CYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF LACTIC DEHYDROGENASE IN WHITE SKELETAL MUSCLE

The limitations of the conventional histochemical methods for localization of lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) in white skeletal muscle have been analyzed quantitatively. It is demonstrated that more than 80 per cent of LDH diffuses into the incubation medium within the first 10 minutes of incubation. Furthermore, it is confirmed that the addition of phenazine methosulfate (PMS) to the ingredients of the histochemical reaction for LDH increases substantially the capacity of the white muscle extract to reduce Nitro-BT. Based on these observations, a modified method of cytochemical localization of LDH has been developed. This method prevents the leakage of LDH from tissue sections by the application of all the ingredients of the histochemical reaction to tissue sections in a thin gelatin film. The incubation mixture contains PMS so that the staining system is independent of tissue diaphorase. The application of this method to the adductor magnus muscle of the rabbit revealed a fine reticulum in the sarcoplasm of all muscle fibers, in addition to the staining of mitochondria. The distribution of the staining suggests that LDH is localized in the sarcoplasmic reticulum.     

枸杞胚性细胞分化的超微结构和ATP酶的细胞化学定位研究

枸杞的胚性细胞多由愈伤组织表层的薄壁细胞分化而来,与愈伤组织中未分化的细胞相比,胚性细胞呈卵圆形,细胞核大,核仁明显,细胞质浓厚并含有丰富的细胞器,细胞壁较薄,细胞间有胞间连丝相通;胚性细胞发育到晚期细胞壁加厚,胞间连丝逐渐消失,细胞核向一端偏移,有大液泡形成;胚性细胞的第一次分裂多为均等分裂,形成二细胞原胚,继续分裂形成多细胞原胚;组成多细胞原胚胚体的细胞核大,核形状不规则,细胞质浓厚,细胞器丰富,在质体中出现淀粉的积累。在胚性细胞发育的早期,ATP酶活性主要位于质膜上,随后在液泡内和细胞核中都出现ATP酶活性的分布;随着胚性细胞壁的加厚,细胞壁加厚处和细胞间隙中也出现ATP酶活性反应;当多细胞原胚形成后,ATP酶活性反应主要定位于液泡膜上。由此分析了结构特征、ATP酶活性定位变化与胚性细胞分化的关系。     

不育症精子乳酸脱氢酶同功酶LDHx活性测定及其定位研究

采用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳、酶联染色、光密度扫描、分光光度法以及电镜酶细胞化学等方法 ,对 12例生育男性(生育组 )和 14例不育男性 (不育组 )精子 L DHx进行了研究。结果显示 L DHx电泳区带位于 L DH3和 L DH4之间 ,生育组精子 L DHx绝对活性和相对活性均高于不育组 (P<0 .0 5 )。相关分析表明精子密度与 L DHx绝对活性和相对活性均具有相关性 ,在生育组呈正相关 (r=0 .8和 0 .75 ,P<0 .0 5 ) ,在不育组呈负相关 (r=- 0 .76和 - 0 .78,P<0 .0 5 )。 L DHx酶细胞化学定位分析显示 L DHx酶反应颗粒主要分布于精子型线粒体 (STM)和胞质内 ,少量分布于顶体及质膜表面。生育组精子各部位酶反应颗粒多于不育组 ,且不育组精子多有畸形并伴有超微结构改变。上述研究分析提示 ,精子 L DHx活性测定与定位分析可作为检查不育症精子质量的可靠指标 ,为男性不育症的临床诊断提供实验依据     

CYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF PEROXIDATIC ACTIVITY OF CATALASE IN RAT HEPATIC MICROBODIES (PEROXISOMES)

