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Rönnau MM, Lepper TW, Amaral LN, Rados PV, Oliveira MM. A CNN-based approach for joint segmentation and quantification of nuclei and NORs in AgNOR-stained images. Comput Methods Programs Biomed 2023; 242:107788. [PMID: 37738838 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/01/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Oral cancer is the sixth most common kind of human cancer. Brush cytology for counting Argyrophilic Nucleolar Organizer Regions (AgNORs) can help early mouth cancer detection, lowering patient mortality. However, the manual counting of AgNORs still in use today is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and error-prone. The goal of our work is to address these shortcomings by proposing a convolutional neural network (CNN) based method to automatically segment individual nuclei and AgNORs in microscope slide images and count the number of AgNORs within each nucleus. METHODS We systematically defined, trained and tested 102 CNNs in the search for a high-performing solution. This included the evaluation of 51 network architectures combining 17 encoders with 3 decoders and 2 loss functions. These CNNs were trained and evaluated on a new AgNOR-stained image dataset of epithelial cells from oral mucosa containing 1,171 images from 48 patients, with ground truth annotated by specialists. The annotations were greatly facilitated by a semi-automatic procedure developed in our project. Overlapping nuclei, which tend to hide AgNORs, thus affecting their true count, were discarded using an automatic solution also developed in our project. Besides the evaluation on the test dataset, the robustness of the best performing model was evaluated against the results produced by a group of human experts on a second dataset. RESULTS The best performing CNN model on the test dataset consisted of a DenseNet-169 + LinkNet with Focal Loss (DenseNet-169 as encoder and LinkNet as decoder). It obtained a Dice score of 0.90 and intersection over union (IoU) of 0.84. The counting of nuclei and AgNORs achieved precision and recall of 0.94 and 0.90 for nuclei, and 0.82 and 0.74 for AgNORs, respectively. Our solution achieved a performance similar to human experts on a set of 291 images from 6 new patients, obtaining Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) of 0.91 for nuclei and 0.81 for AgNORs with 95% confidence intervals of [0.89, 0.93] and [0.77, 0.84], respectively, and p-values < 0.001, confirming its statistical significance. Our AgNOR-stained image dataset is the most diverse publicly available AgNOR-stained image dataset in terms of number of patients and the first for oral cells. CONCLUSIONS CNN-based joint segmentation and quantification of nuclei and NORs in AgNOR-stained images achieves expert-like performance levels, while being orders of magnitude faster than the later. Our solution demonstrated this by showing strong agreement with the results produced by a group of specialists, highlighting its potential to accelerate diagnostic workflows. Our trained model, code, and dataset are available and can stimulate new research in early oral cancer detection.
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- Maikel M Rönnau
- Instituto de Informática, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, 91501-970, RS, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, R. Ramiro Barcelos, 2492, Porto Alegre, 90035-003, RS, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, R. Ramiro Barcelos, 2492, Porto Alegre, 90035-003, RS, Brazil.
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- Faculdade de Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, R. Ramiro Barcelos, 2492, Porto Alegre, 90035-003, RS, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Informática, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Gonçalves, 9500, Porto Alegre, 91501-970, RS, Brazil.
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Kielkopf CL, Bauer W, Urbatsch IL. Staining Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide Gels with Silver Salts. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2021; 2021:2021/12/pdb.prot102244. [PMID: 34853122 DOI: 10.1101/pdb.prot102244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This protocol describes silver staining procedures to detect low-abundance proteins in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels.
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Chen Z, Duan X, Wei H, Tang S, Xu C, Li Y, Guan Y, Zhao G. Screening oligonucleotide sequences for silver staining and d-galactose visual detection using RCA silver staining in a tube. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2018; 50:507-515. [PMID: 29635339 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmy034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Oligonucleotides were screened for strongly silver-stained repetitive sequences. An 'AG'-clustered purine sequence showed strong staining, and the staining density can be compromised by disrupting the continuity of the 'AG'-clustered sequence. The staining-favored sequence was then employed in rolling circle amplification (RCA) for its product detection. A tube-staining method was developed for convenient and visual RCA assay. Moreover, by introducing GalR into RCA, d-galactose was detected by RCA tube-staining with naked eyes without any equipment. About 10 mM d-galactose can be easily identified, and the detection of d-galactose was specific in comparison with that of several other monosaccharides.
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- Ziwei Chen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Medical Physics and Technology, Center of Medical Physics and Technology, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, China Medical University, Shenyang 110122, China
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Kopjar N, Garaj-Vrhovac V, Milas I. Acute Cytogenetic Effects of Antineoplastic Drugs on Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes in Cancer Patients Chromosome Aberrations and Micronuclei. Tumori 2018; 88:300-12. [PMID: 12400982 DOI: 10.1177/030089160208800412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Aims and Background The aim of the present study was to evaluate the individual sensitivity of cancer patients to different antineoplastic drugs administered in standard protocols by assessing their acute cytogenetic effects on peripheral blood lymphocytes. Methods and Study Design In 12 patients undergoing cancer chemotherapy, acute cytogenetic effects on peripheral blood lymphocytes were evaluated by analysis of structural chromosome aberrations and micronuclei. All patients were given antineoplastic drugs, mainly as polychemotherapy. The frequencies of both cytogenetic biomarkers determined after the first chemotherapy cycle were compared with their pre-treatment (baseline) values. Results All chemotherapy protocols employed induced clear cytogenetic effects in both tests studied. The results obtained indicate interindividual variations between cytogenetic damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes among cancer patients. Statistically significant increases in the total number of structural chromosome aberrations and micronuclei in lymphocytes analyzed after chemotherapy compared to pre-therapy samples were observed in almost all patients studied. The highest level of chromosome damage as well as the highest incidence of micronuclei was observed following administration of the ACOP protocol (adriamycin, cyclophosphamide and vincristine). The proportions of signal-positive and signal-negative micronuclei were evaluated using DAPI staining, while silver staining revealed Ag-NOR+ and Ag-NOR− micronuclei. In some patients the incidence of signal-positive and Ag-NOR+ micronuclei after treatment was increased, indicating a more pronounced susceptibility of particular chromosomes to damage caused by antineoplastic drugs. Conclusions With regard to the results obtained we may conclude that both parameters used in the present study on peripheral lymphocytes are sensitive biomarkers and can be successfully employed for biomonitoring of acute cytogenetic effects induced by antineoplastic drugs in standard clinical protocols for cancer treatment.
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- Nevenka Kopjar
- Laboratory of Mutagenesis, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Segura-Anaya E, Flores-Miranda R, Martínez-Gómez A, Dent MAR. A novel histochemical method of simultaneous detection by a single- or double-immunofluorescence and Bielschowsky's silver staining in teased rat sciatic nerves. J Neurosci Methods 2018; 304:46-51. [PMID: 29596858 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2018.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 03/17/2018] [Accepted: 03/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Golgi silver method has been widely used in neuroscience for the study of normal and pathological morphology of neurons. The method has been steadily improved and Bielschowsky's silver staining method (BSSM) is widely used in various pathological conditions, like Alzheimer's disease. NEW METHOD In this work, teased sciatic nerves were silver impregnated using BSSM. We also developed simultaneous staining by silver impregnation and single- or double-immunofluorescence of the same section in teased nerve preparations. We immunostained against non-myelinating Schwann cells and different myelinating Schwann cell domains. RESULTS BSSM teased nerves show a strong staining of axons (black) and a gold-brown staining of myelinating and non-myelinating Schwann cells. We were also able to stain by immunofluorescence these BSSM teased nerves with specific molecular markers against non-myelinating Schwann cells, also against non-compact myelin such as the Schmidt-Lanterman incisures or paranodal regions and compact myelin, but not axons. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS AND CONCLUSIONS In peripheral nerves, several silver impregnation methods have been used to stain nerves in paraffin sections, but not in teased nerves to enable the assessment of isolated nerve fibers. In conclusion, BSSM gives accurate information of nerve morphology and combining the procedure with immunofluorescence it would be very useful to study the molecular nerve domain organization of the nerve fibers, and to study the molecular pathology of axon degeneration, or myelin disorders, or of any peripheral neuropathy, also to study demyelination diseases in the central nervous system.
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- Edith Segura-Anaya
- Laboratorio de Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Tollocan y Jesús Carranza, Toluca, Edo. de México, CP 50180, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Tollocan y Jesús Carranza, Toluca, Edo. de México, CP 50180, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Tollocan y Jesús Carranza, Toluca, Edo. de México, CP 50180, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Neurociencias, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Paseo Tollocan y Jesús Carranza, Toluca, Edo. de México, CP 50180, Mexico.
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After SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis the separated proteins have to be visualized by staining the gel. The same is true after transfer of separated proteins to a blotting membrane in order to verify an efficient transfer and to visualize the amount of protein(s) remaining in the gel. Several different staining techniques exist for staining of proteins in SDS-polyacrylamide gels. The sensitivity of these staining procedures are different, also the expenditure of time and other aspects. Still, silver staining is among the most sensitive and reliable staining technique. Because this technique was developed in the 1970s, a huge number of variations exist. Here, we will provide three variations, which are robust and easy to perform.
