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Cells ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 298
Author(s):  
José Antonio de Mera-Rodríguez ◽  
Guadalupe Álvarez-Hernán ◽  
Yolanda Gañán ◽  
Ana Santos-Almeida ◽  
Gervasio Martín-Partido ◽  
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The histochemical detection of β-galactosidase enzymatic activity at pH 6.0 (β-gal-pH6) is a widely used biomarker of cellular senescence in aging tissues. This histochemical assay also detects the presence of programmed cell senescence during specific time windows in degenerating structures of vertebrate embryos. However, it has recently been shown that this enzymatic activity is also enhanced in subpopulations of differentiating neurons in the developing central nervous system in vertebrates. The present study addressed the histochemical detection of β-gal-pH6 enzymatic activity in the developing postnatal olfactory epithelium in the mouse. This activity was detected in the intermediate layer of the olfactory epithelium. As development progressed, the band of β-gal-pH6 labeling in this layer increased in width. Immunohistochemistry and lectin histochemistry showed the β-gal-pH6 staining to be strongly correlated with the immunolabeling of the olfactory marker protein (OMP) that identifies mature olfactory sensory neurons. The cell somata of a subpopulation of differentiated olfactory neurons that were recognized with the Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA) were always located inside this band of β-gal-pH6 staining. However, the β-gal-pH6 histochemical signal was always absent from the apical region where the cytokeratin-8 positive supporting cells were located. Furthermore, no β-gal-pH6 staining was found in the basal region of the olfactory epithelium where PCNA/pHisH3 immunoreactive proliferating progenitor cells, GAP43 positive immature neurons, and cytokeratin-5 positive horizontal basal cells were located. Therefore, β-gal-pH6 seems to be linked to neuronal differentiation and cannot be regarded as a biomarker of cellular senescence during olfactory epithelium development in mice.


2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (4) ◽  
pp. 269-278
Author(s):  
Giulia Jannone ◽  
Milena Rozzi ◽  
Mustapha Najimi ◽  
Anabelle Decottignies ◽  
Etienne M. Sokal

Senescence-associated beta-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) activity assay is commonly used to evaluate the increased beta-galactosidase (β-gal) activity in senescent cells related to enhanced lysosomal activity. Although the optimal pH for β-gal is 4.0, this enzymatic activity has been most commonly investigated at a suboptimal pH by using histochemical reaction on fresh tissue material. In the current study, we optimized a SA-β-gal activity histochemistry protocol that can also be applied on cryopreserved hepatic tissue. This protocol was developed on livers obtained from control rats and after bile duct resection (BDR). A significant increase in β-gal liver activity was observed in BDR rats vs controls after 2 hr of staining at physiological pH 4.0 (6.98 ± 1.19% of stained/total area vs 0.38 ± 0.22; p<0.01) and after overnight staining at pH 5.8 (24.09 ± 6.88 vs 0.12 ± 0.08; p<0.01). Although we noticed that β-gal activity staining decreased with cryopreservation time (from 4 to 12 months of storage at −80C; p<0.05), the enhanced staining observed in BDR compared with controls remained detectable up to 12 months after cryopreservation ( p<0.01). In conclusion, we provide an optimized protocol for SA-β-gal activity histochemical detection at physiological pH 4.0 on long-term cryopreserved liver tissue:


ASN NEURO ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 175909141667097 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott A. Sands ◽  
Regis Leung-Toung ◽  
Yingsheng Wang ◽  
John Connelly ◽  
Steven M. LeVine

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (S4) ◽  
pp. 14-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Lobo-da-Cunha ◽  
Diogo Amaral-de-Carvalho ◽  
Elsa Oliveira ◽  
Ângela Alves ◽  
Gonçalo Calado

PLoS ONE ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e0144630 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Segnani ◽  
Chiara Ippolito ◽  
Luca Antonioli ◽  
Carolina Pellegrini ◽  
Corrado Blandizzi ◽  
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