泌尿系统部分器官的超微结构

图1.肾小体扫描电镜图象图示兔肾皮质部的割断面。可见一完整肾小体,其肾小囊的壁层(PL)为单层扁平上皮,囊下腔(*)较窄而不规则。血管球内毛细血管表面,足细胞(PO)外形不整。×680 图2.肾滤过膜扫描电镜图象本图下方为足细胞胞体,由胞体分出初级突(PP)、次级突(SP)和三级突(TP)。三级突附于毛细血管内皮细胞外的基膜上(*)、图右上角为毛细血管腔,腔内有血细胞。毛细血管内皮上有孔(↑),L为肾小体囊腔。×21,500     

循环系统部分器官扫描电镜图像

图1.毛细血管断面扫描电镜(SEm)图像图示犬肺泡毛细血管割断面。其管壁薄而内表面光滑,内皮细胞核(N)突向管腔;腔内含有呈缗钱状排列的红细胞(RBC)。图右上方为肺泡腔,△为肺泡扁平上皮细胞的核。×11,500     

SD大鼠血管内皮细胞的凝集素组织化学研究

为进一步了解大鼠血管内皮细胞表面糖基的分布, 本文应用５ 种生物素化凝集素（ＧＳ－Ｉ、ＲＣＡ－Ｉ、ＷＧＡ、ＣｏｎＡ和ＵＥＡ－Ｉ） 对大鼠心脏、胸主动脉、肝脏和子宫的血管内皮细胞采用ＡＢＣ法标记。结果表明,光镜下, ＧＳ－Ｉ对心脏、胸主动脉、子宫的血管内皮染色阳性; ＲＣＡ－Ｉ对所检组织内血管内皮细胞染色阳性,其中对心脏和肝的血管内皮与血管外组织细胞的染色强度有显著不同; ＣｏｎＡ对肝血窦内皮与对肝细胞的染色强度有明显不同; ＵＥＡ－Ｉ对各脏器血管内皮细胞未见阳性标记。电镜下ＧＳ－Ｉ阳性反应产物位于心肌毛细血管内皮细胞表面。提示, 血管内皮细胞表面存在的某些糖复合物含有Ｄ－半乳糖、Ｎ－乙酰氨基半乳糖、Ｎ－乙酰氨基葡萄糖、Ｄ－甘露糖。ＧＳ－Ｉ可视为心脏、胸主动脉、子宫的血管内皮细胞的特异性标记物。ＲＣＡ－Ｉ既可作为心脏的血管内皮, 亦可作为肝血窦内皮的特异性标记物, ＣｏｎＡ可作为肝血窦内皮的特异性标记物。     

旋转加压种植法在新型生物人工复合血管体外内皮化过程中的实验研究

目的：探讨在新型生物人工复合血管内腔面联合种植平滑肌细胞和内皮细胞的方法,比较研究旋转加压种植与普通灌注种植两种方法的内皮化效果,方法：先制备新型生物人工复合血管及获取培养鉴定平滑肌细胞和内皮细胞,再和旋转加压种植与普通灌注种植两种方法将平滑肌细胞和内皮细胞培养种植于新型复合血管内腔面,以光镜及扫描电镜等观察评价内皮化的效果。结果：旋转加压种植2小时末的复合血管腔内有大量内皮细胞,旋转加压种植9天后已形成完整的内皮细胞单层;普通灌注种植的复合血管内腔有内皮细胞附着,分布不均匀,未形成完整的内皮细胞层,结论：以旋转加压种植法在新型复合血管内腔面联合种植平滑肌细胞和内皮细胞效果满意,基本实现内皮化,可以满足复合血管内皮化的要求。     