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- Nicole Berndt
- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Radioimmunology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR), Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Radioimmunology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR), Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Radioimmunology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR), Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Radioimmunology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR), Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research, Radioimmunology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V. (HZDR), Dresden, Germany.
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Petrides FE, Mavroudis IA, Spilioti M, Chatzinikolaou FG, Costa VG, Baloyannis SJ. Spinal Alterations of Reil Insula in Alzheimer's Disease. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2017; 32:222-229. [PMID: 28429640 PMCID: PMC10852839 DOI: 10.1177/1533317517703476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that involves numerous cellular and biochemical mechanisms resulting in synaptic alterations and extensive neuronal loss. It is primarily characterized by impairment of memory, associated frequently with mood disorders. Continuous studies have shown that insula may be an important target of AD, but neuropathological alterations have not been described extensively. In the present study, we attempted to describe the morphometric and morphological changes of the spines of Reil insula in AD in comparison with normal aging using a silver impregnation technique. We classified spines into 3 types: (1) long neck, (2) short stubby, and (3) other types; and we measured and correlated the length of them in normal controls and in individuals with AD using ImageJ application. Statistical analysis was based on the Student t test on the basis of 360 cells in SPSS v.17.0, and significance was taken as P < .05.
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- Foivos E. Petrides
- Laboratory of Neuropathology, First Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Institute of Alzheimer’s disease Research, Heraklion Langada, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, First Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Institute of Alzheimer’s disease Research, Heraklion Langada, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, First Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, First Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Institute of Alzheimer’s disease Research, Heraklion Langada, Greece
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- Laboratory of Neuropathology, First Department of Neurology, AHEPA Hospital, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- Institute of Alzheimer’s disease Research, Heraklion Langada, Greece
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Park CS, Kang DO, Choi NS. Silver-Stained Fibrin Zymography: Separation of Proteases and Activity Detection Using a Single Substrate-Containing Gel. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1626:179-187. [PMID: 28608210 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7111-4_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Silver-stained fibrin zymography for separation of protease bands and activity detection using a single substrate gel was designed. The method takes advantage of the nano-scale sensitivity of both zymography and silver staining. After sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) in a gel containing fibrin (protease substrate), the gel was incubated in enzyme reaction buffer and the zymogram gel was silver-stained. Bands with protease activity were stained with silver in clear areas where the protein substrate had been degraded. The molecular sizes of proteases were accurately determined.
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- Chang-Su Park
- Department of Food Science & Technology, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry & Health Science, Changwon National University, Changwon/Realbiotech Co., Ltd., Gongju-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry & Health Science, Changwon National University, Changwon/Realbiotech Co., Ltd., Gongju-si, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.
- Careside Co., Ltd., Seongnam-si, Gyunggi-do, Chungnam, Republic of Korea.
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To explore why some oligonucleotides in denaturing polyacrylamide gel could not be silver-stained, 134 different oligonucleotides were analyzed using denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis stained with silver and asymmetric cyanine. As a result, we found that the sensitivity of oligos (dA), (dC), (dG) and (dT) to silver staining could be ranged as (dA) > (dG) > (dC) > (dT) from high to low. It was unexpected that oligo (dT) was hard to be silver-stained. Moreover, the silver staining of an oligonucleotide containing base T could be partially or completely inhibited by base T. The inhibition of silver staining by base T was a competitive inhibition which could be affected by the amounts of the argyrophil nucleobase and base T, the cis-distance between the argyrophil nucleobase and base T, and the gel concentration. The changes of the intensity of an oligonucleotide band caused by the changes of DNA base composition were diverse and interesting. The intensity of some oligonucleotide bands would significantly change when the changes of DNA base composition accumulated to a certain extent (usually ≥ 4 nt). The sensitivity of cyanine staining of ≤ 11-nt long oligonucleotides could be enhanced about 250-fold by fixing the gels with methanol fixing solution.
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- Weizhong Tang
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 6 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, 6 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
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- Medical Scientific Research Center, Guangxi Medical University, 22 Shuangyong Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530021, China
- * E-mail:
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Bayram-Weston Z, Olsen E, Harrison DJ, Dunnett SB, Brooks SP. Optimising Golgi-Cox staining for use with perfusion-fixed brain tissue validated in the zQ175 mouse model of Huntington's disease. J Neurosci Methods 2015; 265:81-8. [PMID: 26459195 PMCID: PMC4863524 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2015.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The Golgi-Cox stain is an established method for characterising neuron cell morphology. The method highlights neurite processes of stained cells allowing the complexity of dendritic branching to be measured. NEW METHODS Conventional rapid Golgi and Golgi-Cox methods all require fresh impregnation in unfixed brain blocks. Here, we describe a modified method that gives high quality staining on brain tissue blocks perfusion-fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde (PFA) and post-fixed by immersion for 24h. RESULTS Tissue perfused with 4% PFA and post fixed for 24h remained viable for the modified Golgi-Cox silver impregnation staining of mouse striatum from perfused wild type and zQ175. It was not found necessary to impregnate tissue blocks with Golgi solutions prior to sectioning, as post-sectioned tissues yielded equally good impregnation. Impregnation for 14 days resulted in optimal visualisation of striatal neuron and dendritic morphology. Although no modifications applied to the rapid Golgi method were reliable, the modified Golgi-Cox method yielded consistently reliable high-quality staining. COMPARISON WITH EXISTING METHODS The current method used fixed tissues to reduce damage and preserve cell morphology. The revised method was found to be fast, reliable and cost effective without the need for expensive staining kits and could be performed in any neuroscience lab with limited specialist equipment. CONCLUSIONS The present study introduces a robust reproducible and inexpensive staining method for identifying neuronal morphological changes in the post fixed mouse brain, and is suitable for assessing changes in cell morphology in models of neurodegeneration and in response to experimental treatment.
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- Zubeyde Bayram-Weston
- School of Bioscience, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, Wales, UK.
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- School of Bioscience, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, Wales, UK
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- School of Bioscience, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, Wales, UK
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- School of Bioscience, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, Wales, UK
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- School of Bioscience, Cardiff University, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, Wales, UK
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Yang C, Shirayama Y, Zhang JC, Ren Q, Hashimoto K. Regional differences in brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels and dendritic spine density confer resilience to inescapable stress. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 2015; 18:pyu121. [PMID: 25568287 PMCID: PMC4540100 DOI: 10.1093/ijnp/pyu121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 12/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the learned helplessness (LH) paradigm, approximately 35% of rats are resilient to inescapable stress. METHODS The roles of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and dendritic spine density in the brain regions of LH (susceptible) and non-LH rats (resilient) were examined. Western blot analysis and Golgi staining were performed. RESULTS BDNF levels in the medial prefrontal cortex, CA3, and dentate gyrus (DG) were significantly lower in the LH group than in the control and non-LH groups, whereas BDNF levels in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) in the LH group but not the non-LH group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Furthermore, spine density in the prelimbic cortex, CA3, and DG was significantly lower in the LH group than in the control and non-LH groups, although spine density in the NAc was significantly higher in the LH group than in the control and non-LH groups. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that regional differences in BDNF levels and spine density in rat brain may contribute to resilience to inescapable stress.
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- Chun Yang
- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan (Drs Yang, Shirayama, Zhang, Ren, and Hashimoto); Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan (Dr Shirayama)
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan (Drs Yang, Shirayama, Zhang, Ren, and Hashimoto); Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan (Dr Shirayama)
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan (Drs Yang, Shirayama, Zhang, Ren, and Hashimoto); Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan (Dr Shirayama)
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan (Drs Yang, Shirayama, Zhang, Ren, and Hashimoto); Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan (Dr Shirayama)
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- Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Chiba University Center for Forensic Mental Health, Chiba, Japan (Drs Yang, Shirayama, Zhang, Ren, and Hashimoto); Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center, Ichihara, Japan (Dr Shirayama).
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Risher WC, Ustunkaya T, Singh Alvarado J, Eroglu C. Rapid Golgi analysis method for efficient and unbiased classification of dendritic spines. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107591. [PMID: 25208214 PMCID: PMC4160288 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Accepted: 08/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dendritic spines are the primary recipients of excitatory synaptic input in the brain. Spine morphology provides important information on the functional state of ongoing synaptic transmission. One of the most commonly used methods to visualize spines is Golgi-Cox staining, which is appealing both due to ease of sample preparation and wide applicability to multiple species including humans. However, the classification of spines is a time-consuming and often expensive task that yields widely varying results between individuals. Here, we present a novel approach to this analysis technique that uses the unique geometry of different spine shapes to categorize spines on a purely objective basis. This rapid Golgi spine analysis method successfully conveyed the maturational shift in spine types during development in the mouse primary visual cortex. This approach, built upon freely available software, can be utilized by researchers studying a broad range of synaptic connectivity phenotypes in both development and disease.
