Electron Microscopic Detection and Characterization of Nonhuman Primate Enteric Viruses

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 306-307
Author(s):  
G. C. Smith ◽  
R. L. Heberling ◽  
S. S. Kalter
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Animal Model ◽  
Nonhuman Primate ◽  
Clinical Condition ◽  
Intestinal Tract ◽  
Enteric Viruses ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Microscopic Detection

A number of viral agents are recognized as and suspected of causing the clinical condition “gastroenteritis.” In our attempts to establish an animal model for studies of this entity, we have been examining the nonhuman primate to ascertain what viruses may be found in the intestinal tract of “normal” animals as well as animals with diarrhea. Several virus types including coronavirus, adenovirus, herpesvirus, and picornavirus (Table I) were detected in our colony; however, rotavirus, astrovirus, and calicivirus have not yet been observed. Fecal specimens were prepared for electron microscopy by procedures reported previously.

Characterization of Electrophoretic Lipoprotein Fractions: Immunochemical and Electron Microscopic Studies

1972 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 534-538
Author(s):  
Mario Werner ◽  
Albert L Jones
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Particle Size ◽  
Electrophoretic Pattern ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Lipoprotein Subfractions ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Microscopic Studies ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract To improve the characterization of electrophoretic lipoprotein subfractions, we developed two new techniques for analyzing lipoproteins after electrophoresis on thin agarose layers. Overlay with antisera exactly localizes specific apoproteins without any distortion caused by antigen diffusion; electron microscopy of eluted fractions determines the varying particle-size distribution. Applied together, these methods can detect individual differences between hyperlipemic samples that are not immediately apparent in the electrophoretic pattern, and should provide valuable new insight into the classification of hyperlipoproteinemias.

A Light and Electron Microscopic Study in Serial Sections of Skeletal and Extraocular Muscles in Mouse Myotonic Dystrophy

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 6-7
Author(s):  
Bruce R. Pachter ◽  
Jacob Davidowitz ◽  
Goodwin M. Breinin
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Animal Model ◽  
Myotonic Dystrophy ◽  
Skeletal Muscles ◽  
Light And Electron Microscopy ◽  
Hereditary Disease ◽  
Serial Sections ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Suitable Animal Model ◽  
Model Mouse

A suitable animal model (Mouse Strain Re-129 dy2j/dy2j) has been reported for myotonic dystrophy, a hereditary disease in which skeletal muscles degenerate. In the present study, another strain of mouse (Bar Harbor Strain C57BL/6J dy2j/dy2j), carrying this same myotonic gene (dy2j) was studied by light and electron microscopy (EM) in serial sections of epon embedded tissue.

scholarly journals Azoxymethane-induced fulminant hepatic failure in C57BL/6J mice: characterization of a new animal model

1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (2) ◽  
pp. G455-G462 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristina A. Matkowskyj ◽  
Jorge A. Marrero ◽  
Robert E. Carroll ◽  
Alexey V. Danilkovich ◽  
Richard M. Green ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Animal Model ◽  
Fulminant Hepatic Failure ◽  
Hepatic Failure ◽  
Serum Glucose ◽  
Astrocyte Swelling ◽  
Sinusoidal Dilatation ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Dose Dependent

Without transplantation, ∼50–90% of all patients with fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) die. This poor outcome is due in part to the absence of an appropriate animal model, which would allow for a greater understanding of the pathophysiology of this syndrome. Given the reports of liver injury in humans and livestock fed cycad palm nuts on the island of Guam, we hypothesized that the active ingredient azoxymethane (AOM) could cause FHF. We therefore evaluated AOM in C57BL/6J mice. Histologically, we observed microvesicular steatosis 2 h, sinusoidal dilatation 4 h, and centrilobular necrosis 20 h after AOM administration, and transmission electron microscopy showed that this agent causes mitochondrial injury. FHF was associated with all four stages of encephalopathy, as well as by a prodromal period of decreased eating and drinking lasting ∼15 h before the development of stage I encephalopathy (i.e., loss of scatter reflex). Late encephalopathy was associated with increased arterial ammonia, decreased serum glucose, and evidence of brain edema (astrocyte swelling). We show that AOM-induced FHF is highly reproducible, without evidence of lot-to-lot variability, and is dose dependent. These findings therefore suggest that AOM is an excellent agent for the study of FHF, as well as indicate that Guamanian FHF may be due to AOM found in unwashed cycad palm nuts.