平阳霉素对鸡胚绒毛尿囊膜血管内皮细胞生长的影响

利用鸡胚绒毛尿囊膜研究平阳霉素对血管内皮细胞移动和增殖的影响.(1)内皮细胞移动采用组织学切片、常规H-E染色,通过观察不同胚龄鸡胚CAM的组织学结构即可判定毛细血管EC移动.发现鸡胚在第8、10、12天胚龄时CAM EC都位于外胚层绒毛膜上皮之下,随胚龄增大,EC逐渐由中胚层移向外胚层.而孵育至第14天后(16、18天)CAM毛细血管EC大都移至外胚层上皮之上,紧贴壳膜.PY可明显抑制EC移动,使第18天胚龄时早已该移至外胚层之上的毛细血管EC仍停留在外胚层上皮之下.(2)内皮细胞增殖用放射自显影技术对第10天胚龄的鸡胚CAM EC进行3H-TdR标记,标记率即反映EC增殖的程度.同时用血管生长抑制剂PY对比研究对EC增殖的影响.对照组和实验组EC 3H-TdR标记率分别为41.5±3.4%和20.3±1.5%,PY可使CAM EC的DNA合成减少,即抑制EC增殖.鸡胚CAM可作为研究EC移动和增殖的体内模型,用于血管生成刺激因子和抑制因子的筛选和研究.     

免疫胶体金标记显示波形纤维与核孔复合体的结合

中间纤维与细胞核的关系是一个亟待解决解决的重要问题。本文采用火鸡红细胞作为研究材料,首先用细胞分级抽提结合免疫印迹反应显示火鸡红细胞中间纤维蛋白为波形纤维蛋白。然后,我们采用细胞分级抽提结合包埋前免疫胶体金标记的方法显示胞质中间纤维被抗波形纤维蛋白抗体－蛋白Ａ－胶体金特异标记。同时,我们显示结合于核孔复合体上的胞质纤维被抗波形纤维蛋白抗体－蛋白Ａ－胶体金所特异标记。本文结果表明,结合于核孔复合体上     

聚乳酸纳米粒穿透血脑屏障的分析电镜研究

观察以聚乳酸 (D ,L-polylacticacid,PLA)为材料制备、经吐温-80(T-80)表面改性的纳米粒对血脑屏障的穿透效果并探讨其机制 ,分别将FITC-Dextran、叶绿素铜作为PLA纳米粒的示踪标记 ,应用荧光显微镜、透射电镜及分析电镜观察经静脉注射入小鼠体内的PLA纳米粒在脑组织中的分布、穿透血脑屏障的特性。荧光显微镜观察到小鼠脑组织中散在及沿毛细血管壁分布的荧光颗粒 ,透射电镜可观察到小鼠脑毛细血管内皮细胞及周围脑组织中圆形或类圆形的外源性纳米粒 ;进一步采用分析电镜对颗粒处组织进行能谱分析证实其为叶绿素铜标记的PLA纳米粒。证实了T-80修饰的PLA纳米粒具有穿透血脑屏障的特性 ,机制可能是毛细血管内皮细胞的胞吞转运作用 ,同时 ,为研究纳米粒在组织内的定位提供了新的标记方法.     

微重力对血管及血管内皮细胞的影响

血管系统功能紊乱是微重力诱导立位耐力不良发生的重要因素之一。血管内皮细胞是覆盖在血管内壁上组成血管管腔面的一层单层细胞,是血管壁的重要组成部分,并且在血管功能调控中起到渗透屏障、调节舒缩等重要作用。近年研究发现,微重力可对不同部位的血管系统和血管内皮细胞产生不同的影响,比如可使脑动脉缩血管反应性增加、舒血管反应性下降,颈动脉和腹主动脉缩血管和舒血管反应性下降,肺动脉缩血管反应性下降、舒血管反应性增加,肠系膜动静脉和下肢动脉缩血管反应性下降。另外,微重力可促进大血管来源的内皮细胞生长,但抑制微血管来源的内皮细胞的生长。本文就微重力对血管及血管内皮细胞影响的研究进展作一概述。     