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- W. Christopher Risher
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Jiang J, Ou-Yang L, Zhu L, Zou J, Tang H. Novel one-pot fabrication of lab-on-a-bubble@Ag substrate without coupling-agent for surface enhanced Raman scattering. Sci Rep 2014; 4:3942. [PMID: 24487575 PMCID: PMC3909904 DOI: 10.1038/srep03942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Through in-situ reduction of silver nitrate without using any coupling-agent, a substrate for surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) was prepared by coating silver on hollow buoyant silica microspheres as a lab on a bubble (LoB). The silver coated LoBs (LoBs@Ag) floated on surface of a solution could provide a very convenient platform for the detection of target molecules in the solution. The LoBs@Ag substrate not only immobilized well-distributed Ag nanoparticles on the surface LoBs, but excluded the interference of coupling agents. This yielded high-resolution SERS spectra with excellent reproducibility. The adsorption of crystal violet (CV) on the LoBs@Ag substrate was investigated by means of SERS combined with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The LoBs@Ag substrate exhibited a remarkable Raman enhancement effect for CV with an enhancement factor of 6.9 × 10(8) and wide adaptability from dye, pesticide to bio-molecules. On the basis of this substrate, a simple and sensitive SERS method was proposed for the determination of trace organic pollutants or bio-molecules.
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- Jizhou Jiang
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, South Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Pharmacy, Wuhan Institute of Technology, Key Laboratory for Green Chemical Process of Ministry of Education, Wuhan 430073, P.R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials Science of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission and Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Materials Science, South Central University for Nationalities, Wuhan 430074, P.R. China
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Eröz R, Unluhizarci K, Cucer N, Ozturk F. Value of argyrophilic nucleolar organizing region protein determinations in nondiagnostic fine needle aspiration samples (due to insufficient cell groups) of thyroid nodules. Anal Quant Cytopathol Histpathol 2013; 35:226-231. [PMID: 24341126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic value of argyrophilic nucleolar organizing regions (AgNORs) in the nondiagnostic fine needle aspiration biopsy (NFNAB) specimens (due to insufficient cell groups) of cases with thyroid nodules. STUDY DESIGN Thirty-five patients with NFNAB were included in the study. FNAB stained with Giemsa was faded using the McKee technique, then stained for AgNOR detection according to a specific protocol. One hundred nuclei per individual were evaluated to detect the AgNOR count/nucleus and total AgNOR area/ nuclear area (TNA/NA) of individual cells by using a computer program. RESULTS The AgNOR values of patients with NFNAB were between 1.2-2.4% for AgNOR count/ nucleus and between 3.1-9.1%for TNA/NA. When the cutoff values were taken as > 3 for AgNOR count/nucleus and > 8 for TNA/NA, the sensitivity ratios were 100% and 97% for AgNOR count/nucleus and TNA/ NA for discriminating benign/malignant lesions. CONCLUSION By using some cutoff values obtained from a modified AgNOR staining method, benign/malignant potential of thyroid aspirations with NFNAB may be estimated. (Anal Quant Cytopathol Histopathol
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- Recep Eröz
- Department of Medical Genetics, Duzce University Medical School, Duzce, Turkey.
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- Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erciyes University Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Biology, Erciyes University Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Erciyes University Medical School, Kayseri, Turkey
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Peyghambari F, Valojerdi MR, Tiraihi T. A morphometric study on the early stages of dendrite changes in the axotomized motoneuron of the spinal cord in newborn rats. Neurol Res 2013; 27:586-90. [PMID: 16157007 DOI: 10.1179/016164105x48743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To study the early effect of axotomy on spinal motoneurons and dendritic trees in the newborn rat. METHODS The left sciatic nerve of 50 neonatal Sprague--Dawley rats aged 5 days old was transected and the right area kept as a control. The operated animals were killed 2, 4, 8, 12 and 24 hours after axotomy. The L4--L6 segments of the spinal cord were sampled, and stained either with Golgi-Cox or Cresyl fast violet methods. The number of motoneurons, the largest soma diameter and the different parameters of the dendritic trees such as: number, length and thickness of the primary, secondary and tertiary branches in the axotomized sides were estimated and compared statistically with that of the intact sides. RESULTS The results indicated that in the axotomized sides, the number of motoneurons and the largest soma diameter were decreased, but these were significant only in 12- and 24-hour groups. The number of branches of the dendritic trees including primary, secondary and tertiary branches was not significantly decreased in the groups. The thickness of the dendrites showed a reduction; however, this was significant only for the tertiary branches in the 24-hour groups. The length of the primary, secondary and tertiary branches of the dendrites--especially the latter--were also decreased significantly in most of the groups. CONCLUSION Axotomy at the early stages in newborn rats resulted in noticeable morphometrical changes in motoneurons and their dendrites.
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- Fatemah Peyghambari
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modarres University, PO Box 14115-111, Tehran, Iran
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Woitzik J, Weinzierl N, Schilling L. Early administration of a second-generation perfluorochemical decreases ischemic brain damage in a model of permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion in the rat. Neurol Res 2013; 27:509-15. [PMID: 15978177 DOI: 10.1179/016164105x15677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Perfluorochemicals (PFCs) may exert a neuroprotective function in the early phase of ischemia by improving the oxygen supply to the endangered tissue. We have, therefore, investigated the effect of Oxycyte, a second-generation perfluorocarbon solution, on the extent of early ischemic brain damage in a model of permanent focal cerebral ischemia. METHODS Eight hours of permanent focal cerebral ischemia was induced in isoflurane anesthetized male Sprague-Dawley rats by unilateral middle cerebral artery (MCA) thread occlusion under the control of laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF). Animals were assigned to one of the following treatment groups: nO2-NaCl and hO2-NaCl-NaCl (0.9%, 1 ml/100 g i.v.) and nO2-Oxycyte and hO2-Oxycyte-Oxycyte (1 ml/100 g i.v.). The injection of NaCl or Oxycyte was performed immediately after MCA occlusion. After injection, breathing was changed to pure oxygen in groups hO2-NaCl and hO2-Oxycyte while animals in groups nO2-NaCl and nO2-Oxycyte were allowed to breathe air. The necrotic volume was calculated from serial coronal sections stained with silver-nitrate. In addition, nitrotyrosine production was studied by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Upon MCA occlusion, animals showed a reduction of cerebral blood flow of approximately 80% of the LDF signal in all groups. Hemodynamic and metabolic parameters were not affected by the infusion of Oxycyte. The total infarct volume was reduced in hO2-Oxycyte animals [group nO2-NaCl: 341+/-31 mm3 (mean+/-SD), group hO2-NaCl: 351+/-33 mm3, group nO2-Oxycyte: 354+/-24 mm3, and group hO2-Oxycyte: 300+/-29 mm3, p < 0.05 versus all other groups]. Moreover, hO2-Oxycyte animals showed lesser intensity of nitrotyrosine staining when compared with hO2-NaCl animals. DISCUSSION These results suggest that Oxycyte administered immediately after the onset of vascular occlusion may exert neuroprotective effects in the early phase of brain ischemia.
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- Johannes Woitzik
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
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Sedykh SE, Buneva VN, Nevinsky GA. Human milk sIgA molecules contain various combinations of different antigen-binding sites resulting in a multiple binding specificity of antibodies and enzymatic activities of abzymes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e48756. [PMID: 23133657 PMCID: PMC3487837 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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In the classic paradigm, immunoglobulins are monospecific molecules that have stable structures and two or more identical antigen-binding sites. However, we show here for the first time that the sIgA pool of human milk contains, depending on the donor, only 35±5% λ-sIgAs, 48±7% κ-sIgAs, and 17±4% of chimeric λ-κ-sIgAs. sIgA preparations contained no traces of canonical enzymes. However, all sIgA fractions eluted from several specific affinity sorbents under the conditions destroying even strong immune complexes demonstrated high catalytic activities in hydrolysis of ATP, DNA, and oligosaccharides, and phosphorylation of proteins, lipids, and oligosaccharides. Sequential re-chromatographies of the sIgA fractions with high affinity to one affinity sorbents on the second, third and then fourth affinity sorbents bearing other immobilized antigens led to the distribution of Abs and all catalytic activities all over the profiles of these chromatographies; in all cases some fractions eluted from affinity sorbents only under the conditions destroying strong immune complexes. In vitro, only an addition of reduced glutathione and milk plasma containing no Abs to two sIgA fractions with different affinity for DNA-cellulose led to a transition of up to 11–20% of Ab from one fraction to the other. Our data are indicative of the possibility of half-molecule exchange between different IgA and sIgA molecules. In addition, it cannot be excluded that during the penetration of IgAs through the specific milk barrier, the secretory component (S) and the join chain (J) can combine molecules of dimeric H2L2 λ-IgAs and κ-IgAs against different antigens forming many different variants of H4L4SJ sIgA molecules. Therefore, some chimeric molecules of sIgA can contain from two to four HL-fragments to various antigens interacting with high affinity with different sorbents and catalyzing various chemical reactions. Our data essentially expand the ideas concerning explanation of the phenomenon of polyspecificity and cross-reactivity of Abs.
