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Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, Vol. 47, 711-717, May 1999, Copyright © 1999, The Histochemical Society, Inc.

TECHNICAL NOTE

Electron Microscopic In Situ DNA Nick End-labeling in Combination with Immunoelectron Microscopy

Akemi Ishida–Yamamotoa, Toshihiro Yamauchia, Hikaru Tanakaa, Hiroshi Nakanea, Hidetoshi Takahashia, and Hajime Iizukaa
a Department of Dermatology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan

Correspondence to: Akemi Ishida–Yamamoto, Dept. of Dermatology, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa 078-8510, Japan.

We describe an in situ DNA nick end-labeling method that can be performed at the electron microscopic level and can also be combined with immunoelectron microscopy. As the materials, we used skin tissues from normal skin and from Bowen's disease that had been cryofixed, freeze-substituted, and embedded in Lowicryl K11M resin. Ultrathin sections were cut and incubated with a reaction buffer containing digoxigenin–dUTP and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase. Digoxigenin nucleotides were labeled with anti-digoxigenin antibodies conjugated with colloidal gold. Specific signals were detected in the condensed chromatin of differentiated epidermal cells and hair follicles in normal skin and of dyskeratotic cells in Bowen's disease. The labeling density over chromosomal areas of apoptotic cells was significantly higher than that over chromosomal areas of mitotic cells or cytoplasmic areas. Ultrastructure was well preserved and double staining with an anti-keratin antibody was also successfully performed. This simple method has a wide range of applications to identify the nature of apoptotic cells and explore the mechanisms of apoptosis. (J Histochem Cytochem 47:711–717, 1999)

Key Words: apoptosis, hair follicle, keratinocytes, skin, TUNEL


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