成年牦牛心室壁微血管的形态特征

用ABS血管铸型、扫描电镜观察法和血管炭素墨水灌注、组织切片法研究了成年牦牛心脏微血管的构筑特征,首次对各级微血管的管径和毛细血管的密度进行了测量,并对成年牦牛心室壁的微血管进行了分类.结果显示:成年牦牛心脏微动脉、毛细血管前微动脉和毛细血管的管径平均值分别为为 78.50±10.23 μm ,16.24±2.27 μm ,6.57±2.28 μm.其管径范围分别为12.5～100 μm,12.50～19.99 μm,6.25～12.50 μm.成年牦牛心脏微动脉一般经3-4级分支才发出毛细血管,其第一、第二、第三和第四级分支的管径平均值分别为87.64±4.87 μm, 69.46±6.67 μm, 48.52±5.77 μm,30.45±5.44 μm.其范围分别为79.55～95 μm, 59.31～79.55 μm,37.50～59.31 μm,19.99～37.50 μm.成年牦牛心肌层毛细血管的密度为2 528±263根/mm2,靠近心外膜处毛细血管的密度为1 864±179根/mm2,心内膜毛细血管的密度为1 636±235根/ mm2.成年牦牛心脏微动脉铸型表面呈典型的"树皮样"结构,偶尔可见卵圆形的内皮细胞核压痕.成年牦牛心脏毛细血管前微动脉铸型形态呈锥状,铸型表面有环行缩窄.成年牦牛心脏的毛细血管铸型表面光滑,有环形缩窄,无内皮细胞核压痕.成年牦牛心肌层中毛细血管与心肌纤维平行,并形成"H"形或"Y"形的广泛吻合,而在靠近心内膜处毛细血管形态较为扭曲,毛细血管多形成平面或立体的吻合.成年牦牛心脏微静脉管径多在300 μm以下,管腔扁且不规则,微静脉铸型呈"树根"样结构.     

精子表面凝集素受体细胞化学检测法研究──Ⅲ．标记－劈裂术及其方法学问题

本文应用标记劈裂术检测精子表面ＣｏｎＡ受体并主要从方法学上加以探讨。采用１８ｎｍ和６ｎｍ胶体金作标记物进行比较,表明６ｎｍ金标记效率高,与膜蛋白分子对应性好,并提示６ｎｍ胶体金似可对质膜ＰＦ面跨膜蛋白进行定性。文中对该方法的技术关键作了总结,表明标记－劈裂术是质膜大分子细胞化学研究的可靠的新技术。     

Molecular characteristics of pial microvessels of the rat optic nerve. Can pial microvessels be used as a model for the blood-brain barrier?

Pial microvessels have commonly been used in studies of the blood-brain barrier because of their relative accessibility. To determine the validity of using the pial microvessel as a model system for the blood-brain barrier, we have extended the comparison of pial and cerebral microvessels at the molecular level by a partial characterization of the glycocalyx of pial endothelial cells, in view of the functional importance of anionic sites within the glycocalyx. Rat optic nerves were fixed by vascular perfusion. Anionic sites on the endothelium were labelled with cationic colloidal gold by means of post- and pre-embedding techniques. The effects of digestion of ultrathin sections on subsequent gold labelling was quantified following their treatment with a battery of enzymes. Biotinylated lectins, viz. wheat germ agglutinin and concanavalin A with streptavidin gold, were employed to identify specific saccharide residues. The results demonstrate that the luminal glycocalyx of pial microvessels is rich in sialic-acid-containing glycoproteins. Neuraminidase, which is specific for N-acetylneuraminic (sialic) acid, and papain (a protease with a wide specificity) significantly reduce cationic colloidal gold binding to the luminal endothelial cell plasma membrane. Wheat germ agglutinin (with an affinity for sialic acid) binds more to the luminal than abluminal plasma membrane, whereas concanavalin A, which binds mannose, binds more to the abluminal surface. Similar results have been obtained for cerebral cortical endothelial cells. With respect to these molecular characteristics, therefore, the pial and cortical microvessels appear to be the same. However, since the two vessel types differ in other respects, caution is urged regarding the use of pial microvessels to investigate the blood-brain barrier. Received: 22 July 1996 / Accepted: 11 October 1996     

Demonstration and cytochemical analysis of anionic sites on ejaculated boar spermatozoa: a scanning electron microscopy study using cationised colloidal gold

The plasmalemma of spermatozoa bears negative charges as is the case for most mammalian cells. This has been concluded from the sperm cell's electrophoretic behaviour and from labelling experiments with various cationic probes followed by transmission electron microscopy of ultrathin sections. An overall view of the cell surface, however, is necessary in order to assess the distribution and density of the anionic sites adequately. We, therefore, used scanning electron microscopy in combination with cationised colloidal gold labelling to analyse the presence of anionic sites on ejaculated boar spermatozoa. Incubations were performed at pH 3.5, 2.5 and 1.0. Labelling was specific and bound gold particles were unequivocally identified using the backscattered electron signal. The chemical nature of the anionic sites involved was investigated by treating spermatozoa with pronase, phosphatase and neuraminidase as well as by methylation, acid hydrolysis and beta-elimination prior to cationised gold labelling. Our results suggest that besides phosphates, carboxyl groups are predominantly accountable for the binding of cationised colloidal gold. Presumptive macromolecules bearing these anionic sites are phospholipids and sialic acid residues. The combination of methods presented herewith should be of value in order to elucidate charge interactions which have been shown to play a role in cellular recognition events and adhesion.     

