Inhibition Reactivation Myofibrillar ATPase Technique for Demonstration of Three Fiber Types in a Single Cryostat Muscle Section

1990 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Horák ◽  
S. Matolín
1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 871-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. A. Johnston ◽  
S. Patterson ◽  
P. Ward ◽  
G. Goldspink

A technique for the demonstration of myofibrillar adenosine triphosphatase activity (ATPase) used for mammalian muscle has been modified to suit fish muscle. The mammalian method involves selectively inhibiting fiber types by preincubation at either alkaline (pH 10.4) or acid (pH 4.3) pH before incubation for myofibrillar (ATPase) activity. Fish muscle fibers were found to be generally inactivated under these conditions. Preincubation at an acid pH was found to be unsuitable for fish muscle because of the indiscriminate inactivation of the fibers. The effects of preincubating at pH 10.4 and incubating tissue sections for different time periods and at different pH's and temperatures have been investigated. A differential staining of fiber types correlated with biochemical data on myofibrillar ATPase for red and white muscles was obtained by preincubating sections for short periods (1–2 min) at pH 10.4. Under these conditions the intermediately positioned pink fibers were found to stain similarly to the white fibers of high myofibrillar ATPase activity. An investigation has been made of the qualitative distribution of fiber types in the myotomal muscle of live teleost species: coalfish (Gadus virens), grey mullet (Mugil cephalus), crucian carp (Carassius carassius), black mollie (Mollienesia sp), and glassfish (Chanda ranga). The pink fibers were found to be abundant in all the species examined with the exception of the glassfish.


1991 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 589-597 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Lind ◽  
D Kernell

In histochemical investigations of skeletal muscle, the fibers are commonly classified into three types according to their staining for myofibrillar ATPase (mATPase). In serial sections of skeletal muscles from normal Wistar rats, we compared two common staining methods for mATPase: (a) an ac-ATPase technique, with pre-incubation at pH 4.7, and (b) a fixed alk-ATPase technique, using treatment with 5% paraformaldehyde followed by pre-incubation at pH 10.4. In addition, the same fibers were stained in subsequent serial sections for succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) activity. Staining intensities were objectively evaluated by microphotometric measurements of optical density. Combining both mATPase methods in consecutive serial sections ("two-dimensional approach") led to the identification of four distinct clusters of fibers: Types I, IIA, and two subgroups of Type IIB, as separated by their staining densities for fixed alk-ATPase (IIBd dark, IIBm moderate). The mean intensity of SDH staining per fiber type, as measured in the central core of the fibers, was ranked such that IIA greater than I greater than IIBd greater than IIBm. The analyzed muscles (tibialis anterior, biceps brachii) were markedly heterogeneous with respect to the topographic distribution of different fiber types. In comparison to other muscle portions, the regions containing Type I fibers ("red" portions) showed a higher IIBd vs IIBm ratio and more intense SDH staining for either subtype of the IIB fibers. The IIBd fibers probably correspond to the Type 2X fibers of Schiaffino et al.


Author(s):  
Asish C. Nag ◽  
Lee D. Peachey

Cat extraocular muscles consist of two regions: orbital, and global. The orbital region contains predominantly small diameter fibers, while the global region contains a variety of fibers of different diameters. The differences in ultrastructural features among these muscle fibers indicate that the extraocular muscles of cats contain at least five structurally distinguishable types of fibers.Superior rectus muscles were studied by light and electron microscopy, mapping the distribution of each fiber type with its distinctive features. A mixture of 4% paraformaldehyde and 4% glutaraldehyde was perfused through the carotid arteries of anesthetized adult cats and applied locally to exposed superior rectus muscles during the perfusion.