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- Sergey E. Sedykh
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Healy-Stoffel M, Ahmad SO, Stanford JA, Levant B. A novel use of combined tyrosine hydroxylase and silver nucleolar staining to determine the effects of a unilateral intrastriatal 6-hydroxydopamine lesion in the substantia nigra: a stereological study. J Neurosci Methods 2012; 210:187-94. [PMID: 22850559 PMCID: PMC3443281 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Revised: 07/20/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Neurotoxic lesions of the nigrostriatal pathway model the deficits found in Parkinson's disease. This study used stereology and a novel staining method to examine the effects of a partial unilateral striatal 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) lesion on substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc) dopamine neuron number and morphology in rats. Adult male Long-Evans rats were subjected to unilateral lesion of the SNpc by intrastriatal microinjection of 6-OHDA (12.5 μg). Lesions were verified by d-amphetamine-stimulated rotation (2.5 mg/kg, sc) by force-plate rotometry 7 days post-surgery. Seven days after rotation testing, rats were euthanized, and brains were prepared for either histology (n=12) or determination of striatal dopamine content by HPLC-EC (n=20). Brains prepared for histology were stained for tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) combined with a silver nucleolar (AgNOR) stain using a modified protocol developed for stereological assessment. The AgNOR counterstain allowed for precise definition of the nucleolus of the cells, facilitating both counting and qualitative morphometry of TH-positive neurons. Stereological quantitation determined a 54% decrease in TH-positive neuron number (P<0.01), and a 14% decrease in neuron volume (P<0.05) on the lesioned side. Striatal dopamine concentration was decreased by 92% (P<0.01), suggesting that striatal dopamine analysis may overestimate the numbers of SNpc neurons lost. These findings demonstrate that combined use of TH and AgNOR staining provides improved characterization of 6-OHDA-induced pathology. Furthermore, the data suggest that decreased neuronal volume as well as number contributes to the functional deficits observed after unilateral intrastriatal 6-OHDA lesion.
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- Michelle Healy-Stoffel
- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160 USA
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- Department of Occupational Therapy, Doisy College of Health Sciences, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63104 USA
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160 USA
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Choe AS, Stepniewska I, Colvin DC, Ding Z, Anderson AW. Validation of diffusion tensor MRI in the central nervous system using light microscopy: quantitative comparison of fiber properties. NMR Biomed 2012; 25:900-908. [PMID: 22246940 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.v25.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides an indirect measure of tissue structure on a microscopic scale. To date, DTI is the only imaging method that provides such information in vivo, and has proven to be a valuable tool in both research and clinical settings. In this study, we investigated the relationship between white matter structure and diffusion parameters measured by DTI. We used micrographs from light microscopy of fixed, myelin-stained brain sections as a gold standard for direct comparison with data from DTI. Relationships between microscopic tissue properties observed with light microscopy (fiber orientation, density and coherence) and fiber properties observed by DTI (tensor orientation, diffusivities and fractional anisotropy) were investigated. Agreement between the major eigenvector of the tensor and myelinated fibers was excellent in voxels with high fiber coherence. In addition, increased fiber spread was strongly associated with increased radial diffusivity (p = 6 × 10(-6)) and decreased fractional anisotropy (p = 5 × 10(-8)), and was weakly associated with decreased axial diffusivity (p = 0.07). Increased fiber density was associated with increased fractional anisotropy (p = 0.03), and weakly associated with decreased radial diffusivity (p < 0.06), but not with axial diffusivity (p = 0.97). The mean diffusivity was largely independent of fiber spread (p = 0.24) and fiber density (p = 0.34).
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- A S Choe
- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Choe AS, Stepniewska I, Colvin DC, Ding Z, Anderson AW. Validation of diffusion tensor MRI in the central nervous system using light microscopy: quantitative comparison of fiber properties. NMR Biomed 2012; 25:900-8. [PMID: 22246940 PMCID: PMC4818098 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2010] [Revised: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 10/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) provides an indirect measure of tissue structure on a microscopic scale. To date, DTI is the only imaging method that provides such information in vivo, and has proven to be a valuable tool in both research and clinical settings. In this study, we investigated the relationship between white matter structure and diffusion parameters measured by DTI. We used micrographs from light microscopy of fixed, myelin-stained brain sections as a gold standard for direct comparison with data from DTI. Relationships between microscopic tissue properties observed with light microscopy (fiber orientation, density and coherence) and fiber properties observed by DTI (tensor orientation, diffusivities and fractional anisotropy) were investigated. Agreement between the major eigenvector of the tensor and myelinated fibers was excellent in voxels with high fiber coherence. In addition, increased fiber spread was strongly associated with increased radial diffusivity (p = 6 × 10(-6)) and decreased fractional anisotropy (p = 5 × 10(-8)), and was weakly associated with decreased axial diffusivity (p = 0.07). Increased fiber density was associated with increased fractional anisotropy (p = 0.03), and weakly associated with decreased radial diffusivity (p < 0.06), but not with axial diffusivity (p = 0.97). The mean diffusivity was largely independent of fiber spread (p = 0.24) and fiber density (p = 0.34).
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- A S Choe
- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Gao F, Zhou H, Li W, Zhang X. Detection of ligation products of DNA linkers with 5'-OH ends by denaturing PAGE silver stain. PLoS One 2012; 7:e39251. [PMID: 22761747 PMCID: PMC3384673 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To explore if DNA linkers with 5′-hydroxyl (OH) ends could be joined by commercial T4 and E. coli DNA ligase, these linkers were synthesized by using the solid-phase phosphoramidite method and joined by using commercial T4 and E. coli DNA ligases. The ligation products were detected by using denaturing PAGE silver stain and PCR method. About 0.5–1% of linkers A–B and E–F, and 0.13–0.5% of linkers C–D could be joined by T4 DNA ligases. About 0.25–0.77% of linkers A–B and E–F, and 0.06–0.39% of linkers C–D could be joined by E. coli DNA ligases. A 1-base deletion (-G) and a 5-base deletion (-GGAGC) could be found at the ligation junctions of the linkers. But about 80% of the ligation products purified with a PCR product purification kit did not contain these base deletions, meaning that some linkers had been correctly joined by T4 and E. coli DNA ligases. In addition, about 0.025–0.1% of oligo 11 could be phosphorylated by commercial T4 DNA ligase. The phosphorylation products could be increased when the phosphorylation reaction was extended from 1 hr to 2 hrs. We speculated that perhaps the linkers with 5′-OH ends could be joined by T4 or E. coli DNA ligase in 2 different manners: (i) about 0.025–0.1% of linkers could be phosphorylated by commercial T4 DNA ligase, and then these phosphorylated linkers could be joined to the 3′-OH ends of other linkers; and (ii) the linkers could delete one or more nucleotide(s) at their 5′-ends and thereby generated some 5′-phosphate ends, and then these 5′-phosphate ends could be joined to the 3′-OH ends of other linkers at a low efficiency. Our findings may probably indicate that some DNA nicks with 5′-OH ends can be joined by commercial T4 or E. coli DNA ligase even in the absence of PNK.
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- Feng Gao
- Department of Anal and Colorectal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Medical Scientific Research Center, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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- Medical Scientific Research Center, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, China
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Erbil JK, Alquist CR, Smith DL, Wallis JB, Lopez FA. A 35-year-old immunocompromised man with cough of three weeks duration. Pneumocystis pneumonia. J La State Med Soc 2012; 164:52-55. [PMID: 22533117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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- Jen K Erbil
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Department of Internal Medicine, New Orleans, USA
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Staining of proteins separated on gels provides the basis for determination of the critical properties of these biopolymers, such as their molecular weight and/or charge. Detection of proteins on gels and blots require stains. These stains vary in sensitivity, ease of use, color, stability, versatility, and specificity. This review discusses different stains and applications with details on how to use the advantages and disadvantages of each stain. It also compiles some important points to be considered in imaging and evaluation. Commonly used colorimetric and fluorescent dyes for general protein staining, and posttranslational modification-specific detection methods are also discussed.
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Although the main application for polyacrylamide gels is the separation and subsequent blotting of proteins for immunodetection, there are tasks that need staining of proteins in the polyacrylamide gel. Several different staining techniques exist for protein staining in SDS gels that differ in their sensitivity, their expenditure of time, and other aspects. Still, silver staining is the most sensitive and reliable staining technique. Because this technique was developed in the 1970s, a huge number of variations exist. Therefore, we will provide herein three methods, which are robust and easy to perform.
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- Holger Bartsch
- Carl Gustav Carus University TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Rapid evolution of state-of-the-art proteomic analyses has encompassed development of high-throughput analytical instrumentation and bioinformatic tools. However, recently, there has been a particular emphasis on increasing the throughput of sample preparation, which has become one of the rate-limiting steps in protein characterization workflows. Researchers have been investigating alternative methods to conventional convection oven incubations to try and reduce sample preparation time for protein characterization. Several protocols have appeared in the literature, which employ microwave irradiation as a tool for the preparation of biological samples for subsequent characterization by a variety of analytical techniques. In this chapter, techniques for microwave-assisted protein staining, destaining, and digestion are described. In general, the application of microwave-assisted technologies resulted in the drastic reduction of overall sample preparation time, though discrepancies in the reproducibility of several published digestion protocols still remain to be clarified.