Chitosan-colloidal gold complexes as polycationic probes for the detection of anionic sites by transmission and scanning electron microscopy

A new cationic colloidal gold complex has been developed for ultrastructural localization of cell surface anionic sites by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The marker is prepared by labelling gold particles of suitable sizes (6 to 70 nm in diameter) with chitosan, a polymer of beta (1----4)-linked D-glucosamine. Using human red blood cells as a model, chitosan-gold complexes were shown to be specific for anionic sites and at pH 2 for sialic acid residues. The binding capacity of complexes of different sizes with carboxymethyl and phosphorylated celluloses was examined as a function of pH and ionic strength. The results indicated that these complexes can be used under acidic conditions as well as in physiological buffers. The complexes were further tested by transmission and scanning electron microscopy in detecting anionic sites on cells of various origins such as Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus maltaromicus, Lactobacillus reuteri, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces rouxii, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Fusarium oxysporum, Catharantus roseus.     

Demonstration of anionic sites on the luminal and abluminal fronts of endothelial cells with poly-L-lysine-gold complex

An attempt was made to demonstrate the anionic sites on the endothelial cell (EC) surfaces of mouse brain micro-blood vessels (MBVs) after embedding of tissue samples in hydrophilic media: Lowicryl K4M, LR White, and Polyamph-10. As a cationic probe, poly-L-lysine-gold complex (PLG), prepared according to the procedure of Skutelsky and Roth (J Histochem Cytochem 34:693, 1986), was used. In ultra-thin sections of brain samples embedded in Lowicryl K4M and LR White, the anionic sites were demonstrated in the entire cross-section of the vessel wall. After embedding in Polyamph-10, however, the anionic sites could not be detected. Brain capillaries, representing blood-brain barrier type MBVs, showed polar distribution of anionic sites, evidenced by more intense labeling of luminal than of abluminal plasma membrane of the EC. Some differences in labeling of ECs and of basement membrane in arterioles and venules were also noted. The use of cationic gold and the ultra-thin sections of tissue samples embedded in hydrophilic media (Lowicryl K4M and LR White) seems to be a promising new method for detection of anionic constituents located on both luminal and abluminal surfaces of the EC, in the basement membrane, and in other components of the vessel wall.     

Changes in the distribution of anionic constituents in secretory granules of mouse pancreatic acinar cells after pilocarpine-induced degranulation.

We used cationized colloidal gold (CCG) to investigate the distribution of anionic sites in different secretory granules of mouse pancreatic acinar cell regranulation. Localization of anionic sites with CCG was carried out on ultrathin sections of a mouse pancreas, fixed in Karnovsky's fixative and OsO4 and embedded in Araldite. After pilocarpine-stimulated degranulation, there was a marked diminution in the anionic charge density of immature and mature granules of the 4-hr group (approximately 43.0 gold particles/microm2) compared to the 8-hr mature granules group (approximately 64.6 gold particles/microm2). Scattergram analysis to investigate the correlation between section profile size and cationized gold labeling density revealed a reverse correlation, the small granule profiles demonstrated a higher density compared to the larger profiles of the same group. On the basis of these observations, it appears that a post-translational processing of secretory content influences the granule anionic charge and thus may affect the intragranular buffer capacity.     

Distribution of anionic sites in gut tissue: an electron-microscopical study

Summary A new one-step incubation method using cationic gold colloid was applied to reveal anionic moieties in rat colonic mucosa. Gold particles were detected in all cellular nuclei, basement membranes, mast cell granules and collagen fibres, while the luminal surfaces of all vascular endothelial cells were devoid of gold label. Application of the method for detection of anionic domains under various conditions is discussed.     

