Ultrastructural localization of osteocalcin in rat tooth germs by immunogold staining |
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Authors: | I Gorter de Vries D Coomans E Wisse |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Dentistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbecklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium;(2) Laboratory for Cell Biology and Histology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbecklaan 103, B-1090 Brussels, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Summary Osteocalcin was localized by indirect immunogold staining of thin frozen sections of rat tooth germs which had been fixed by different methods. Acrolein fixation proved to be satisfactory considering the preservation of fine structure and antigenicity. In odontoblasts, osteocalcin was found to be localized in the cisternae of the rough endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. Few positive transport vesicles were found. Staining for osteocalcin in odontoblastic processes was only observed after strong fixation and was intense in odontoblasts engaged in early dentine formation. Predentine was slightly positive in the neighbourhood of positive processes. Matrix vesicles were negative and strong osteocalcin labeling of dentine seemed to appear after the onset of mineralization. |
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