Enhanced Histochemical Detection of Iron in Paraffin Sections of Mouse Central Nervous System Tissue: Application in the APP/PS1 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease.
Histochemical methods of detecting iron in the rodent brain result mainly in the labeling of oligodendrocytes, but as all cells utilize iron, this observation suggests that much of the iron in the central nervous system goes undetected. Paraffin embedding of tissue is a standard procedure that is used to prepare sections for microscopic analysis. In the present study, we questioned whether we could modify the iron histochemical procedure to enable a greater detection of iron in paraffin sections. Indeed, various modifications led to the widespread labeling of iron in mouse brain tissue (for instance, labeling of neurons and neuropil). Sites of focal concentrations, such as cytoplasmic punctate or nucleolar staining, were also observed. The modified procedures were applied to paraffin sections of a mouse model (APP/PS1) of Alzheimer's disease. Iron was revealed in the plaque core and rim. The plaque rim had a fibrillary or granular appearance, and it frequently contained iron-labeled cells. Further analysis indicated that the iron was tightly associated with the core of the plaque, but less so with the rim. In conclusion, modifications to the histochemical staining revealed new insights into the deposition of iron in the central nervous system. In theory, the approach should be transferrable to organs besides the brain and to other species, and the underlying principles should be incorporable into a variety of staining methods.
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS, USA.
Scott A
SA
Sands
ApoPharma, Inc., Toronto, Canada.
Regis
R
Leung-Toung
ApoPharma, Inc., Toronto, Canada.
Yingsheng
Y
Wang
ApoPharma, Inc., Toronto, Canada.
John
J
Connelly
Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, KS, USA slevine@kumc.edu.
Steven M
SM
LeVine
APP/PS1; Alzheimer’s disease; ferric; histochemistry; iron; plaque
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