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Comparison of fixation and penetration enhancement techniques for use in ultrastructural immunocytochemistry
WD Eldred, C Zucker, HJ Karten and S Yazulla
Electron microscopic immunohistochemistry, although generally providing good localization, has often failed to produce satisfying ultrastructural preservation. Techniques that result in well-preserved tissue ultrastructure often hinder penetration of immunological reagents or render antigens non-immunoreactive. These are particularly serious limitations in studies of central nervous system and retina. We have evaluated several fixatives, including picric acid, high pH paraformaldehyde, and glutaraldehyde with subsequent sodium borohydride treatment, and penetration enhancement techniques, including buffered- ethanolic treatment and freeze--thaw, for their applicability in the retina. Our best fixation was achieved with 1 hr in 4% paraformaldehyde and 0.2% glutaraldehyde (pH 7.4) followed by overnight fixation in 4% paraformaldehyde (pH 10.4). Treatment with sodium borohydride after glutaraldehyde fixation restores much of the immunoreactivity that would otherwise be undetectable. The penetration of immunological reagents can be greatly increased by using either a buffered-ethanolic series or by freezing the tissue after careful cryoprotection. Using these methods we have been able to achieve specific immunological staining throughout the full thickness of retinal slices, up to 500 microns across, while preserving good ultrastructure. The methods should prove useful in the immunocytochemical localization of many different antigens in a variety of tissues.
Volume 31,
Issue 2,
pp. 285-292,
02/01/1983
Copyright © 1983 by The Histochemical Society
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