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Selective accumulation of diamidino yellow and chromomycin A3 by retinal glial cells
CJ Jeon and RH Masland
Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
We applied the fluorescent DNA stains diamidino yellow (DY) and chromomycin A3 to rat and rabbit retinas in vivo and in vitro. They accumulated in the nuclei of a subpopulation of cells of the inner nuclear layer. The number and distribution of the fluorochrome- accumulating cells were similar to those of the Muller glia, and double- labeling experiments showed that the cells accumulating DY or chromomycin A3 contained oriented filaments of vimentin. The fluorochromes also accumulated in the sparse astrocytes and oligodendrocytes located among the myelinated fibers of the rabbit central retina. Specific accumulation in retinal glia occurred only when the fluorochromes were applied to living retinas. If the plasma membranes were disrupted by fixation or exposure to detergent, most retinal cells were stained. This indicates that the locus of specificity is the entry of the molecules into the cells. When applied to living retinas, other DNA stains selectively accumulate in subclasses of retinal neurons. Why DNA-binding molecules should selectively cross the membranes of either retinal neurons or retinal glia remains an unsolved problem.
Volume 41,
Issue 11,
pp. 1651-1658,
11/01/1993
Copyright © 1993 by The Histochemical Society
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