Density Gradient Centrifugation and Electron Microscopic Characterization of Subcellular Fractions from Human Blood Platelets

1971 ◽  
Vol 25 (02) ◽  
pp. 252-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Siegel ◽  
P. H Burri ◽  
E. R Weibel ◽  
M Bettex-Galland ◽  
E. F Lüscher
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Human Blood ◽  
Density Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Blood Platelets ◽  
Gradient Centrifugation ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Osmotic Effect ◽  
Cellular Components ◽  
Human Blood Platelets

SummaryHomogenized human blood platelets have been fractionated by centrifugation in Ficoll and sucrose density gradients. The different fractions were examined by electron microscopy.Although Ficoll allows for the separation of very distinct zones, its ability to form complexes with cellular components made sucrose the preferable gradient. Sucrose, in spite of its unfavorable osmotic effect, allows for an acceptable fractionation of platelet components.

scholarly journals Liquid electron microscopy: then, now and future

2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anahita Vispi Bharda ◽  
Hyun Suk Jung
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Functional Characterization ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Liquid Environment ◽  
Microscopic Imaging ◽  
The Past ◽  
Technical Developments ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

Abstract Contemporary microscopic imaging at near-atomic resolution of diverse embodiments in liquid environment has gained keen interest. In particular, Electron Microscopy (EM) can provide comprehensive framework on the structural and functional characterization of samples in liquid phase. In the past few decades, liquid based electron microscopic modalities have developed tremendously to provide insights into various backgrounds like biological, chemical, nanoparticle and material researches. It serves to be a promising analytical tool in deciphering unique insights from solvated systems. Here, the basics of liquid electron microscopy with few examples of its applications are summarized in brief. The technical developments made so far and its preference over other approaches is shortly presented. Finally, the experimental limitations and an outlook on the future technical advancement for liquid EM have been discussed.

Electron microscopic detection and in situ characterization of bacterial nanoforms in extreme biotopes

Microbiology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Dmitriev ◽  
N. E. Suzina ◽  
T. G. Rusakova ◽  
P. Yu. Petrov ◽  
R. R. Oleinikov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
In Situ Characterization ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Microscopic Detection

Enteric Viruses of Nonhuman Primates

1982 ◽  
Vol 19 (7_suppl) ◽  
pp. 33-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. S. Kalter
Keyword(s):  
Nonhuman Primate ◽  
Intestinal Tract ◽  
Nonhuman Primates ◽  
Enteric Viruses ◽  
Great Apes ◽  
Primate Species ◽  
Highly Pathogenic ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Experimental Disease ◽  
Nonhuman Primate Species

The phylogenetic relationship of nonhuman primates to man implies that many of these animals could serve as surrogates for studies of diseases of man. Many nonhuman primate species are susceptible not only to viruses of human origin but also to nonhuman primate viruses that are counterparts of viruses of man. All monkeys and great apes do not respond similarly to an antigenic stimulus. Some agents are highly pathogenic for one species and completely innocuous for another. For example, poliovirus causes disease and fatalities in great apes, but picornaviruses given orally cause few lesions in most nonhuman primates. Other enteroviruses (coxsackie-, echoviruses) have caused disease in nonhuman primates. It is difficult to separate viruses into distinct categories according to their anatomic affinities. Many viruses not considered to be enteric may be recovered from the intestinal tract. Adenoviruses, both human and nonhuman strains, which are not considered enteric viruses, nonetheless are recovered frequently from the intestinal tract. Adult animals show little evidence of disease, with the possible exception of diarrhea, after adenovirus infection. Newborns, however, may respond with a fatal pneumoenteritis. Adenovirus may be associated with diseases in organs other than the intestines. The reoviruses, which may be recovered from the intestinal tract, also are generally innocuous. Rotaviruses as pathogens in nonhuman primates are presently under study, and it is suspected that rotaviruses of man may produce experimental disease in nonhuman primates. Production of diabetes by several of the enteric viruses has been suggested but not demonstrated conclusively.

