Gallyas-Schiff Stain for Senile Plaques

Gallyas technique was modified by a direct application of Schiff's reagent after physical development, resulting in distinctive staining of amyloid deposits in argyrophilic structures. With this modified method, senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease are clearer. This method is easy to perform and suitable for routine neuropathol-ogical examination.     

Staining Senile Plaques using Bodian's Method Modified with Methenamine

A new method is presented for staining various types of senile plaques isolated from the brains of patients with Alzheimer type dementia and related diseases in paraffin embedded sections using a modified Bodian's method with methenamine. This methenamine-Bodian method made it possible to observe diffuse plaques and other amyloid deposits which are barely detected by Bodian's original method. The staining of senile plaques by the method presented here was comparable to that of immunostaining with anti-β-protein. The new method also stained neurofibrillary tangles. Therefore, the methenamine-Bodian method could be widely used for the detection of senile changes in paraffin embedded sections from autopsied human brains.     

微量蛋白检测中不同银染方法的比较与分析

随着生物化学技术的不断发展,作为检测SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)中微量蛋白的银染方法也在不断改进和发展.采用4种不同的银染方法检测不同含量的牛血清白蛋白,结果显示单纯的银染过程中如果使用戊二醛固定会使蛋白检出更快速灵敏,而结合考马斯亮蓝的复合银染则较单纯银染灵敏度提高了5～7个数量级.     

老年性痴呆症患者海马老年斑三维重构

老年斑是老年性痴呆 (AD)的主要病理特征之一。β 淀粉样蛋白 (Aβ)在老年斑中的积聚与AD发病关系密切。因此 ,如何抑制老年斑内Aβ的积聚和促进Aβ纤维的解聚对于治疗和预防AD有十分重要的意义。通过免疫组织化学染色、MATLAB软件图像处理、AVS重构等技术构建了老年斑三维结构。实验发现海马部位的弥散斑和经典斑具有孔状结构 ;弥散斑无明显核心结构 ,密度分布趋势由中心向周围递减 ;经典斑中心Aβ沉积最致密 ,周围Aβ沉积最少 ,而斑块外周Aβ沉积密度居中。老年斑三维结构重构方法的建立 ,有助于老年斑积聚动力学的研究 ,并对AD病理机制的探讨具有重要意义。     

Enhanced Staining of Bacterial Flagella Using Aged Mordant in the Silver Stain

Intensity of bacterial flagella staining using a modified silver stain was increased by aging the mordant for one week at room temperature. The use of aged mordant increased the apparent diameters of stained flagella and resulted in a darker stain. The mordant remained stable for at least four months at room temperature. The staining protocol presented allows application to liquid or solid cultures.     

A New Stain for Pollen Fertility Studies

The juice from the berries of Cocculus hirsutum was extracted and used for pollen fertility studies in various crops. Two stains were prepared: P. H. Ramanjini (PHR) stain and modified PHR stain. The modified PHR stain contains lactic acid and produces the best staining differentiation. The intensity of the staining was dependent on the thickness of the pollen cell walls, hence PHR stain is recommended for thick walled pollen grains and the modified PHR stain for pollen with relatively thin walls. The preparation of both the stains are very simple, quick and inexpensive.     

Methenamine-Silver Staining: a Simple and Sensitive Staining Method for Senile Plaques and Neurofibrillary Tangles

An improved methenamine-silver impregnation method is presented which exhibits sensitivity for amyloid substances comparable to that of anti-β protein immunostaining. In optimally treated sections, this technique stained both β-amyloid deposits and neurofibrillary tangles, which are known to have a β-pleated structure. This simple procedure allows a large number of sections to be stained for routine examination.     

Basic Blue 75: a New Stain for Erythroblasts

C.I. basic blue 75 in an aqueous alkaline solution stains the nuclei of mature anc immature erythroblasts bright red. Simultane ously, the stain colors the cytoplasm of erythro blasts blue in immature cells and purple in ma ture cells. Colors of the type described were noi found in other normal and abnormal hemato poietic cells.     