Prominent staining of rat hepatic microbodies was obtained by incubating sections of aldehyde-fixed rat liver in a modified Graham and Karnovsky's medium for ultrastructural demonstration of peroxidase activity. The electron-opaque reaction product was deposited uniformly over the matrix of the microbodies. The microbodies were identified by their size, shape, presence of tubular nucleoids, and other morphologic characteristics, and by their relative numerical counts. The staining reaction was inhibited by the catalase inhibitor, aminotriazole, and by KCN, azide, high concentrations of H₂O₂, and by boiling of sections. These inhibition studies suggest that the peroxidatic activity of microbody catalase is responsible for the staining reaction. In the absence of exogenous H₂O₂ appreciable staining of microbodies was noted only after prolonged incubation. Addition of sodium pyruvate, which inhibits endogenous generation of H₂O₂ by tissue oxidases, or of crystalline catalase, which decomposes such tissue-generated H₂O₂, completely abolished microbody staining in the absence of H₂O₂. Neither diaminobenzidine nor the product of its oxidation had any affinity to bind nonenzymatically to microbody catalase and thus stain these organelles. The staining of microbodies was optimal at alkaline pH of 8.5. The biological significance of this alkaline pH in relation to the similar pH optima of several microbody oxidases is discussed. In addition to staining of microbodies, a heat-resistant peroxidase activity is seen in some of the peribiliary dense bodies. The relation of this reaction to the peroxidase activity of lipofuscin pigment granules is discussed.     

CYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF ACID PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY IN GRANULE FRACTIONS FROM RABBIT POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES

When rabbit peritoneal exudates (97% polymorphonuclear [PMN] leukocytes, 2% mononuclear cells) were fractionated by zonal sedimentation or isopycnic centrifugation, four fractions (A, B, C, and D) were obtained, as reported earlier. "A" consisted largely of PMN azurophil granules, "B" of PMN specific granules, and "D" of membranous elements. The source of the more heterogeneous "C" fraction (containing acid hydrolases) was uncertain. To gain further information on the nature of this fraction, cytochemical tests for acid phosphatase (AcPase) were carried out on the starting cells and on the fractions. In intact PMN, lead phosphate reaction product was found in Golgi complexes, perinuclear cisternae, and some azurophil granules (immature forms or disrupted mature forms) of a few cells. The specifics and the intact azurophils were not reactive. Reaction product was also found within Golgi cisternae, secondary lysosomes, and some of the azurophil granules of mononuclear cells. Observations on the A and B fractions confirmed those in situ regarding the localization of reaction product in disrupted PMN azurophils, its absence from specifics, and the latency of the enzyme activity in intact azurophils. In the C fraction, AcPase was found in three structures (a) Golgi cisternae, (b) dense bodies, and (c) small pleomorphic granules Comparison with the starting cells indicates that the Golgi complexes are probably derived from both PMN leukocytes and mononuclear cells, whereas the remaining elements resemble (in size, shape, and density) secondary lysosomes and azurophil granules of mononuclear cells. The results indicate that the bulk of the cytochemically detectable AcPase present in the C fraction is derived from mononuclear cells, rather than from PMN leukocytes     

甘蔗叶不同部位ATP酶活性细胞化学定位

甘蔗叶片,叶鞘和肥厚带韧皮部 ATP 酶活性定位于筛管、伴胞的质膜、内质网和某些伴胞细胞基质、小囊泡和发育成熟的液泡上;叶片韧皮部薄壁细胞、厚壁细胞和厚壁通道细胞质膜及小囊泡中亦显示有 ATP 水解产物;维管束鞘细咆与厚壁细胞或厚壁通道细胞所构成的细胞间隙上也存在有 ATP 酶活性反应产物沉淀。甘蔗叶片大、中、小三种维管束,从小维管束到大维管束,面向细胞间隙的细胞表面上的 ATP 酶活性逐渐增强,而维管束鞘细胞质膜上的 ATP 酶活性则趋于减弱;同一维管束内则以韧皮部细胞的 ATP 酶活性最强。维管束鞘细胞与叶肉细胞之间存在很多的胞间连丝,并表现出高的 ATP 酶活性。讨论了 ATP 酶活性的分布状态与叶肉细胞的光合产物向韧皮部运输的关系。     

CYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF MALATE SYNTHASE IN GLYOXYSOMES

