The Relation to Lysosomes of theIn Vivo Metachromatic Granules

2008 ◽  
pp. 226-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Dalcq
Keyword(s):  
Metachromatic Granules

METACHROMATIC LEUKO-ENCEPHALOPATHY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1064-1073
Author(s):  
Raymond F. Hain ◽  
Gerald D. LaVeck
Keyword(s):  
Illustrative Case ◽  
Frozen Sections ◽  
Paraffin Sections ◽  
Mental Deterioration ◽  
Pathologic Findings ◽  
Blue Stain ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Metachromatic Granules ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Formalin Fixed

Metachromatic leuko-encephalopathy is a familial degenerative disease of the central nervous system included with Schilder's disease as a type of diffuse cerebral sclerosis. The disease usually has its onset early in childhood and is characteried by progressive motor and mental deterioration with ataxia, muscular weakness, spasticity, optic atrophy, convulsions and finally dementia. The concentration of protein of the cerebrospinal fluid is frequently elevated. The pathologic findings consist of demyelination, destruction of axons, gliosis and the accumulation of metachromatic granules in the brain and other organs. The metachromasia can be demonstrated in formalin-fixed frozen sections with a toluidine blue stain. It is not demonstrable in paraffin sections. Histochemical studies indicate this abnormal material is probably a complex of glycolipids and protein. It has been reported elsewhere that early diagnosis can be established by demonstrating the metachromatic materials in urinary sediment or in a real biopsy. An illustrative case has been presented.

scholarly journals Multiple cutaneous mast cell tumours in a Boa imperator

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e001040
Author(s):  
Ann-Kathrin Onkels ◽  
Christina Stadler ◽  
Udo Hetzel ◽  
Jana Mueller ◽  
Christiane Herden
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Subcutaneous Tissue ◽  
Skin Lesions ◽  
Giemsa Stain ◽  
Cell Populations ◽  
Round Cell ◽  
Dense Granules ◽  
The Family ◽  
Cutaneous Mast Cell ◽  
Metachromatic Granules

Mast cell tumours (MCTs) are common in dogs and cats, but are only rarely reported in reptiles. This case documents the clinical and pathomorphological results from a Boa imperator with multiple cutaneous nodules, diagnosed as MCT based on histopathology, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy approaches. Grossly, there were multifocal, poorly demarcated, mostly ulcerated nodules ~3 cm in diameter on the skin. Histologically, the dermis and the subcutaneous tissue were infiltrated by round cell populations with eosinophilic granules. Toluidine blue and Giemsa stain revealed metachromatic granules. Using immunohistochemistry, some cells exhibited cytoplasmic immunostaining positive for tryptase. Ultrastructurally, variable quantities of intracytoplasmic, spherical and electron-dense granules were also detected. The MCT literature on snakes is scarce, especially for the family Boidae, but MCTs should be considered a differential diagnosis for nodular skin lesions in reptiles.

scholarly journals Distribution of Mast Cells and Locations, Depths, and Sizes of the Putative Acupoints CV 8 and KI 16

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Jiyoon Jung ◽  
Haim Song ◽  
Yu Yeon Kim ◽  
Jungdae Kim ◽  
Sungchul Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Allergic Inflammation ◽  
Acupuncture Points ◽  
Precise Control ◽  
Scientific Investigations ◽  
Precise Knowledge ◽  
Metachromatic Granules ◽  
The Right ◽  
Ventral Skin ◽  
Old Mice

The anatomical locations and sizes of acupuncture points (APs) are identified in traditional Chinese medicine by using the cun measurement method. More precise knowledge of those locations and sizes to submillimeter precision, along with their cytological characterizations, would provide significant contributions both to scientific investigations and to precise control of the practice of acupuncture. Over recent decades, researchers have come to realize that APs in the skin of rats and humans have more mast cells (MCs) than neighboring nonacupoints. In this work, the distribution of MCs in the ventral skin of mice was studied so that it could be used to infer the locations, depths from the epidermis, and sizes of three putative APs. The umbilicus was taken as the reference point, and a transversal cross section through it was studied. The harvested skins from 8-week-old mice were stained with toluidine blue, and the MCs were recognized by their red-purple stains and their metachromatic granules. The three putative APs, CV 8 and the left and the right KI 16 APs, were identified based on their high densities of MCs. These findings also imply that acupuncture may stimulate, through MCs, an immune response to allergic inflammation.

scholarly journals HURLER'S SYNDROME

1966 ◽  
Vol 123 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Shannon Danes ◽  
Alexander G. Bearn
Keyword(s):  
Cell Culture ◽  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Alcian Blue ◽  
X Chromosome ◽  
Toluidine Blue ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Clinically Normal ◽  
Hurler’S Syndrome ◽  
Metachromatic Granules ◽  
Primary Action

