Moniliform deformation of retinal ganglion cells by formaldehyde-based fixatives.

Autor: Stradleigh TW; Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, California, 95616., Greenberg KP, Partida GJ, Pham A, Ishida AT
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of comparative neurology [J Comp Neurol] 2015 Mar 01; Vol. 523 (4), pp. 545-64. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 06.
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23689
Abstrakt: Protocols for characterizing cellular phenotypes commonly use chemical fixatives to preserve anatomical features, mechanically stabilize tissue, and stop physiological responses. Formaldehyde, diluted in either phosphate-buffered saline or phosphate buffer, has been widely used in studies of neurons, especially in conjunction with dyes and antibodies. However, previous studies have found that these fixatives induce the formation of bead-like varicosities in the dendrites and axons of brain and spinal cord neurons. We report here that these formaldehyde formulations can induce bead formation in the dendrites and axons of adult rat and rabbit retinal ganglion cells, and that retinal ganglion cells differ from hippocampal, cortical, cerebellar, and spinal cord neurons in that bead formation is not blocked by glutamate receptor antagonists, a voltage-gated Na(+) channel toxin, extracellular Ca(2+) ion exclusion, or temperature shifts. Moreover, we describe a modification of formaldehyde-based fixatives that prevents bead formation in retinal ganglion cells visualized by green fluorescent protein expression and by immunohistochemistry.
(© 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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