Immunohistochemical demonstration of glycogen phosphorylase in rat brain slices |
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Authors: | B. Pfeiffer K. Elmer W. Roggendorf P. H. Reinhart B. Hamprecht |
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Affiliation: | (1) Physiologisch-Chemisches Institut, University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 4, D-7400 Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Institut für Hirnforschung, University of Tübingen, Calwer Strasse 3, D-7400 Tübingen, Federal Republic of Germany;(3) Present address: Graduate Department of Biochemistry, Branders University, Waltham, Mass., USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Paraffin-embedded sections from paraformaldehyde-fixed rat brain were stained immunocytochemically for glycogen phosphorylase brain isozyme BB, using a monoclonal mouse antibody and the biotin-streptavidin method, with either horseradish peroxidase or -galactosidase as marker enzymes. Two cell types showed strong glycogen phosphorylase-immunoreactivity: Astrocytes and ependymal cells. Most intensive staining was observed in the cerebellar cortex, the neocortex and the hippocampus. Astrocytes in the cerebellar white matter stained positively. The choroid plexus cells stained poorly or not at all. Neurons throughout the brain were negative, as well as oligodendrocytes and bundles of myelinated nerve fibers. These data are consistent with the immunocytochemical localization of glycogen phosphorylase in astroglia-rich primary cultures derived from rat brain. |
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