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  • Title: Reflectance enzyme histochemistry (REH): visualization of cerium-based and DAB primary reaction products of phosphatases and oxidases in cryostat sections by confocal laser scanning microscopy.
    Author: Halbhuber KJ, Scheven C, Jirikowski G, Feuerstein H, Ott U.
    Journal: Histochem Cell Biol; 1996 Mar; 105(3):239-49. PubMed ID: 8681042.
    Abstract:
    In the present study the reflectance mode of confocal laser scanning microscopy was adapted to detect and to assess semiquantitatively cerium-based primary reaction products of oxidases [Ce(IV) perhydroxide] and phosphatases [Ce(III) hydroxyphosphate converted into Ce(IV) perhydroxyphosphate] as well as of the 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB)-based primary reaction product of cytochrome c oxidase in cryostat sections. Confocal laser scanning microscopy offers a unique way of making visible histochemical reaction products which are weakly absorbant but sufficiently reflective. It was easily possible to record simultaneously the reflectance signals at the wavelength of the exciting laser (preferentially 488 nm) and the autofluorescence signals ( > 580 nm in our set-up) of glutaraldehyde-fixed tissue. The results of an imbibition study of cerium-containing model precipitates indicate that the cerium, generally, should be oxidized prior to observation because the index of refraction of Ce(IV) compounds is considerably higher than that of the corresponding Ce(III) compounds. An attempt at comparative numerical assessment of reflection intensities from reflectant parts in morphologically similar sections is presented. The proposed technique may open new possibilities in enzyme- and immunohistochemistry.
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