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Zhang L, Li XW, Shen B, Teng XY, Sun L, Lang ZW, Yang P, Wang P. [Compare three methods to detect the Pneumocystis carinii in the bronchoalveolar wash sample of AIDS patients]. Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi 2011; 40:482-484. [PMID: 22088377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Bogina G, Bortesi L, Marconi M, Venturini M, Lunardi G, Coati F, Massocco A, Manfrin E, Pegoraro C, Zamboni G. Comparison of hormonal receptor and HER-2 status between breast primary tumours and relapsing tumours: clinical implications of progesterone receptor loss. Virchows Arch 2011; 459:1-10. [PMID: 21643691 PMCID: PMC3128259 DOI: 10.1007/s00428-011-1097-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2011] [Revised: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Differences in hormone receptor and HER-2 status between primary tumour and corresponding relapse could have a substantial impact on clinical management of patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate change in expression of hormone receptors and HER-2 status between primary tumour and corresponding local recurrence or distant metastasis. We analysed 140 primary tumours and related recurrent or metastatic samples. Hormone receptors status was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, while HER-2 status by immunohistochemistry and silver in situ hybridisation. A change in HER-2 was rare; 3.7% of cases by immunohistochemistry and only 0.7% by silver in situ hybridisation analysis. A change in estrogen and progesterone receptors was seen in 6.4% and 21.4% of cases, respectively. Estrogen receptor change was not affected by adjuvant therapy, whereas progesterone receptor was influenced by adjuvant chemotherapy associated to hormone therapy (P = 0.0005). A change in progesterone receptor was more frequent in distant metastases than in local recurrences (P = 0.03). In the setting of estrogen receptor positive tumours, patients with progesterone receptor loss in local recurrence had a statistically significant lower median metastasis free survival compared to others patients; progesterone receptor positive, 112 months; progesterone receptor negative, 24 months (P = 0.005). A change between primary tumour and corresponding relapse is frequent for progesterone receptor, infrequent for estrogen receptor and rare for HER-2. In cases with changes in HER-2, it is worthwhile reassessing HER-2 status with both immunohistochemistry and in situ hybridisation analysis. Progesterone receptor loss seems to be influenced by therapy and to correlate with a worse prognosis.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/mortality
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/mortality
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/secondary
- Carcinoma, Lobular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Lobular/mortality
- Carcinoma, Lobular/secondary
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Female
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- In Situ Hybridization/methods
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/metabolism
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/mortality
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics
- Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Estrogen/genetics
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Receptors, Progesterone/genetics
- Receptors, Progesterone/metabolism
- Silver Staining/methods
- Survival Rate
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- Giuseppe Bogina
- Department of Pathology, Sacro Cuore Hospital of Negrar, Verona, Italy.
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Malygin AG, Kositsyn NS, Ponomareva VD, Goloborod'ko EV, Volkova DA, Svinov MM. [Influence of carbon dioxide on the impregnation of the nervous tissue by silver]. Biofizika 2011; 56:506-511. [PMID: 21786704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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It has been shown that 4% carbon dioxide (CO2) in the air above reaction mixture inhibits the initiation of the formation of silver nanoparticles from complexes with biogenic amines (noradrenaline and serotonin). At the same concentration of CO2 in the air above solution of AgNO3, which is used for staining nerve tissues by the method of Golgi, neurons are preferentially stained, whereas at a concentration of 0.06%, vessels and poor neurons are stained. It is suggested that the entry of free silver ions to neurons is due to the inhibition of sites of initiation of silver nanoparticles in vessels at high CO2 concentrations, while the lack of inhibition leads to silver precipitation in vessels at low CO2 concentrations. It can be assumed that, for stable silver impregnation, the concentration of CO2 must be controlled.
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Thang VH, Tani E, Van TT, Krawiec K, Skoog L. HER2 status in operable breast cancers from Vietnamese women: Analysis by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and automated silver enhanced in situ hybridization (SISH). Acta Oncol 2011; 50:360-6. [PMID: 21338271 DOI: 10.3109/0284186x.2010.547217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND HER2 amplification has been reported to occur in 19-30% of breast cancers in women from Western countries. Little is known about the HER2 status in breast cancers from Vietnamese women. The aim of this study was to assess the HER2 status in Vietnamese women with operable breast cancer using immunohistochemistry and silver in situ hybridization techniques. MATERIAL AND METHOD Tissue blocks from 242 Vietnamese women with invasive primary breast carcinoma were stained by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and a dual silver in situ hybridization (SISH) for assessing HER2 status. The analysis followed international recommendations with a semi-quantitative grading of the reaction in four levels, "0", "1+", "2+" and "3+". The HER2 gene amplification was assessed by calculating the ratio of HER2/chromosome 17 in 20 tumor cell nuclei. A ratio of <1.8 was classified as non-amplification and a ratio >2.2 indicated tumors with gene amplification. A ratio between 1.8 and 2.2 was equivocal. RESULTS Using IHC, 39% of the tumors strongly expressed "3+" the HER2 protein. An intermediate level "2+" of the protein was found in 11% while 50% showed no or low "0/1+" levels of protein expression. Gene amplification was found in 95% and 46% of the tumors with high "3+" and intermediate "2+" levels of protein expression, respectively. Thus, 41% of the patients had tumors with HER2 amplification. The concordance between IHC and SISH was 87%. Gene amplification was more frequent in ER negative than in ER positive tumors, 57% versus 33%, respectively. Additionally, tumors from postmenopausal women were amplified in 55% as compared to 36% in premenopausal women. CONCLUSIONS HER2 gene amplification was found in 41% of Vietnamese breast cancers; this level is considerably higher than that previously found in a series of Swedish breast cancer women. The HER2-positive tumors were more often found in post-menopausal women than in ER negative tumors.
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- Vu Hong Thang
- Oncology Department, Hanoi Medical University, Vietnam
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Tan LA, Al Chawaf A, Vaccarino FJ, Boutros PC, Lovejoy DA. Teneurin C-terminal associated peptide (TCAP)-1 modulates dendritic morphology in hippocampal neurons and decreases anxiety-like behaviors in rats. Physiol Behav 2011; 104:199-204. [PMID: 21411044 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2010] [Revised: 03/09/2011] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Teneurin C-terminal associated peptide (TCAP)-1 is a member of a novel family of neuropeptides that has been highly conserved throughout evolution. TCAP-1 is expressed in the limbic system in areas such as the hippocampus and amygdala. In vitro, TCAP-1 increases cytoskeletal proteins in immortalized neurons and modulates neurite outgrowth in cultured primary hippocampal neurons. In vivo, TCAP-1 blocks stress-induced c-Fos in the hippocampus and amygdala, and modulates stress-induced anxiety-like behaviors. This suggests that TCAP-1 plays a role in the remodeling of limbic system networks to alter stress behaviors. Dendritic spines on the apical and basilar shafts of hippocampal neurons are sensitive to stress and many receive incoming excitatory synaptic connections. In this study, repeated daily injection of TCAP-1 for 10 days increased spine density in the CA1 and CA3 regions of the hippocampus without affecting spine density in the amygdala. Further investigation of the CA3 region indicated that TCAP-1 did not affect the morphology of apical dendrites, but decreased branching in the basilar dendrites 90-130 μm away from the soma. Moreover, TCAP-1 treatment increased open arm time and decreased closed arm entries on the elevated plus maze, a test of anxiety-like behavior. These results suggest that TCAP-1 may be associated with anxiety-like behavior via regulation of dendritic morphology in the hippocampus, independent of amygdalar modification.
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- Laura A Tan
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
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Polyacrylamide slab gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate or sodium deoxycholate (SDS- or DOC-slab-PAGE) is a powerful technique for the separation of smooth(S)-type bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS). In order to recover the individual LPS species from the polyacrylamide gel for subsequent analyses, a sensitive, nondestructive reverse staining of slab-PAGE-separated LPS has been developed. The individual reverse-stained LPS bands can be rapidly and efficiently recovered into an aqueous 5% triethylamine solution when they are extruded to produce fine gel microparticles. Based on these principles, an isolation methodology that combines preparative slab-PAGE, reverse staining, extrusion, and passive elution can be used to isolate, to electrophoretic homogeneity, micrograms to hundreds of micrograms of individual LPS species successfully from smooth-type LPS mixtures.