Localization of immunolabels by electron microscopy and image averaging

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 282-283
Author(s):  
J. Frank ◽  
P.-Y. Sizaret ◽  
A. Verschoor ◽  
J. Lamy
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Single Particle ◽  
Attachment Site ◽  
Uranyl Acetate ◽  
Limulus Polyphemus ◽  
Resolution Limit ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Image Averaging ◽  
Top View ◽  
Better Than

The accuracy with which the attachment site of immunolabels bound to macromolecules may be localized in electron microscopic images can be considerably improved by using single particle averaging. The example studied in this work showed that the accuracy may be better than the resolution limit imposed by negative staining (∽2nm).The structure used for this demonstration was a halfmolecule of Limulus polyphemus (LP) hemocyanin, consisting of 24 subunits grouped into four hexamers. The top view of this structure was previously studied by image averaging and correspondence analysis. It was found to vary according to the flip or flop position of the molecule, and to the stain imbalance between diagonally opposed hexamers (“rocking effect”). These findings have recently been incorporated into a model of the full 8 × 6 molecule.LP hemocyanin contains eight different polypeptides, and antibodies specific for one, LP II, were used. Uranyl acetate was used as stain. A total of 58 molecule images (29 unlabelled, 29 labelled with antl-LPII Fab) showing the top view were digitized in the microdensitometer with a sampling distance of 50μ corresponding to 6.25nm.

Immunocytochemistry. A Review of Methodology for Electron Microscopic Applicaiton

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 328-329
Author(s):  
Joseph E. Mazurkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Ultrastructural Level ◽  
Electron Microscopic ◽  
Biological Interest ◽  
Investigative Approach ◽  
Immunologic Activity ◽  
Dense Label

Immunocytochemistry is a powerful investigative approach in which one of the most exacting examples of specificity, that of the reaction of an antibody with its antigen, isused to localize tissue and cell specific molecules in situ. Following the introduction of fluorescent labeled antibodies in T950, a large number of molecules of biological interest had been studied with light microscopy, especially antigens involved in the pathogenesis of some diseases. However, with advances in electron microscopy, newer methods were needed which could reveal these reactions at the ultrastructural level. An electron dense label that could be coupled to an antibody without the loss of immunologic activity was desired.

Ultrastructural investigation of spontaneous pituitary gonadotroph cell adenomas in aging Sprague-Dawley rats

1983 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 702-703
Author(s):  
D. J. McComb ◽  
J. Beri ◽  
F. Zak ◽  
K. Kovacs
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Animal Model ◽  
Epoxy Resin ◽  
Immunoelectron Microscopy ◽  
Tumor Type ◽  
Gonadal Function ◽  
Sprague Dawley ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Reticulin Fibers ◽  
Sprague Dawley Rats

Gonadotroph cell adenomas of the pituitary are infrequent in human patients and are not invariably associated with altered gonadal function. To date, no animal model of this tumor type exists. Herein, we describe spontaneous gonadotroph cell adenomas in old male and female Sprague-Dawley rats by histology, immunocytology and electron microscopy.The material consisted of the pituitaries of 27 male and 38 female Sprague Dawley rats, all 26 months of age or older, removed at routine autopsy. Sections of formal in-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue were stained with hematoxylin-phloxine-saffron (HPS), the PAS method and the Gordon-Sweet technique for the demonstration of reticulin fibers. For immunostaining, sections were exposed to anti-rat β-LH, anti-ratβ-TSH, anti-rat PRL, anti-rat GH and anti-rat ACTH 1-39. For electron microscopy, tissue was fixed in 2.5% glutaraldehyde, postfixed in 1% OsO4 and embedded in epoxy-resin. Tissue fixed in 10% formalin, embedded in epoxy resin without osmification, was used for immunoelectron microscopy.

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