荧光素钠和考马斯亮蓝应用于小麦白粉病菌染色效果比较*

比较了荧光素钠和考马斯亮蓝应用于小麦白粉病菌染色的效果。荧光素钠法中样品处理只需20min.左右,具有直接、快速的特点;荧光指示剂对病菌分生孢子萌发及菌丝生长无抑制作用,主要沉集于活菌体的隔膜和细胞质部位,使病菌产生明显的亮绿荧光和清晰的细胞轮廓,亮绿荧光衰退期为7min.;借助荧光显微镜可以观察病菌在小麦叶表的发展过程,区别活菌体和失活菌体。考马斯亮蓝法包括传统的组织学染色步骤,经过改进后的样品处理过程需要40min.左右;染色后使寄主组织呈现淡蓝色,病菌菌体染成深蓝色;该方法可以观察病菌在小麦叶表和被侵染细胞内部发育形成的结构,包括孢子发育形成的初生芽管、附着胞芽管、成熟附着胞以及在寄主细胞内形成的初生吸器原体、成熟的指状体吸器和次生吸器。     

荧光素钠和考马斯亮蓝应用于小麦白粉病菌染色效果比较

比较了荧光素钠和考马斯亮蓝应用于小麦白粉菌染色的效果。荧光素钠法中样品处理只需20min左右,具有直接,快速的特点;荧光指示剂对病菌分生孢子萌发及菌丝生长无抑制作用,主要沉集于活菌体的隔膜和细胞质部位,使病菌产生明显的亮绿荧光和清晰的细胞轮廓,亮绿荧光衰退期为7min;借助荧光显微镜可以观察病菌在小麦叶表的发展过程,区别活菌体和失活菌体。考马斯亮蓝法包括传统的组织学染色步骤,经过改进后的样品处理过程需要40min左右;染后使寄主组织呈现淡蓝色,病菌菌体染成深蓝色;该方法可以观察病菌在小麦叶表和被侵染细胞内部发育形成的结构,包括孢子发育形成的初生芽管,附着胞芽管,成熟附着胞以及在寄主细胞内形成的初生吸器原体,成熟的指状体吸器和次生吸器。     

一种改良的肌细胞骨架染色方法

为了观察肌细胞骨架,对传统考马斯亮蓝染色法进行改良,并与免疫荧光染色法进行了比较。培养的血管平滑肌细胞先用多聚甲醛预固定后再进行考马斯亮蓝染色,可使细胞骨架非常清晰的显色,解决了传统考马斯亮蓝染色易使肌细胞变形、脱片的问题,其效果与免疫荧光染色相近。因此,多聚甲醛预固定．考马斯亮蓝染色法是一种适于肌细胞骨架染色的简便方法。     

聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中蛋白质快速染色的改良法

聚丙烯酰胺凝胶中蛋白质的染色常采用考马斯亮蓝R250为染料进行染色,此法不仅操作繁琐、费时,而且由于需要脱色,很容易将一些染色较弱的蛋白区带颜色褪去,使之不能观察,灵敏度只能达到0.25μg。Reisner等人报道了以考马斯亮蓝G250为染料的快速简便染色方法,它能迅速地观察到凝胶中     

一种改进的双向电泳染色方法

本文涉及了双向电泳过程中的染色方法,即先用考马斯亮蓝染色,将胶上可见蛋白切下再银染的方法。这种方法可最大限度的减少胶中蛋白质点的损失,不仅避免了单一用考马斯亮蓝染色由于灵敏度不高而导致的低丰度蛋白的损失,也避免了单一用银染而使高丰度的蛋白因染色过度导致的损失。同时两种传统的染色方法结合完美,形成的新方法经济实用。     

一种简便的考马斯亮蓝G250蛋白质染色方法

介绍一种快速、简便、几乎无背景的考马斯亮蓝G250(CBB G250)染色方法.该方法所用试剂仅为稀盐酸和CBB G250, CBB G250的工作浓度为0.0015%,灵敏度达0.02 μg/带, 染色2 h达70%,4 h以上或染色过夜即可充分染色.与以往的考马斯亮蓝染色方法相比,该方法有经济方便、灵敏度高、几乎无背景等优点,便于推广应用.     