Chitosan-colloidal gold complexes as polycationic probes for the detection of anionic sites by transmission and scanning electron microscopy

Summary A new cationic colloidal gold complex has been developed for ultrastructural localization of cell surface anionic sites by transmission and scanning electron microscopy. The marker is prepared by labelling gold particles of suitable sizes (6 to 70 nm in diameter) with chitosan, a polymer of (14)-linked d-glucosamine. Using human red blood cells as a model, chitosan-gold complexes were shown to be specific for anionic sites and at pH 2 for sialic acid residues. The binding capacity of complexes of different sizes with carboxymethyl and phosphorylated celluloses was examined as a function of pH and ionic strength. The results indicated that these complexes can be used under acidic conditions as well as in physiological buffers. The complexes were further tested by transmission and scanning electron microscopy in detecting anionic sites on cells of various origins such as Escherichia coli, Lactobacillus maltaromicus, Lactobacillus reuteri, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces rouxii, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Fusarium oxysporum, Catharantus roseus.     

Ultracytochemical characteristics of cultured goat brain microvascular endothelial cells [corrected]

This ultrastructural study was undertaken to determine the localization of cytochemically demonstrable blood-brain barrier (BBB)-associated enzymatic activities and of some nonenzymatic constituents in goat [corrected] brain microvascular endothelial cells (ECs) growing in vitro. Positive reactions for alkaline phosphatase (AP), 5'-nucleotidase (5'N), transport ATPase (Na+,K(+)-ATPase), and adenosine diphosphatase (ADPase) were present on both apical and basolateral plasma membranes (PMs) of the ECs. The reaction for calcium-dependent ATPase (Ca(2+)-ATPase) was less intense and was restricted to basolateral PM and associated plasmalemmal pits. These cells also revealed an abundance of anionic sites labeled with cationic colloidal gold (CCG) and Ricinus communis agglutinin 120 (RCA)-binding sites, specific for beta-D-galactosyl residues, on the apical PM. The labeling of the apical PM with Ulex europaeus agglutinin (UEA)-gold complex, specific for alpha-L-fucosyl residues, was negligible. When compared with results of cytochemical examination of the ECs of goat [corrected] brain capillary in vivo, these observations indicate that although cells cultivated in vitro retain at confluence the enzymatic activities typical for BBB-type ECS, they lose their characteristic (polar) localization. This loss is interpreted as a reflection of lost functional polarity of the microvascular endothelium in vitro resulting from deprivation of the normal influence of the components of brain parenchyma.     

Detection of glycosaminoglycans on the surface of human umbilical vein endothelial cells using gold-conjugated poly-l -lysine with silver enhancement

Summary Endothelial glycosaminoglycans are important in a diverse range of vascular functions. In the course of a biochemical and histological study exploring the role of glycosaminoglycans in inflammation, we have investigated the use of gold-conjugated poly-l-lysine with silver enhancement to establish the nature and physical location of glycosaminoglycans on the surface of cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells. Cationic gold was effective in locating anionic sites in both cultured endothelial cells and in paraffin-embedded renal tissue. By manipulating pH, and by using enzymes specific for degrading glycosaminoglycans, it was found that, at pH 1.2, staining was directed primarily at glycosaminoglycans. The surface of human umbilical vein endothelial cells was found to be extensively covered in heparan sulphate, the histological appearance of which was dependent upon the fixation procedure employed. Heparan sulphate was also seen to co-distribute with the extracellular matrix protein, fibronectin, when endothelial cultures were simultaneously stained with cationic gold and an antibody to cellular fibronectin.     

Cationic colloidal gold--a new probe for the detection of anionic cell surface sites by electron microscopy

Particles of colloidal gold were coated with poly-L-lysine to prepare cationic colloidal gold. Monodispersed colloidal gold with a particle diameter of 5, 8, or 15 nm and poly-L-lysine with a molecular weight of 350,000 or 1500-8000 were used. The resulting complexes were used to label red blood cell membranes. The labeling was sensitive to neuraminidase treatment or acid hydrolysis, demonstrating that cationic colloidal gold binds preferentially to anionic cell surface constituents. Cationic colloidal gold can be used at physiological pH values and ionic strength, as well as at low pH values, making it a flexible probe for detection of anionic cellular components.