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- Elder Pupo
- Department of Vaccinology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Endotoxins (lipopolysaccharides, LPSs) are components of the envelope of Gram-negative bacteria. These molecules, responsible for both advantageous and harmful biological activities of these microorganisms, are highly immunogenic and directly involved in numerous bacterial diseases in humans such as Gram-negative sepsis. The characterization of endotoxins is of importance, since their physiological and pathophysiological effects depend on their chemical structure. The differences among LPSs from different bacterial serotypes and their mutants include variations mainly within the composition and length of their O-specific polysaccharide chains.Proper assignation of the S or R chemotypes of endotoxins is possible by analyzing their electrophoretic profiles. The recent microchip electrophoretic methods provide fast characterizations and differentiations of endotoxins. The methods are applicable for determination directly from whole-cell lysates after destruction of the proteinaceous components by proteinase K digestion and precipitation of the LPS components. The partially purified LPS components are visualized either by interaction with dodecyl sulfate and a fluorescent dye, or by a covalently bound fluorescent dye. These chip electrophoretic methods have advantages of high speed and quantification and replace the sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis with silver staining.
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- Béla Kocsis
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
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Ball KT, Wellman CL, Miller BR, Rebec GV. Electrophysiological and structural alterations in striatum associated with behavioral sensitization to (±)3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (Ecstasy) in rats: role of drug context. Neuroscience 2010; 171:794-811. [PMID: 20875842 PMCID: PMC2987517 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Revised: 09/02/2010] [Accepted: 09/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We examined whether repeated exposure to the increasingly abused amphetamine (AMPH) derivative 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) results in long-lasting neurobehavioral changes, and further, the ability of contextual cues to modulate these changes. We focused on dorsal striatum, a brain region implicated in the formation of persistent drug-related habits. Rats were transported to a novel recording chamber and treated with once-daily injections (s.c.) of (±)-MDMA (5.0 mg/kg) or saline for 5 days, followed by a challenge injection 14 days later either in the same (Experiment 1) or different context (Experiment 2). Chronically implanted micro-wire bundles were used to record from populations of striatal neurons on days 1, 5, and challenge. Twenty-four hours after the last injection, brains were removed and processed using a modified Golgi method to assess changes in neuronal morphology. A sensitized locomotor response was observed following MDMA challenge in 11 of 12 rats in Experiment 1 (same context), whereas only 58% of rats (7 of 12) displayed sensitization in Experiment 2 (different context). Furthermore, several alterations in striatal electrophysiology were apparent on challenge day, but only in rats that displayed sensitization. Conversely, structural changes in striatal medium spiny neurons, such as increases in spine density, were observed in MDMA-treated rats regardless of whether they displayed behavioral sensitization. Thus, it appears that reorganization of synaptic connectivity in dorsal striatum may contribute to long-lasting drug-induced behavioral alterations, but that these behavioral alterations are subject to modification depending on individual differences and the context surrounding drug administration.
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- Kevin T. Ball
- Department of Psychology, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815-1303, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, 1101 East 10 Street, Bloomington, IN, 47405-7007, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, 1101 East 10 Street, Bloomington, IN, 47405-7007, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Program in Neuroscience, Indiana University, 1101 East 10 Street, Bloomington, IN, 47405-7007, USA
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Mavroudis IA, Fotiou DF, Adipepe LF, Manani MG, Njau SD, Psaroulis D, Costa VG, Baloyannis SJ. Morphological changes of the human purkinje cells and deposition of neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles on the cerebellar cortex of Alzheimer's disease. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 2010; 25:585-91. [PMID: 20870670 PMCID: PMC10845446 DOI: 10.1177/1533317510382892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by progressive decline in memory and in social performance. The morphological hallmarks of the disease are neuronal loss, loss of dendritic spines, neurofibrillary degeneration and neuritic plaques mainly in the hippocampus and the cortex of the cerebral hemispheres. This study is based on the morphological analysis of the cerebellar cortices of eight brains, 4 patients suffered from Alzheimer's disease and 4 normal controls, by Golgi method, as well as Nissl, Gallyas', Bielschowsky's, Methenamine Silver staining and Congo red methods. Although typical neuritic plaques were not seen in the cerebellar cortex and the diffuse plaques found in the cerebellum in far smaller proportion than plaques in the prefrontal and parietal cortices of the same cases, Golgi impregnation technique revealed a loss of Purkinje cells and a marked decrease in the density of dendritic arborization.
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- Ioannis A Mavroudis
- First Department of Neurology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
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Alcantara-Gonzalez F, Juarez I, Solis O, Martinez-Tellez I, Camacho-Abrego I, Masliah E, Mena R, Flores G. Enhanced dendritic spine number of neurons of the prefrontal cortex, hippocampus, and nucleus accumbens in old rats after chronic donepezil administration. Synapse 2010; 64:786-93. [PMID: 20336627 PMCID: PMC2948955 DOI: 10.1002/syn.20787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In Alzheimer's disease brains, morphological changes in the dendrites of pyramidal neurons of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and hippocampus have been observed. These changes are particularly reflected in the decrement of both the dendritic tree and spine number. Donepezil is a potent and selective acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. We have studied the effect of oral administration of this drug on the morphology of neuronal cells from the brain of aged rats. We examined dendrites of pyramidal neurons of the PFC, dorsal or ventral hippocampus (VH), and medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens (NAcc). Donepezil (1 mg/kg, vo) was administrated every day for 60 days to rats aged 10 and 18 months. Dendritic morphology was studied by the Golgi-Cox stain procedure followed by Sholl analysis at 12 and 20 months ages, respectively. In all Donepezil-treated rats, a significant increment of the dendritic spines number in pyramidal neurons of the PFC and dorsal hippocampus was observed. However, pyramidal neurons of the VH and medium spiny cells of the NAcc only showed an increase in the number of their spines in 12-month-old rats. Our results suggest that Donepezil prevents the alterations of the neuronal dendrite morphology caused by aging.
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- Faviola Alcantara-Gonzalez
- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. 14 Sur 6301, CP: 72570, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. 14 Sur 6301, CP: 72570, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. 14 Sur 6301, CP: 72570, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. 14 Sur 6301, CP: 72570, Puebla, México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. 14 Sur 6301, CP: 72570, Puebla, México
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0624, USA
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- Departamento de Fisiología, Biofísica y Neurociencias, CINVESTAV-IPN, México D.F., México
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- Laboratorio de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto de Fisiología, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. 14 Sur 6301, CP: 72570, Puebla, México
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Carson FL, Richmond RS. Periodic acid cannot replace chromic acid in Grocott's method for fungi. Biotech Histochem 2010; 85:270. [PMID: 20648959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
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Pitchers KK, Balfour ME, Lehman MN, Richtand NM, Yu L, Coolen LM. Neuroplasticity in the mesolimbic system induced by natural reward and subsequent reward abstinence. Biol Psychiatry 2010; 67:872-9. [PMID: 20015481 PMCID: PMC2854191 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.09.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2009] [Revised: 09/23/2009] [Accepted: 09/26/2009] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Natural reward and drugs of abuse converge on the mesolimbic system, where drugs of abuse induce neuronal alterations. Here, we tested plasticity in this system after natural reward and the subsequent impact on drug responses. METHODS Effects of sexual experience in male rats on behavioral sensitization and conditioned place preference associated with d-amphetamine (AMPH) and Golgi-impregnated dendrites and spines of nucleus accumbens (NAc) cells were determined. Moreover, the impact of abstinence from sexual behavior in experienced males on these parameters was tested. RESULTS First, repeated sexual behavior induced a sensitized locomotor response to AMPH compared with sexually naive control subjects observed 1, 7, and 28 days after last mating session. Second, sexually experienced animals formed a conditioned place preference for lower doses of AMPH than sexually naive males, indicative of enhanced reward value of AMPH. Finally, Golgi-Cox analysis demonstrated increased numbers of dendrites and spines in the NAc core and shell with sexual experience. The latter two alterations were dependent on a period of abstinence of 7-10 days. CONCLUSIONS Sexual experience induces functional and morphological alterations in the mesolimbic system similar to repeated exposure to psychostimulants. Moreover, abstinence from sexual behavior after repeated mating was essential for increased reward for drugs and dendritic arbors of NAc neurons, suggesting that the loss of sexual reward might also contribute to neuroplasticity of the mesolimbic system. These results suggest that some alterations in the mesolimbic system are common for natural and drug reward and might play a role in general reinforcement.
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- Kyle K. Pitchers
- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Psychiatry Service, Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1
- Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C1
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Gillani RL, Tsai SY, Wallace DG, O'Brien TE, Arhebamen E, Tole M, Schwab ME, Kartje GL. Cognitive recovery in the aged rat after stroke and anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy. Behav Brain Res 2010; 208:415-24. [PMID: 20035795 PMCID: PMC2831114 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2009.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/12/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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We have previously shown that immunotherapy directed against the protein Nogo-A leads to recovery on a skilled forelimb reaching task in rats after sensorimotor cortex stroke, which correlated with axonal and dendritic plasticity. Here we investigated anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy as an intervention to improve performance on a spatial memory task in aged rats after stroke, and whether cognitive recovery was correlated with structural plasticity. Aged rats underwent a unilateral distal permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion and one week later were treated with an anti-Nogo-A or control antibody. Nine weeks post-stroke, treated rats and normal aged rats were tested on the Morris water maze task. Following testing rats were sacrificed and brains processed for the Golgi-Cox method. Hippocampal CA3 and CA1 pyramidal and dentate gyrus granule cells were examined for dendritic length and number of branch segments, and CA3 and CA1 pyramidal cells were examined for spine density and morphology. Anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy given one week following stroke in aged rats improved performance on the reference memory portion of the Morris water maze task. However, this improved performance was not correlated with structural changes in the hippocampal neurons examined. Our finding of improved performance on the Morris water maze in aged rats after stroke and treatment with anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy demonstrates the promising therapeutic potential for anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy to treat cognitive deficits after stroke. The identification of sites of axonal and dendritic plasticity in the aged brain after stroke and treatment with anti-Nogo-A immunotherapy is still under investigation.