蛋白质组学实验中聚丙烯酰胺凝胶的考马斯亮蓝染色

在蛋白质组学实验中,蛋白质经聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳后的染色是一个十分重要的环节。鉴于其良好的质谱兼容性和操作上的便捷,考马斯亮蓝染色是目前众多实验室中最常用的染色方法。本文介绍了四种各具特色的考马斯亮蓝染色方法。     

聚丙烯酰胺凝胶的蛋白质荧光染色法

十二烷基硫酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDSPAGE),经常用于分离、鉴定蛋白质,测定肽链分子量。蛋白质在聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳后,一般用考马斯亮蓝法染色,其优点是操作简易,灵敏度较高。据我们的经验,最低检出量约为每一蛋白带0.5μg。此法的缺点是费时,染色及脱色要一昼夜,且染色后,许多蛋白质丧失抗原性及其它生物学活性。最近我们研究出蛋白质PAGE的荧光染色法,蛋白质样品在上胶前用荧光素标记,电泳后可立即在紫外光灯下看到清晰的蛋白带,其灵敏度不低于考马斯亮蓝法。现介绍如下。一、样品的荧光标记蛋白质样品用牛血清白蛋白(68,000)、卵白蛋白(44,000)、肌红蛋白(16,800)、溶菌酶(14,600)的混     

低毒高效的SDS-PAGE考马斯亮蓝染色方法比较

目的:比较SDS-PAGE的4种考马斯亮蓝染色方法。方法:以牛血清白蛋白为材料进行SDS-PAGE,分别比较考马斯亮蓝G-250(CBB G-250)盐酸法、CBB G-250-Al2(SO4)3法、Bio-Rad公司的Bio-Safe染色液及传统法等4种染色方法的灵敏度和操作性,并将上述4种染色方法应用于蛋白Markers检测。结果:CBB G-250-Al2(SO4)3法和Bio-Safe法的检测灵敏度都可达19.2 ng,而CBB G-250盐酸法和传统法的检测灵敏度则为28.9 ng。结论:CBB G-250盐酸法可作为快速、低毒、高效的染色方法,CBB-Al2(SO4)3法则可用于灵敏度要求较高的检测。     

一种快速检测蛋白酶抑制剂电泳活性的染色方法

根据特异蛋白酶抑制剂抑制靶蛋白酶的作用而阻止水解的原理 ,借助明胶 聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分离样品 ,胶板经蛋白酶水解后 ,以考马斯亮蓝染色 ,建立了一种简便、直观、灵敏的检测蛋白酶 (胰蛋白酶 )抑制剂活性的染色方法 ,可以进行大量样品的筛选工作     

Dual trypan-aniline blue fluorescence staining methods for studying fungus-plant interactions

Abstract

Understanding the infection biology of fungi is the key step in devising suitable control strategies for plant diseases. Recently, the Arabidopsis-Colletotrichum higginsianum (causal agent of anthracnose) system has emerged as a seminal paradigm for deciphering the infection biology underlying fungus-plant interactions. We describe here three staining methods coupled with confocal microscopy: trypan blue, aniline blue and dual trypan blue-aniline blue fluorescence staining. Trypan blue and aniline blue staining were employed to scan the infection structures of the hemibiotrophic fungus C. higginsianum and host response in A. thaliana leaf tissues. The two techniques then were combined to observe the contrast between in planta fungal infection structures, i.e., infection vesicles, primary hyphae and secondary hyphae, and the host plant defense responses, i.e., papilla formation and hypersensitive response. These staining techniques also were applied to the lentil–C. truncatum pathosystem to demonstrate their applicability for multiple pathosystems.     

Evaluation of histological techniques for the detection of fungal infections caused byLeptolegnia chapmanii (Oomycetes: Saprolegniales) inAedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae

We evaluated which of the fixatives and stains most frequently used for observation of insect tissues were the most appropriate for histopathological visualization of entomopathogenic fungal infections with Leptolegnia chapmanii in larvae of Aedes aegypti. The best contrast between the host tissues and the fungal structures was obtained when using a combination of Camoy fixative with Grocott staining contrasted with light green. Masson trichromic stain combined with 10% formaldehyde-phosphate buffer also provided satisfactory results--a good contrast and clearly distinguishable host tissues and fungal structures.     

Novel application of aniline blue. Fluorescent staining of glycogen and some protein structures

The present study shows that aniline blue can be used as a fluorescent stain for glycogen. The dye is also helpful in tracing pathological and autolytic changes in lysosomes, mitochondria, erythrocytes and nuclei, and it can also be used for demonstrating bacteria in tissue sections and smears. The techniques used are simple, rapid and inexpensive. Spectrophotometric studies on aniline blue solutions have shown that aniline blue fluorescence was enhanced by the addition of certain proteins, or of glycogen to the dye solution. In case of albumen which has the maximum effect, enhancement is dependent upon the albumen-dye ratio. The mechanism of staining is mainly due to self quenching, but there is also an evidence of the presence of hydrophobic reaction.     

