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  • Title: Lipid droplets in the adrenal cortex of the rat. Preservation after tannic acid-paraformaldehyde-glutaraldehyde fixation and extraction during staining.
    Author: Nickerson PA.
    Journal: Tissue Cell; 1983; 15(6):975-82. PubMed ID: 6198781.
    Abstract:
    Adrenocortical tissue from the rat was fixed in glutaraldehyde-paraformaldehyde-tannic acid with or without potassium pyroantimonate. An electron opacity was observed in lipid droplets from unstained sections of tissue with or without antimonate in the fixative and is most likely attributable to inclusion of tannic acid in the fixative. The opacity was largely removed after staining with uranyl acetate in absolute methanol followed by lead citrate. Removal of the opacity is attributable to staining in lead citrate, not uranyl acetate, because highly basic solution without lead also removes the density. An electron-opaque rim is present at the interface of lipid droplet and cytoplasm, although no distinct membranous structure is observable. The rim may correspond to myelin-like structures seen sometimes in lipid droplets from adrenocortical cells fixed by routine procedures employing pre-fixation with glutaraldehyde and post-fixation with osmium tetroxide. Results of this study point to the conclusion that ultrathin sections should be examined unstained in the validation of a new regime for processing tissues in electron microscopy.
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