast, the sinusoidal cavities were artificially dilated by perfusion-fixation, and collapsed by immersion-fixation and quick-freezing (QF) methods of resected tissues. The immunoreactivity of serum albumin and immunoglobulin G and intensity of periodic acid-Schiff-staining in hepatocytes were well preserved with the QF method and IVCT. Furthermore, following tissue resection, serum proteins were rapidly translocated into hepatocytes as demonstrated by immunoreactions on QF tissues frozen 1 or 5 min after resection. Translocation was not observed in IVCT samples, indicating that IVCT could be useful to examine cell membrane permeability of hepatocytes under different pathological conditions. Both dynamic morphology and immunodistribution of soluble components in living mouse livers, reflecting their physiological and pathological states, can be precisely examined by IVCT with higher time-resolution.
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- Nobuhiko Ohno
- Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo-city, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan
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Li Z, Ohno N, Terada N, Ohno S. Immunolocalization of serum proteins in living mouse glomeruli under various hemodynamic conditions by "in vivo cryotechnique". Histochem Cell Biol 2006; 126:399-406. [PMID: 16601969 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-006-0175-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Distribution of serum proteins in renal glomeruli is important for histopathology in medical and biological fields, but mechanisms of their passage through glomerular capillary loops (GCL) are still difficult to clarify. We have tried to visualize topographical changes of the serum proteins passing through GCL by "in vivo cryotechnique" in combination with immunohistochemistry. Albumin and immunoglobulin G (IgG), Ig kappa light chain and IgG1 heavy chain were mainly immunolocalized in GCL, but not colocalized with zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) under normotensive condition. Under heart-arrest condition and in quick-frozen fresh tissues, albumin and kappa light chain were immunolocalized in Bowman's space, indicating their passage caused by the stoppage of blood supply. However, under acute hypertensive condition, they were more clearly immunolocalized along basement membranes and in the Bowman's space, indicating their increased passage through GCL. IgG was also more clearly localized in mesangial areas under acute hypertension, compared with that under the normotensive or heart-arrest condition. This study is the first direct visualization for glomerular passage of serum proteins under abnormal hemodynamic conditions by the "in vivo cryotechnique", and the experimental protocol will be useful for morphofunctional examination of living mouse GCL and immunohistochemical analyses of dynamically changing proteins.
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- Zilong Li
- Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Tamaho, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan
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Terada N, Ohno N, Ohguro H, Li Z, Ohno S. Immunohistochemical detection of phosphorylated rhodopsin in light-exposed retina of living mouse with in vivo cryotechnique. J Histochem Cytochem 2006; 54:479-86. [PMID: 16401695 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.5a6844.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the time-dependent molecular states of rhodopsin (Rho) phosphorylation in the specimens originating from eyeballs cryoimmobilized in situ in living animals. Whole eyeballs of living mice under various dark- and light-exposure conditions were quickly frozen using the in vivo cryotechnique with isopentane-propane cryogen cooled down in liquid nitrogen (-196C). The frozen whole-mount eyeballs were freeze substituted in acetone containing paraformaldehyde and embedded in paraffin wax. Deparaffinized sections were immunostained with anti-phosphorylated (334)Ser Rho (P-Rho334) antibody. Immunoreactivity of P-Rho334 was specifically recognized in the outer segments of mouse retinas exposed to daylight. In the 12-h dark-adapted retinas, P-Rho334 immunoreactivity was completely eliminated. Moreover, in other retinas dark adapted for 12 or 36 hr and then exposed under the safety red light for 2 min, it was still barely recognized. Even in the eyeballs exposed to strong visible light for 10 sec, it was not detected. However, after 30, 60, and 180 sec of visible light exposure, P-Rho334 immunoreactivity was definitely recovered, similar to that under daylight condition. This is a new immunohistochemical approach to visualize the time-dependent Rho phosphorylation of living mice using the in vivo cryotechnique, in which changes could be detected within seconds following exposure to light.
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- Nobuo Terada
- Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Tamaho, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.
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Ohno N, Terada N, Tanaka J, Yokoyama A, Yamakawa H, Fujii Y, Baba T, Ohara O, Ohno S. Protein 4.1 G localizes in rodent microglia. Histochem Cell Biol 2005; 124:477-86. [PMID: 16184385 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-005-0058-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/07/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Although it was reported that protein 4.1 G, a cytoskeletal protein characterized by its general expression in the body, interacts with some signal transduction molecules in the central nervous system (CNS), its distribution and significance in vivo remained to be elucidated. In the present study, we have identified 4.1 G-positive cells in the rodent CNS, and demonstrated its immunolocalization in the developing mouse CNS. In the rodent CNS, 4.1 G was colocalized with markers for microglia, such as CD45, OX-42 and ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba1), but not with markers for neuronal or other glial cells. Additionally, colocalization of 4.1 G and A1 adenosine receptor was observed in the mouse cerebrum. In a mixed glial culture, most OX-42-positive microglia were positive for 4.1 G, and 4.1 G isoforms of the same molecular weight as in the rat brain were expressed in cultured microglia, where 4.1 G mRNA was detected by RT-PCR. In the developing mouse cerebral cortex, 4.1 G was detected in immature microglia, which were positive for Iba1. These results indicate that 4.1 G in the CNS is mainly distributed in microglia in vivo. Considering the interactions between 4.1 G and the signal transduction molecules, putative roles have been proposed for 4.1 G in microglial functions in the CNS.
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- Nobuhiko Ohno
- Department of Anatomy, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Tamaho, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan
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