A method for staining pollen tubes in pistil

A quadruple staining procedure has been developed for staining pollen tubes in pistil. The staining mixture is made by adding the following in the order given: lactic acid, 80 ml; 1% aqueous malachite green, 4 ml; 1% aqueous acid fuchsin, 6 ml; 1% aqueous aniline blue, 4 ml; 1% orange G in 50% alcohol, 2 ml; and chloral hydrate, 5 g. Pistils are fixed for 6 hr in modified Carnoy's fluid (absolute alcohol:chloroform:glacial acetic acid 6:4:1), hydrated in descending alcohols, transferred to stain and held there for 24 hr at 45 +/- 2 C. They were then transferred to a clearing and softening fluid containing 78 ml lactic acid, 10 g phenol, 10 g chloral hydrate and 2 ml 1% orange G. The pistils were held there for 24 hr at 45 +/- 2 C, hydrolyzed in the clearing and softening fluid at 58 +/- 1 C for 30 min, then stored in lactic acid for later use or immediately mounted in a drop of medium containing equal parts of lactic acid and glycerol for examination. Pollen tubes are stained dark blue to bluish red and stylar tissue light green to light greenish blue. This stain permits pollen tubes to be traced even up to their entry into the micropyle.     

A Clearing Technique for Detecting the Fungal Endophyte Acremonium sp. in Grasses

Leaf tissue of tall fescue Festuca arundinacea Schreb., hard fescue Festuca ovina L., red fescue Festuca rubra L. and perennial ryegrass Lolium perenne L. was stained with rose Bengal or aniline blue to detect the presence of the fungal endophyte Acremonium sp., Specimens were cleared using methyl salicylate, an optical clearing agent, and viewed using bright field microscopy. Tissue was presenred as dried tissue or stored in 70% aqueous ethyl alcohol before staining and clearing. Tissue was observed at 2, 4 and 12 weeks following clearing to check for stain retention. Staining with rose Bengal was inferior to aniline blue when followed by the clearing agent methyl salicylate. Fungal mycelia stained lighter with rose Bengal and were more difficult to detect than mycelia stained with aniline blue. The results illustrate the usefulness of combining staining and methyl salicylate clearing for detecting fungal endophytes.     

Modified Elastic Tissue-Masson Trichrome Stain

A combined elastic tissue-Massou technique is presented which stains elastic fibers of all sizes, nuclei and connective tissue. The modified elastic tissue stain consists of hematoxylin, ferric chloride and Verhoeffs iodine; nuclei and elastic fibers are stained blue-black in six minutes without differentiation. By contrast, cytoplasmic elements are stained red, (Biebrich scarlet-acid fuchsin) and collagen is stained green (light green) or blue (aniline blue). The entire staining procedure takes approximately one hour.     

Modified elastic tissue-Masson trichrome stain

A combined elastic tissue-Masson technique is presented which stains elastic fibers of all sizes, nuclei and connective tissue. The modified elastic tissue stain consists of hematoxylin, ferric chloride and Verhoeff's iodine; nuclei and elastic fibers are stained blue-black in six minutes without differentiation. By contrast, cytoplasmic elements are stained red, (Biebrich scarlet-acid fuchsin) and collagen is stained green (light green) or blue (aniline blue). The entire staining procedure takes approximately one hour.     

Preinoculation with Tobacco Necrosis Virus Enhances Peroxidase Activity and Lignification in Cucumber, as a Resistance Response to Sphaerotheca fuliginea

Abstract Cucumber plants were mechanically inoculated with TNV and challenge-inoculated after 7 days with Sphaerotheca fuliginea. The development of the fungus was followed by light microscopy and the modifications of the host leaf cells were studied by histochemical and cytochemical reactions. Conidial germination was similar in control and TNV-infected plants, and in the following 2 or 3 days S. fuliginea development was also similar. Thereafter in control plants S. fuliginea development progressed steadily and no modifications appeared in the leaf host cells, while in TNV-infected plants strongly autofluorescing papillae were formed, and peroxidase activity was detected in the walls of many epidermal cells of the challenge-inoculated, leaf. Lignification ensued, and fungal growth was strongly inhibited. Protection was obtained provided the number of necrotic lesions was at least 12 per cotyledon, and was elicited even if the TNV-infected leaf was removed 7 days after infection, before challenge inoculation. No protection was induced when the TNV-infected leaf was removed 3 days after infection.     

A simplified method for staining mast cells with astra blue

The copper phthalocyanin dye astra blue has been used to stain differentially mast cells of the intestine; however; the procedure has not been used widely because of the difficulty in preparing and using the dye solution. Described here is a simple, reliable, and consistent method for selectively staining mast cells using a dye solution that may be prepared in any laboratory without the aid of sophisticated pH metering equipment. Astra blue is mixed with an alcoholic solution containing MgCl2-6H2O and the pH indicator pararosaniline hydrochloride. Concentrated hydrochloric acid is added dropwise, changing the dye mixture from purple to violet and then to blue. In this low range the weakly ionizing ethanol provides a more stable hydrogen ion concentration than the corresponding aqueous solutions used previously. Alcoholic acid fuchsin is a convenient counterstain, and this simple procedure then provides good contrast between the blue staining mast cell granules and the red tissue background.