Author(s):  
John R. Porter

New ceramic fibers, currently in various stages of commercial development, have been consolidated in intermetallic matrices such as γ-TiAl and FeAl. Fiber types include SiC, TiB2 and polycrystalline and single crystal Al2O3. This work required the development of techniques to characterize the thermochemical stability of these fibers in different matrices.SEM/EDS elemental mapping was used for this work. To obtain qualitative compositional/spatial information, the best realistically achievable counting statistics were required. We established that 128 × 128 maps, acquired with a 20 KeV accelerating voltage, 3 sec. live time per pixel (total mapping time, 18 h) and with beam current adjusted to give 30% dead time, provided adequate image quality at a magnification of 800X. The maps were acquired, with backgrounds subtracted, using a Noran TN 5500 EDS system. The images and maps were transferred to a Macintosh and converted into TIFF files using either TIFF Maker, or TNtolMAGE, a Microsoft QuickBASIC program developed at the Science Center. From TIFF files, images and maps were opened in either NIH Image or Adobe Photoshop for processing and analysis and printed from Microsoft Powerpoint on a Kodak XL7700 dye transfer image printer.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Eggers ◽  
K Schork ◽  
R Schröder ◽  
CS Clemen ◽  
C Berwanger ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Raouf Mahmood Raouf ◽  
Hyman Jafar Meerza Al Jaaf ◽  
Ibtesam F. Nasser
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Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 268
Author(s):  
Jitong Zhao ◽  
Huawei Tong ◽  
Yi Shan ◽  
Jie Yuan ◽  
Qiuwang Peng ◽  
...  

Microbial-induced calcite precipitation (MICP) has been a promising method to improve geotechnical engineering properties through the precipitation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) on the contact and surface of soil particles in recent years. In the present experiment, water absorption and unconfined compressive strength (UCS) tests were carried out to investigate the effects of three different fiber types (glass fiber, polyester fiber, and hemp fiber) on the physical and mechanical properties of MICP-treated calcareous sand. The fibers used were at 0%, 0.10%, 0.15%, 0.20%, 0.25%, 0.30%, 0.35%, and 0.40% relative to the weight of the sand. The results showed that the failure strain and ductility of the samples could be improved by adding fibers. Compared to biocemented sand (BS), the water absorption of these three fiber-reinforced biocemented sands were, respectively, decreased by 11.60%, 21.18%, and 7.29%. UCS was, respectively, increased by 24.20%, 60.76%, and 6.40%. Polyester fiber produced the best effect, followed by glass fiber and hemp fiber. The optimum contents of glass fiber and polyester fiber were 0.20% and 0.25%, respectively. The optimum content of hemp fiber was within the range of 0.20–0.25%. Light-emitting diode (LED) microscope and scanning electron microscope (SEM) images lead to the conclusion that only a little calcite precipitation had occurred around the hemp fiber, leading to a poor bonding effect compared to the glass and polyester fibers. It was therefore suggested that polyester fiber should be used to improve the properties of biocemented sand.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4603
Author(s):  
Soyoung Kim ◽  
Karam Han ◽  
Seonhoon Kim ◽  
Linganna Kadathala ◽  
Jinhyeok Kim ◽  
...  

Today, the most common way of laser sealing is using a glass frit paste and screen printer. Laser sealing using glass frit paste has some problems, such as pores, nonuniform height, imperfect hermetic sealing, etc. In order to overcome these problems, sealing using fiber types of sealant is attractive for packaging devices. In this work, (70-x)V2O5-5ZnO-22BaO-3B2O3-xM(PO3)n glasses (mol%) incorporated with xM(PO3)n concentration (where M = Mg, Al, n = 2, 3, respectively) were fabricated and their thermal, thermomechanical, and structural properties were investigated. Most importantly, for this type of sealing, the glass should have a thermal stability (ΔT) of ≥80 °C and the coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) between the glass and panel should be 1.0 ppm/°C. The highest thermal stability ΔT of the order of 93.2 °C and 112.9 °C was obtained for the 15 mol% of Mg(PO3)2 and Al(PO3)3 doped glasses, respectively. This reveals that the bond strength and connectivity is more strongly improved by trivalent Al(PO3)3. The CTE of a (70-x)V2O5-5ZnO-22BaO-3B2O3-xAl(PO3)3 glass system (mol%) (where x = 5–15, mol%) is in the range of 9.5–15.5 (×10−6/K), which is comparable with the CTE (9–10 (×10−6/K)) of commercial DSSC glass panels. Based on the results, the studied glass systems are considered to be suitable for laser sealing using fiber types of sealant.


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