Specimen Nr. 09C

Specimen:

Subcutaneous connective tissue (Rat)

Staining:

Richardson

Magnification:

320x

Important structures :

1.Venule
2.Skeletal striated muscle cell
3.Loose connective tissue with fibrocyte
4.Capillary
5.Mast cell

Dieses Bild zeigt eine Venole, die von quergestreiften Skelettmuskelzellen umgeben ist. Zwischen Venole und den einzelnen Skelettmuskelzellen liegt lockeres Bindegewebe, in das Kapillaren, Fibrozyten und eine Mastzelle eingelagert sind. Der Zellleib der Mastzelle ist rund bis oval, der Zellkern in der Mitte gelegen. Ihr Zytoplasma ist mit basophilen, metachromatischen Granula gefüllt. Im Bindegewebe um die Mastzelle liegen ebenfalls Granula, die bereits von ihr abgegeben wurden.

Legende:

Venule
Skeletal striated muscle cell
Loose connective tissue with fibrocyte
Capillary
Mast cell

Mast cell

The granules of mast cells contain:
sulfated proteoglycans, heparin, chondroitin sulfate, histamine, and leukotriene3.

1. Nucleus
2. Granules

Richardson stain

Semi-thin sections are often stained by Richardson technique with a blue dye, Methylene blue Azure II.

Basophilic and osmiophilic structures stain blue, and metachromatic structures turn red-violet.

Semi-thin sections of tissue specimens are generally prepared for the light microscopic examination before ultra-thin sections are prepared for examination under the transmission electron microscope (TEM). Semi-thin sections are thinner than other sections commonly used for light microscopy.

The embedding agent for TEM examination is a plastic resin, which is harder than paraffin. Since plastic resin cannot be detached easily and without creating artifacts, in contrast to paraffin, there exist only few suitable staining techniques for tissue embedded in plastic resin. Richardson stain is one of them.

In den Sekretgranula der Mastzellen sind Überträgerstoffe enthalten, die auf verschiedene Reize ausgeschüttet werden. Wichtige Überträgerstoffe sind Histamin und Heparin.
Histamin erweitert die Arteriolen und Venolen und erhöht die Kapillarpermeabilität. Die Gefäßerweiterung steigert die Durchblutung. Durch die Permeabilitätserhöhung kommt es zum Ödem. An der Haut zeigen sich diese Reaktionen durch Rötung, Quaddelbildung und Juckreiz. Heparin ist eine gerinnungshemmende Substanz.

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Magnification:

320x

Magnification:

320x

Magnifications
Venule
Skeletal striated muscle cell
Loose connective tissue with fibrocyte
Capillary
Capillary
Mast cell

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