Adaptations of Goldner's Masson Trichrome Stain for the Study of Undecalcified Plastic Embedded Bone

Specialized adaptations for application of Goldner's Masson trichrome stain to plastic embedded undecalcified bone specimens are presented. This stain can be used successfully on methyl-glycol methacrylate, glycol methacrylate and Spurr embedded bones. The stain affords the advantage of good cellular staining due to the hematoxylin component with concomitant sharp discrimination of mature bone matrix which stains green, immature new bone matrix which stains red, and calcified cartilage which stains very pale green. Use of red filters during photomicrography aids in bone-osteoid discrimination in black and white photographs.     

Histochemical Detection of Carbohydrates of Blastocystis hominis

The carbohydrates of Blastocystis hominis were detected by histochemical techniques using light and electron microscopy. B. hominis, fixed with various fixatives, followed by treatment with detergents, were stained with periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) or alcian blue (AB). Intense PAS reactions were observed in cells fixed with glutaraldehyde or 1/2 Karnovsky fixative. The cells fixed with other fixatives showed weak or no reactions with PAS staining. Similar results were seen in the case of AB stain. These results indicated that, depending on the fixative used, B. hominis contained PAS- or AB-reactive carbohydrates. At the electron microscopic level, ultrathin sections of B. hominis were stained with periodic acid methenamine silver (PA-MS) or periodic acid thiocarbohydrazide-silver proteinate (PA-TCH-SP) staining techniques. Intense, positive reactions with PA-MS or PA-TCH-SP were observed on the central vacuole, Golgi apparatus, and cytoplasmic vesicles. The filamentous layer showed moderate reactions with PA-MS, whereas in PA-TCH-SP stain, it was stained more densely. The staining intensity of the central vacuole varied from cell to cell. The presence of membrane fusions of the cytoplasmic vesicles with the central vacuole indicated the accumulation of carbohydrates in the central vacuole.     

DAPI as a Useful Stain for Nuclear Quantitation

A simple-to-use fluorescent stain, 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), visualizes nuclear DNA in both living and fixed cells. DAPI staining was used to determine the number of nuclei and to assess gross cell morphology. Following light microscopic analyses, the stained cells were processed for electron microscopy. Cells stained with DAPI showed no ultrastructural changes compared to the appearance of cells not stained with DAPI. DAPI staining allows multiple use of cells eliminating the need for duplicate samples.     

DAPI as a Useful Stain for Nuclear Quantitation

A simple-to-use fluorescent stain, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), visualizes nuclear DNA in both living and fixed cells. DAPI staining was used to determine the number of nuclei and to assess gross cell morphology. Following light microscopic analyses, the stained cells were processed for electron microscopy. Cells stained with DAPI showed no ultrastructural changes compared to the appearance of cells not stained with DAPI. DAPI staining allows multiple use of cells eliminating the need for duplicate samples.     

Influence of urea on the resolution of lipopolysaccharides in sodium dodecylsulfate polycrylamide gels

The ability of SDS-polycrylamide gels to resolve relatively high concentrations of lipopolysaccharides was related to the concentration of urea in the separation gel. Adequate profiles of lipopolysaccharide in gels can be achieved by staining with the periodic acid-Schiff stain, and these serve as important controls to gels stained with the silver stain.     

临床路径在老年性白内障手术患者中的应用评价

目的 探讨临床路径在老年性白内障手术患者中的应用及实施效果。方法 选取2009年6月—2012年6月期间在某三甲医院住院手术治疗的3 758 例老年性白内障病人为研究对象,采用对照研究,经患者同意,将其分为对照组（1 995例）和观察组（1 764例）,比较两组平均住院日、平均住院费用、西药费用、辅助诊断费、患者满意度、健康知识知晓程度。结果 观察组的平均住院日、平均住院费用、西药费用、辅助诊断费、并发症发生率均低于对照组（P <0.000 1）, 患者满意度及健康知识掌握情况均高于对照组（P<0.05）,差别具有统计学意义。结论 临床路径应用于白内障手术,可以缩短住院天数,降低医疗费用及辅助诊断费,提高患者的满意度,提高患者对健康知识的掌握率,减少术后并发症的发生。     