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- Rebecca L Gillani
- Neuroscience Program, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
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Ramieri MT, Murari R, Botti C, Pica E, Zotti G, Alo PL. Detection of HER2 amplification using the SISH technique in breast, colon, prostate, lung and ovarian carcinoma. Anticancer Res 2010; 30:1287-1292. [PMID: 20530441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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HER2 gene amplification was explored using the silver stain hybridization in situ (SISH) technique in colon, prostate, lung, ovarian and breast carcinomas. Clinical pathological features and immunohistochemical (IHC) expression were evaluated for HER2 in 225 carcinomas. All cases were subjected to SISH investigation. Statistical analysis revealed an association between HER2 protein expression and gene amplification in breast carcinoma. 14% of colon carcinomas (5 IHC score 0, 1 score 1+ and 1 score 2+), 2% of prostate carcinoma (IHC 2+), 4% of lung carcinomas (IHC 2+) and 16% ovarian carcinomas (IHC 3+) revealed gene amplification. SISH is an advantageous technique for the detection of gene amplification. The use of the SISH technique in breast carcinoma may be an alternative to other in situ hybridization (ISH) techniques however more detailed studies seem necessary to detect HER2 gene amplification in other human malignancies.
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Bobrov IP, Avdalian AM, Cherdantseva TM, Klimachev VV, Lazarev AF, Briukhanov VM, Doroshenko VS, Gerval'd VI, Dolgatov AI, Kovrigin MV. [Modified method for the demonstration of argyrophilic proteins in the nucleolar organizer regions in paraffin sections]. Morfologiia 2010; 137:65-67. [PMID: 21500437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The modified method of staining of argyrophilic nucleolar organizer regions (AgNORs) by silver nitrate is presented. This modification eliminates some disadvantages of an original technique. The method accelerates staining and prevents the precipitation of deposits.
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Kulic L, Wollmer MA, Rhein V, Pagani L, Kuehnle K, Cattepoel S, Tracy J, Eckert A, Nitsch RM. Combined expression of tau and the Harlequin mouse mutation leads to increased mitochondrial dysfunction, tau pathology and neurodegeneration. Neurobiol Aging 2009; 32:1827-38. [PMID: 19942317 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2008] [Revised: 08/06/2009] [Accepted: 10/26/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress play an important role in ageing and have been implicated in several age-related neurodegenerative conditions including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other tauopathies characterized by the presence of intracellular accumulations of the hyperphosphorylated microtubule-associated protein tau. To study the interaction between mitochondrial dysfunction and tau pathology in vivo, we generated a novel mouse model by crossbreeding two existing lines: the Harlequin (Hq) mutant mice which suffer from mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress due to a lack of the mitochondrial apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF), and the P301L tau transgenic mice, a mouse model of human tau pathology. Combined expression of the Hq mouse mutation and the tau transgene in the Tau/Hq double mutant mice led to an increase in tau pathology and apoptotic neurodegeneration when compared to single expression of the two mutations. Neurodegeneration was most prominent in the dentate gyrus and was significantly increased in the cerebellum leading to aggravated motor deficits. Functional activity measurements of the mitochondrial respiratory chain (MRC) in the Tau/Hq mice revealed early decreased activities of multiple MRC complexes and depleted ATP levels which preceded neurodegeneration and elevated oxidative stress markers. These results suggest an age-dependent mutual reinforcement of the tau pathology and mitochondrial dysfunction in vivo, which may contribute to neurodegeneration in patients suffering from AD and other age-related tauopathies.
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- Luka Kulic
- Division of Psychiatry Research, University of Zurich, August Forel Str. 1, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Kunimoto S, Nakamura S, Wada K, Inoue T. Chronic stress-mutated presenilin 1 gene interaction perturbs neurogenesis and accelerates neurodegeneration. Exp Neurol 2009; 221:175-85. [PMID: 19896484 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2009.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2009] [Revised: 10/23/2009] [Accepted: 10/28/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Recent evidence suggests that supplemental factors coincident with aging and genetic determinants might be involved in the initial progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Early studies also indicate that chronic stress decreases hippocampal neurogenesis. Here, we investigate the effect of chronic stress on hippocampal neurogenesis using a transgenic mouse line (Tg) that overexpresses human presenilin 1 (PS1) with a familial AD (FAD)-related mutation in order to elucidate how the combination of chronic stress and mutated genes affects the cytoarchitecture in the hippocampal granule cell layer (GCL), which contributes to spatial learning and memory. Using an original chronic intermittent restraint stress (CIRS) protocol, we examined the effect of stress on hippocampal neurogenesis and neurodegeneration by immunohistochemical analysis. After short-term CIRS, neurodegeneration in Tg mice was significantly increased in the hippocampus with an earlier onset and progression than in the non-stressed Tg mice. Moreover, after long-term CIRS, transitional neurodegeneration appeared to proceed along the neuronal circuit involved in cognitive function in stressed Tg mice. Although the number of Pax6-positive (+) cells (mostly granule neuron precursors) did not significantly decrease during CIRS in both non-Tg and Tg mice, doublecortin (DCX) + neuronal progenitor cells in the GCL were markedly influenced in Tg mice; they were significantly reduced without stress compared with non-stressed non-Tg mice and significantly increased by CIRS compared with non-stressed Tg mice. We conclude from these results that diverse responses against stressful experiences among genetically predisposed individuals could lead to cognitive dysfunction through retardation of neuronal maturation and neurodegeneration.
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- Shohko Kunimoto
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
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LaBelle DR, Cox JM, Dunn-Meynell AA, Levin BE, Flanagan-Cato LM. Genetic and dietary effects on dendrites in the rat hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus. Physiol Behav 2009; 98:511-6. [PMID: 19698729 PMCID: PMC2748744 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2009] [Revised: 07/23/2009] [Accepted: 08/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Both genetic and environmental factors contribute to individual differences in body weight regulation. The present study examined a possible role for the dendritic arbor of hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (VMH) neurons in a model of diet-induced obesity (DIO) in male rats. Rats were screened and selectively bred for being either susceptible, i.e., exhibiting DIO, or diet resistant (DR) when exposed to a 31% fat diet. A 2x2 experimental design was used, based on these two strains of rats and exposure to rat chow versus the 31% fat diet for seven weeks. Golgi-impregnated neurons were measured for soma size and dendrite parameters, including number, length, and direction. As previously observed, each VMH neuron had a single long primary dendrite. Genetic background and diet did not affect soma size or the number of dendrites of VMH neurons. However, genetic background exerted a main effect on the length of the long primary dendrites. In particular, the long primary dendrites were approximately 12.5% shorter on the VMH neurons in the DIO rats compared with DR rats regardless of diet. This effect was isolated to the long primary dendrites extending in the dorsolateral direction, with these long primary dendrites 19% shorter for the DIO group compared with the DR group. This finding implicates the connectivity of the long primary dendrites on VMH neurons in the control of energy balance. The functional significance of these shortened dendrites and their afferents warrants further study.
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- Denise R. LaBelle
- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Neurology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Orange, NJ 07018
- Department of Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103
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- Neurology Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, East Orange, NJ 07018
- Department of Neurosciences, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Mahoney Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Chen X, Cuijpers V, Fan M, Frencken JE. Optimal use of silver nitrate and marginal leakage at the sealant-enamel interface using micro-CT. Am J Dent 2009; 22:269-272. [PMID: 20225468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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PURPOSE To investigate the optimal silver nitrate concentration and tooth immersion period for assessing marginal leakage at the sealant-enamel interface, using micro-CT. METHODS Two experiments were conducted, using eight teeth sealed with a resin composite without etching, in dried but not desiccated, pits and fissures. Five teeth were immersed in 50% silver nitrate for 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 hours and scanned, using micro-CT, and two evaluators using a newly developed index assessed marginal leakage at the sealant-enamel interface (Experiment A). Experiment B was carried out in the same way as Experiment A, with the difference that teeth were immersed in 50% and 60% silver nitrate for 2 and 3 hours. Reliability of scores was estimated, using weighted kappa coefficient. ANOVA and t-test were applied to test for period and concentration effects. RESULTS Reliability of collected data was substantial. A statistically significant difference was observed between 50% silver nitrate penetration scores at 0-1 and 2-4 hours of immersion (P < 0.0001) but not between 50% silver nitrate penetration scores at 2-, 3-, and 4-hours of immersion (P > 0.05) (experiment A). Analysis in experiment B showed a period effect (P = 0.03) but no concentration (P = 0.07) and interaction effect (P = 0.64). Combining all data from 50% silver nitrate immersion, analysis showed no statistically significant difference in penetration scores between 2, 3 and 4 hours of immersion (P = 0.33). The newly developed index showed substantial reliability.