Seven families affected with Hurler's syndrome have been studied using the methods of cell culture. Skin fibroblasts obtained from the skin of 7 patients with Hurler's syndrome contained metachromatic granules when stained for mucopolysaccharides with toluidine blue O and alcian blue, whereas fibroblasts from normal subjects contained no metachromatic granules. In four families skin cultures of the clinically normal parents showed fibroblasts which contained demonstrable metachromatic granules and "gargoyle" cells and were considered to be heterozygous for the abnormal gene. Fibroblast cultures from certain other members of these families showed metachromasia. These findings were also considered to indicate heterozygosity for the abnormal gene. Three families of the X-linked type of the disease were studied. Fibroblasts cultured from the father contained no metachromatic granules whereas those of the hemizygous mother contained both metachromatic granules and "gargoyle" cells. In one family the abnormal gene could be traced through unaffected individuals for three generations. The prolonged preservation of the biochemical trait in tissue culture will permit studies to be performed designed to clarify the primary action of the abnormal genes which result in Hurler's syndrome, as well as to increase the usefulness of this trait in mapping the human X chromosome.

scholarly journals Cytopathological Findings of Secretory Carcinoma of the Salivary Gland and the Diagnostic Utility of Giemsa Staining

Diagnostics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2284
Author(s):  
Yuria Egusa ◽  
Midori Filiz Nishimura ◽  
Satoko Baba ◽  
Kengo Takeuchi ◽  
Takuma Makino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Fusion Gene ◽  
Needle Aspiration ◽  
Giemsa Staining ◽  
World Health ◽  
Salivary Gland Neoplasm ◽  
Secretory Carcinoma ◽  
Neoplastic Cells ◽  
Metachromatic Granules ◽  
Health Organization

Secretory carcinoma is a salivary gland neoplasm first described as a mammary analogue secretory carcinoma by Skalova et al. in 2010 and redesignated as a secretory carcinoma in the 2017 World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors. Secretory carcinoma diagnosis is reliant on specific cytological and histological findings and the detection of an ETV6-NTRK3 fusion gene. Here, we examined the clinical and cytopathological features of four cases of secretory carcinoma occurring in three males and a female, aged between 39 and 74 years. All four tumors involved the parotid gland, and were found to have the ETV6-NTRK3 fusion gene. Fine-needle aspiration-based cytology smears of all tumors displayed papillary and/or dendritic pattern clusters, some of which were associated with blood vessels. The neoplastic cells displayed enlarged nuclei with fine chromatin and small, distinct, single nucleoli. Furthermore, several neoplastic cells with a characteristic vacuolated cytoplasm were identified in each specimen. Giemsa staining revealed cytoplasmic vacuolation, intracytoplasmic metachromatic secretions and/or various sized metachromatic granules, and a background of metachromatic mucin in all four specimens. Given this, we conclude that these cytological findings, especially those of the Giemsa staining, might be helpful in the diagnosis of secretory carcinoma.

The Cytochemistry of the Amoebocytes and Intestinal Epithelium of Venus Mercenaria (Lamellibranchiata), with Remarks on a Pigment Resembling Ceroid

1955 ◽  
Vol s3-96 (33) ◽  
pp. 57-71
Author(s):  
SUMNER I. ZACKS
Keyword(s):  
Intestinal Epithelium ◽  
Periodic Acid ◽  
Goblet Cells ◽  
Neutral Red ◽  
Serum Cholinesterase ◽  
Periodic Acid Schiff ◽  
Intestinal Mucus ◽  
Specific Granules ◽  
Sulphydryl Groups ◽  
Metachromatic Granules

The properties of the amoebocytes and intestinal epithelium of Venus mercenaria were studied by a variety of cytochemical procedures designed to demonstrate proteins, enzymes, carbohydrates, and lipids. The cytoplasm of the amoebocytes contains specific granules which are constantly present and which are interpreted as being atypical mitochondria. Identification of their mitochondrial nature rests on their staining with Janus green B, their positive reaction for phospholipid by Baker's test, and the presence of dehydrogenase activity. Unlike typical mitochondria, the specific granules are eosinophil. Protein-bound carbonyl groups and disulphide and sulphydryl groups are present in both the specific granules and the cytoplasm. The sulphydryl groups may in part be associated with the presence of dehydrogenase, lipase, and serum cholinesterase. Amoebocytes also ontain glycogen and a material that is resistant to diastase and positive to the periodic acid / Schiff test; this material may be a neutral polysaccharide, unsaturated lipid, or mucoprotein. Cytoplasmic structures which are inconstantly present in amoebocytes include sudanophil droplets, neutral red vacuoles, metachromatic granules, and granules of an excretory pigment resembling ceroid. The sudanophil droplets may be stored neutral fat or lipid associated with the Golgi apparatus. The neutral red vacuoles are not preformed inclusions, but form as the dye accumulates within the cells. Metachromatic granules, which are confined solely to the intestinal amoebocytes, consist of phagocytosed intestinal mucus liberated from goblet cells. The histochemical reactions of the columnar intestinal epithelium suggest that these cells may be active in the digestion and absorption of nutrients, since eosinophil granules, lipid droplets, alkaline phosphatase, lipase, and serum cholinesterase are present in them. Masses of a ceroid-like excretory pigment and goblet cells containing mucus are present between the columnar intestinal epithelial cells. The pigment contains phospholipid and apparently arises as an oxidized end-product of lipid metabolism.

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