AN APPLICATION OF CRYOFIXATION TO IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY

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An applicable method of cryofixation to immunocytochemistry was examined. Fresh tissue blocks of rat pancreas and parotid gland were quickly frozen by the metal contact method using liquid helium and freeze-substituted with one of the following media kept at -80℃ for 36hr; pure acetone, 0.1% glutaraldehyde (anhydrous) in acetone, approximately 0.2% paraformaldehyde in acetone, and 10% acrolein in acetone. After freeze-substitution fixation, tissue blocks were embedded in Araldite mixture. Thin sections mounted on nickel grids were processed for immunocytochemical localization of amylase according to the multiple-step protocol of the protcin A-gold immunostaining method by Bendayan and Duhr(4). They were then postfixcd with 2.5% glutaraldehyde in PBS and stained with uranyl acetate and lead citrate for electron microscopy. Good results were obtained from the materials substituted with glutaraldehyde or paraformaldehyde in acetone. The ultrastructural features of the cells were preserved well, similar to those in the materials substituted with OsO_4 in acetone except for negative images of the membranous structures. Secretory granules, condensing vacuoles, and Golgi cisterns were labeled well with immunogold. Labeling density was much higher in the present materials than in those processed by conventional chemical fixation, and the intensity of labeling increased in proportion to increasing electron density of the materials contained within individual subcellular compartments. These results indicate that an application of the cryofixation method is useful for improving resolution and specificity in immunocytochemical postembedding staining.
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AN APPLICATION OF CRYOFIXATION TO IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY

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