The Gram Stain after More than a Century

The Gram stain, the most important stain in microbiology, was described more than a century ago. Only within the past decade, however, has an understanding of its mechanism emerged. It now seems clear that the cell wall of Gram-positive microorganisms is responsible for retention of a crystal violet:iodine complex. In Gram-negative cells, the staining procedures damage the cell surface resulting in loss of dye complexes. Gram-positive microorganisms require a relatively thick cell wall, irrespective of composition, to retain the dye. Therefore, Gramstainability is a function of the cell wall and is not related to chemistry of cell constituents. This review provides a chronology of the Gram stain and discusses its recently discovered mechanism.     

A Modified Hortega-Globus Stain is Superior to Bielschowsky and Bodian Stains for Demonstrating Neuritic Plaques

The quantitative assessment of the age-dependent number of neuritic plaques is essential for the diagnosis of Alzheimer type dementia. This study reports the superiority of a modified Hortega-Globus stain compared to Bielschowsky and Bodian stains applied to samples obtained from ten brains of patients with a clinical history of progressive dementia. In two of ten cases only the modified Hortega-Globus stain allowed confirmation of the diagnosis of senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT). The counts of neuritic plaques in sections stained by other methods were not sufficient to establish the histological diagnosis of SDAT. These results indicate that the choice of the most sensitive staining method is critical for the correct histopathologic diagnosis of the Alzheimer type dementia.     

Diaminobenzidine as a Myelin Stain in Semithin Plastic Sections

A diaminobenzidine (DAB) stain for myelin in glutaraldehyde fixed, osmicated, semithin epoxy sections is described. One or 1.5 μm sections, dried onto slides, are first etched with a 1:2 dilution of saturated sodium ethox-ide:absolute ethanol, then incubated in 0.05% aqueous DAB with 0.01% hydrogen peroxide. DAB specifically stains osmium fixed myelinated nerve fibers. This permits high resolution light microscopic study of myelinated nerve fibers in semithin sections of tissues that also can be studied by electron microscopy.     

The basis for colored silver-protein complex formation in stained polyacrylamide gels

Using a modified silver stain of Merril et al. [(1981) Science 211, 1437-1438] for staining polypeptides in sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels, protein bands reproducibly stain different shades of blue, yellow, red, and gray. The procedure is highly temperature dependent, with optimal color formation at 42 degrees C. The procedure may be completed within 2 h. Color formation is due to silver ion complexes with charged amino acid side chains. The color of the silver-protein complex can be predicted if the amino acid sequence is known, although some exceptions are discussed. This provides another dimension to the characterization of proteins by gel electrophoresis.     

Effects of fixation on routine,special and immunohistochemical stains: introduction to a symposium for the Biological Stain Commission

Orcein was first proposed as an elastic fiber stain by Taenzer in 1890, and has proved very useful for the purpose. It is an important constituent of the author's “Quad” stain. Unfortunately not all orcein samples have proved equally satisfactory, whether they are derived from the lichens from which the dye was originally prepared or have been manufactured by a synthetic process. At the present time several brands are available, and two of the brands of the synthetic product investigated have not proved to be the same thing; one of the latter proves only fair as an elastin stain, the other is one of the best samples the author has ever tried.     

Analysis of differences between coomassie blue stain and silver stain procedures in polyacrylamide gels: conditions for the detection of calmodulin and troponin C

It is reported that the conditions used in some silver stain procedures can fail to detect calmodulin, troponin C, and other proteins with similar physical properties. Conditions are described that allow the reproducible detection of these proteins. Two phenomena are described: (1) lack of protein staining when treatment with glutaraldehyde is omitted from the protocol, and (2) loss of small proteins from the gel matrix during prolonged washing procedures. These data directly demonstrate that the use of some silver staining protocols can result in misleading data in biological studies and provide an explanation for at least one class of proteins of how silver staining and Coomassie blue staining of gels can give different results.