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- Xi Chen
- Key Laboratory for Oral Biomedical Engineering, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Wuhan University, 237 LuoYu Road, Wuhan 430079, China
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Grove H, Faergestad EM, Hollung K, Martens H. Improved dynamic range of protein quantification in silver-stained gels by modelling gel images over time. Electrophoresis 2009; 30:1856-62. [PMID: 19517441 DOI: 10.1002/elps.200800568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Silver staining is a commonly used protein stain to visualise proteins separated by 2-DE. Despite this, the technique suffers from a limited dynamic range, making the simultaneous quantification of high- and low-abundant proteins difficult. In this paper we take advantage of the fact that silver staining is not an end-point stain by photographing the gels during development. This procedure provides information about the change in measured absorbance for each pixel in the protein spots on the gel. The maximum rate of change was found to be correlated with the amount of applied protein, providing a new way of estimating protein amount in 2-DE gels. We observed an improvement in the dynamic range of silver staining by up to two orders of magnitude.
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- Harald Grove
- Nofima Mat, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, As, Norway.
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Scientific investigations depend on the reliability of the observations that can be made. This reliability is determined in part by the understanding of the techniques and technology used to make the observations. The limitations and the strengths of the methodology and the equipment used must be evaluated thoroughly. The extent to which this is and has been the case for the use of the metal based stains in neuroscience is the subject of this paper. I evaluate the metallic stains used for neuroscience from several perspectives. I review briefly the state of neurohistology prior to its "golden years," 1870-1910. Then I trace the development of the silver based stains used for neurohistology. I wanted to discuss the reasoning used by the originators of the silver based techniques in developing their specific procedures, but discovered that while procedures may be published, the methods and ideas used to arrive at the final procedures are not usually described in published work.
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- Tr Heinz
- University of California, Irvine, California 92697-3800, USA.
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Rossi S, Furlan R, De Chiara V, Musella A, Lo Giudice T, Mataluni G, Cavasinni F, Cantarella C, Bernardi G, Muzio L, Martorana A, Martino G, Centonze D. Exercise attenuates the clinical, synaptic and dendritic abnormalities of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. Neurobiol Dis 2009; 36:51-9. [PMID: 19591937 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2009.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2009] [Revised: 06/25/2009] [Accepted: 06/28/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Voluntary exercise is beneficial in models of primarily neurodegenerative disorders. Whether exercise also affects inflammatory neurodegeneration is unknown. In the present study, we evaluated the clinical, synaptic and neuropathological effects of voluntary wheel running in mice with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG)-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a model of multiple sclerosis. Exercising EAE mice exhibited less severe neurological deficits compared to control EAE animals. The sensitivity of striatal GABA synapses to the stimulation of cannabinoid CB1 receptors was dramatically downregulated following EAE induction, and was rescued by exercise in EAE mice with access to a running wheel. Finally, we found that exercise was able to contrast dendritic spine loss induced by EAE in striatal neurons, although the degree of inflammatory response was similar in the two experimental groups. Our work suggests that life style and experiences can impact the clinical course of inflammatory neurodegenerative diseases by affecting their synaptic bases.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Corpus Striatum/pathology
- Dendrites/pathology
- Dendrites/physiology
- Dendrites/ultrastructure
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dronabinol/analogs & derivatives
- Dronabinol/pharmacology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/chemically induced
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/complications
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/pathology
- Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental/rehabilitation
- Female
- Glutamic Acid/metabolism
- Glutamic Acid/pharmacology
- Glycoproteins
- In Vitro Techniques
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Movement Disorders/etiology
- Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein
- Neurons/pathology
- Neurons/physiology
- Neuroprotective Agents/pharmacology
- Patch-Clamp Techniques/methods
- Peptide Fragments
- Physical Conditioning, Animal
- Silver Staining/methods
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Synapses/physiology
- Synapses/ultrastructure
- Synaptic Potentials/drug effects
- Synaptic Potentials/physiology
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- Silvia Rossi
- Clinica Neurologica, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Università Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy
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Griffin GD, Flanagan-Cato LM. Sex differences in the dendritic arbor of hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus neurons. Physiol Behav 2009; 97:151-6. [PMID: 19254731 PMCID: PMC2748730 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2009.02.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2008] [Revised: 01/30/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (VMH) displays sexual dichotomies in its overall size, neurochemistry, and neuronal morphology. These differences may underlie the sex differences observed in functions mediated by the VMH, such as reproductive behaviors and energy balance. A previous Golgi impregnation analysis of VMH dendrites reported sex differences in total dendrite length in the ventrolateral region of the VMH. The present study tested the hypothesis that this sex difference is localized to a specific dendrite type. VMH neurons were visualized with Golgi impregnation. Overall, male rats displayed significantly longer dendrites than females for VMH neurons. This sex difference was apparent in both the dorsomedial and the ventrolateral subdivisions of the VMH. When dendrites were classified based on dendrite type, namely long primary, short primary and secondary dendrites, the increased length for males was observed for all dendrite types. Furthermore, when long primary dendrites were categorized according to whether they extended in the dorsomedial, ventrolateral, ventromedial or dorsolateral direction, the sex difference in length occurred for all directions. These results indicate that the previously identified dendrite categories for VMH neurons are integral to VMH circuitry for both males and females. Given that the sex difference in dendrite length applied to all dendrite types, the elongated male VMH dendrites may provide additional sites to process input from both local interneurons and extranuclear afferents.
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- Gerald D Griffin
- Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Srivastava UC, Maurya RC, Chand P. Cyto-architecture and neuronal types of the dorsomedial cerebral cortex of the common Indian wall lizard, Hemidactylus flaviviridis. Arch Ital Biol 2009; 147:21-35. [PMID: 19678594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The cyto-architecture and morphology of the neuronal types of the dorsomedial cortex of the lizard, Hemidactylus flaviviridis has been studied with the help of Cresyl violet staining and Golgi impregnation method. The dorsomedial cerebral cortex displayed three neuronal layers. Layer-I contains only few neuronal somas and also the dendrites ascending from the subjacent layers. Layer-II is characterized by two to three cell thick densely packed neuronal somas. Layer-III contains loosely packed neuronal somas and the dendrites and axon descending from layer-I and II. Below the layer-III an ependymal layer is observed just above the ventricle. Six classes of neurons were distinguished in the cellular layer of dorsomedial cortex of Hemidactylus flaviviridis: bitufted neurons, pyramidal neurons, inverted pyramidal neurons, bipyramidal neurons, multipolar neurons, and candelabra-like monotufted neurons. The pyramidal cells were large showing more or less single type present in the cellular layer. The multipolar neurons have mostly intracortical dendritic branching and connections. Bipyramidal neurons showed pyramidal appearance of their soma and send dendritic branches towards the superficial plexiform layer and deep plexiform layer. The candelabra-like monotufted neurons have very high dendritic branching. The comparison of the neuronal types of dorsomedial cortex of reptiles with the parahippocampal area of birds and CA3 region of mammalian hippocampus suggests possibility of their homology.
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- U C Srivastava
- Department of Zoology (UGC-SAP & DST-FIST SPONSORED), University of Allahabad, India.
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Villalba RM, Lee H, Smith Y. Dopaminergic denervation and spine loss in the striatum of MPTP-treated monkeys. Exp Neurol 2009; 215:220-7. [PMID: 18977221 PMCID: PMC2680135 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2008.09.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2008] [Revised: 09/10/2008] [Accepted: 09/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Striatal spine loss is a key pathological feature of human Parkinson's disease (PD) that can be induced after complete degeneration of the nigrostriatal dopaminergic system in rodent models of parkinsonism. In line with these observations, our findings reveal a significant (30-50%) reduction in spine density in both the caudate nucleus and putamen of severely DA-depleted striata of MPTP-treated monkeys; the sensorimotor post-commissural putamen being the most severely affected region for both dopamine depletion and spine loss. Using MPTP-treated monkeys with complete or partial striatal dopamine (DA) denervation, we also demonstrate that striatal spine loss is an early pathological feature of parkinsonism, which progresses along a positive rostrocaudal and mediolateral gradient in parallel with the extent of striatal dopamine denervation. Quantitative electron microscopy immunocytochemistry for D1 dopamine receptor (D1) in the striatum of control and severely DA-depleted animals revealed that both D1-immunoreactive and immunonegative spines are lost in the putamen of MPTP-treated monkeys. These data demonstrate that striatal spine loss in MPTP-treated monkeys is an early pathological event of parkinsonism, tightly correlated with the degree of nigrostriatal dopamine denervation that likely affects both direct and indirect striatofugal pathways.
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- Rosa M Villalba
- Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Road, NE Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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