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  • Title: Quick-freeze fixation and freeze-drying of isolated rat pancreatic islets: application to the ultrastructural localization of inorganic phosphate in the pancreatic beta cell.
    Author: Dudek RW, Boyne AF, Freinkel N.
    Journal: J Histochem Cytochem; 1981 Feb; 29(2):321-5. PubMed ID: 7019306.
    Abstract:
    A bounce-free mechanical quick-freeze assembly and a Coulter-Terracio freeze-dry apparatus were successfully coupled to obtain high quality ultrastructural preservation of pancreatic beta cells in a simple and dependable manner. Except for obvious shrinkage spaces, morphological relationships at the tissue, cellular, and subcellular levels were all intact. Beta cell secretory granules demonstrated a dense core surrounded by an electron lucent halo as typically described in specimens after aqueous fixation. Cell membranes and intracellular membranes demonstrated a trilaminar appearance. Golgi apparatus were well preserved. Two clearly defined populations of mitochondria were found. One group of very dark mitochondria had extremely dense matrices in which cristae were barely visible. A second group of mitochondria had light matrices with prominent cristae. The combined quick-freeze fixation and freeze-drying was applied to reevaluate the ultrastructural localization of inorganic phosphate that had been precipitated with lead in the beta cells of pancreatic islets. Accumulation of inorganic phosphate adjacent to the plasma membrane and over the nucleolus of the beta cell in nonstimulated islets was documented with better detail than heretofore possible.
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