| Autor: |
Eckner, Friedrich A. O., Riebe, Brigitte H., Moulder, Peter V., Blackstone, Eugene H. |
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Histochemistry and Cell Biology; December 1969, Vol. 19 Issue: 4 p340-354, 15p |
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Biochemical methods for demonstration of enzyme activity are test tube models outside the organization of cell. Their application to the complicated organization of the cell present problems to histochemistry. The morphological and chemical preservation of tissue which is desirable in histochemistry leads to a multiplicity of reactions when “test tube” methods are applied. For example, the histochemical phosphorylase and glycosyltransferase reactions rest on the assumption that one can distinguish between preexisting glycogen and newly formed polysaccharides. We used frozen dried canine myocardium and liver for examination of the authenticity of histochemical phosphorylase and glycosyltransferase (branching enzyme, UDPG-glycogen transglycosylase) reactions as described in histochemical reference books. We were unable to distinguish between preexisting glycogen and supposedly newly formed polysaccharides with methods presently used for this purpose (Iodine stain, differential digestion with amylases, acid hydrolysis). Tissue without PAS stainable glycogen remained so after substrate incubation. When preexisting glycogen was present, the amounts of stainable polysaccharides after incubation were invariably less. Therefore, we could not prove beyond doubt that any polysaccharide synthesis due to enzyme reaction had oceured. The prescribed controls, perhaps adequate for biochemical “test tube” reactions, have to be redefined for meaningful histochemical procedures. |
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