Cytochemical staining techniques for microbodies (peroxisomes) are limited at present to the enzymes catalase and α-hydroxy acid oxidase, and neither technique can distinguish glyoxysomes from other microbodies. Described here is a procedure using ferricyanide for the cytochemical demonstration by light and electron microscopy of malate synthase activity in glyoxysomes of cotyledons from fat-storing cucumber and sunflower seedlings. Malate synthase, a key enzyme of the glyoxylate cycle, catalyzes the condensation of acetyl CoA with glyoxylate to form malate and release free coenzyme A. Localization of the enzyme activity is based on the reduction by free CoA of ferricyanide to ferrocyanide, and the visualization of the latter as an insoluble, electron-opaque deposit of copper ferrocyanide (Hatchett's brown). The conditions and optimal concentrations for the cytochemical reaction mixture were determined in preliminary studies using a colorimetric assay developed to measure disappearance of ferricyanide at 420 nm. Ultrastructural observation of treated tissue reveals electron-opaque material deposited uniformly throughout the matrix portion of the glyoxysomes, with little background deposition elsewhere in the cell. The reaction product is easily visualized in plastic sections by phase microscopy without poststaining. Although the method has been applied thus far only to cotyledons of fat-storing seedlings, it is anticipated that the technique will be useful in localizing and studying glyoxylate cycle activity in a variety of tissues from both plants and animals.     

SYNTHESIS AND DEGRADATION OF POLY-beta-HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID IN CONNECTION WITH SPORULATION OF BACILLUS MEGATERIUM.

Slepecky, Ralph A. (Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.), and John H. Law. Synthesis and degradation of poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid in connection with sporulation of Bacillus megaterium. J. Bacteriol. 82:37-42. 1961.-The production of poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate has been followed in Bacillus megaterium, a sporulating strain, and B. megaterium strain KM, a nonsporulating strain, by an improved assay procedure and by the use of C(14)-acetate.The production of polymer in the KM strain follows the growth curve very slowly and reaches a peak at the time the cells are entering the stationary phase of growth. Slow utilization of polymer follows.When the sporulating strain is grown under conditions favorable for polymer production, no spores are formed; polymer production and utilization follow kinetics similar to those observed with asporogenous strains.When the sporulating strain is grown under conditions unfavorable for polymer production but favorable for sporulation, less polymer is produced and peak production occurs during the log phase of growth. Rapid utilization of the polymer precedes sporulation.If the medium is made favorable for polymer production by the addition of glucose and acetate and vigorous aeration conditions are used, sporulation can be obtained after good polymer production and subsequent utilization.     

CYTOCHEMICAL LOCALIZATION OF ACID PHOSPHATASES IN EUGLENA GRACILIS

The localization of induced and constitutive acid phosphatase activity in Euglena was studied by light and electron microscopy, using two different cytochemical methods. Cells grown in high phosphate medium have constitutive acid phosphatase activity in three regions: in the Golgi complex, around the paramylum bodies, and in the peri-reservoir vesicles. Cells that have formed an induced acid phosphatase by exposure to a phosphate-deficient medium have, in addition to the constitutive activity localized exactly as in the uninduced cell, a strong activity in the pellicle. The induced activity is not uniformly distributed over the pellicle, but is localized at the notch of each pellicle complex, near a group of about four fibrils and near a characteristic vesicle of the endoplasmic reticulum. In the cytostome, where fission begins during division, there is an alternation of large and small pellicle complexes, both of which have induced phosphatase activity. A similar alternation is seen over the entire pellicle of dividing cells.     

小鼠胸腺皮质外位腺苷三磷酸酶的细胞化学定位

对探索细胞之间相互作用的机制,对ＢＡＬＢ／ｃ小鼠胸腺皮质内腺苷三磷酸酶进行了细胞化学定位。结果表明该酶活性主要位于毛细血管基膜,内此细胞皮膜和吞饮小泡;上皮性网状细胞和胸腺细胞的质膜外层,特别是二者的相邻面。巨噬细胞及上皮性网状细胞的溶酶和囊泡也具有此酶活性。本文对外位腺苷三磷酸酶有抑制腺苷三磷酸诱发胸腺细胞凋落死亡的可能性进行了讨论。     

大麦细胞核骨架及染色体骨架肌动蛋白免疫细胞化学定位

以大麦（Ｈｏｒｄｅｕｍ ｖｕｌｇａｒｅ）根尖分生细胞为实验材料,采用免疫荧光标记技术证明了大麦细胞骨架及染色骨架中存在骨动蛋白;并进一步采用免疫电镜技术在原位水平探讨了肌动蛋白在细胞核及染色体中的分布规律。还对肌动蛋白在细胞核及染色体中的功能进行了讨论。     

THE INITIAL STRUCTURAL LESION OF PENICILLIN ACTION IN BACILLUS MEGATERIUM

The effect of penicillin on the structure of Bacillus megaterium cells was followed in media with and without osmotic stabilization. In peptone without osmotic support the cells showed a distortion of the normal membrane-wall relationship by 20 minutes. This appeared to be a combination of both membrane distortion and cytoplasmic leakage. Lytic changes quickly followed. With osmotic support a clean-cut lesion at the transverse-septal site developed by 10 minutes' growth in penicillin. The membrane lost its normal relationship to the cell wall and formed a pocket which was filled with a fibrous material which appeared to be unorganized wall mucopeptide. The pocket of fibers enlarged until the cell either lysed or formed a protoplast.     

Vc二步发酵中伴生菌的作用机制

应用细胞培养和膜分离技术研究了Vc两步发酵中伴生菌巨大芽孢杆菌（Bacillus megaterium）对氧化葡萄糖酸杆菌（Gluconobacter oxydans）产酸作用机制。结果表明：巨大芽孢杆菌培养液中分子量在30－50kD及大于100kD组分明显促进产酸：其组分通过凝胶怪析分离纯化,自动紫检测仪检测（280nm）,聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳及考马斯亮兰G250特异染色,初步证实为蛋白质,且至少是两种以上蛋白质,它们在低温下稳定性较好。     

LOCALIZATION OF DEHYDROGENASE AND ACID PHOSPHATASE IN THE ABSCISSION ZONE OF BEAN LEAVES

Leaf abscission in Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. ‘Contender’ is associated with enzymatic changes during and prior to separation. Deblading resulted in a localized increase in dehydrogenase and acid phosphatase in the abscission zone. Increased enzyme activities were observed 24–48 hr after deblading. In debladed plants separation was complete in 6–8 days. At separation, dehydrogenase activity appeared to decrease and localization was specific to the protective layer, while the petiole side had no activity. In contrast, acid phosphatase activity was observed in some layers of cells on the petiole side after separation. Ethylene treatment promoted abscission and separation occurred in 24–48 hr in both debladed and intact plants. No protective layer was formed during ethylene-induced abscission. Enzymatic changes similar to those observed in debladed control plants were observed with ethylene treatment. Ethylene induced an additional abscission layer between the pulvinus and petiole, where an abscission layer normally does not form. In this ethylene-induced abscission layer, similar enzyme activities were detected.     

THE LOCALIZATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL NADP-DEPENDENT ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE IN NORMAL AND HYPOXIC CONDITIONS

NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase is localized in both external and internal membranes and in the mitochondrial matrix from brains of adult and newborn animals. Electrophoretic studies indicate that the mitochondrial enzyme occurs in the form of two isoenzymes; the isoenzyme of the external membranes behaves similarly to that of the cytoplasm. Ischaemia in adult animals results in a decrease in enzyme specific activity, particularly in external membranes, while in the mitochondrial fraction of the newborn the activity of the enzyme increased.     

FORMALIN FIXATION IN THE CYTOCHEMICAL DEMONSTRATION OF SUCCINIC DEHYDROGENASE OF MITOCHONDRIA

A variety of established methods for protecting mitochondria were tested on rat duodenal epithelium during the histochemical assay for succinic dehydrogenase. The use of sucrose at isotonic or hypertonic concentrations, 7.5 per cent polyvinylpyrrolidone, divalent cations, physiological salt solutions, phenazine methosulfate, coenzyme Q₁₀, and menadione failed to improve the quality of the histochemical preparation once fresh frozen sections were prepared. However, preservation of mitochondrial integrity with little diminution in succinic dehydrogenase activity was obtained by fixing tissue slices (less than 1 mm. in thickness) in 8 per cent unneutralized, aqueous formaldehyde from 8 to 16 minutes at from 5° to 10°C. prior to freezing. To offset the inhibition of enzymatic activity it was necessary to extend the incubation period by 10 to 15 minutes. Two-micron-thick sections were easily obtained from the frozen blocks of such fixed tissue and incubated in the unmodified Nitro—BT-succinate medium. Once the optimum conditions for fixation of intestinal epithelium were determined, many other tissues were subjected to the same procedure. From the morphological standpoint the appearance of the mitochondria in these histochemical preparations compares favorably with the results obtained using the classical Regaud iron-hematoxylin staining procedure. With most tissues, the results are superior to those with fresh frozen sections. However, results with muscle, sperm, and kidney tubular epithelium are not as strikingly improved as with gut and liver.