Silver staining profiles distinguish Pick bodies from neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer type: Comparison between Gallyas and Campbell-Switzer methods

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 483-489

  Uchihara, Toshiki ^a   Tsuchiya, Kuniaki ^a,b   Nakamura, Ayako ^a   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN MATSUZAWA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Argyrophilia; Campbell Switzer; Diagnosis; Gallyas; Repeat tau

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORESCENT DYE; FLUOROCHROME; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFFINITY LABELING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARGYROPHILIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FLUOROCHROME STAINING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SILVER STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; SILVER STAINING; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 21344441728     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-005-0988-6     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Bodian D (1936) A new method for staining nerve fibers and nerve endings in mounted paraffin sections. Anat Res 65:89
2. Bolle L, Maurer B, Janzer RC (1992) A modified Hortega-Globus stain is superior to Bielschowsky and Bodian stains for demonstrating neuritic plaques. Biotech Histochem 67:82-87 1:STN:280:By2B1cfgsVY%3D
3. Braak E, Braak H (1999) Silver staining method for demonstrating Lewy bodies in Parkinson's disease and argyrophilic oligodendrocytes in multiple system atrophy. J Neurosci Methods 87:111-115
4. Braak H, Braak E, Ohm TG, Bohl J (1988) Silver impregnation of Alzheimer's neurofibrillary changes counterstained for basophilic material and lipofuscin pigment. Stain Technol 63:197-200 1:STN:280:BiaC3Mvns1A%3D
5. Buée-Scherrer V, Hof PR, Buée L, Leveugle B, Vermersch P, Perl DP, Olanow CW, Delacourte A (1996) Hyperphosphorylated tau proteins differentiate corticobasal degeneration and Pick's disease. Acta Neuropathol 91:351-359 10.1007/s004010050436
6. Bussière T, Hof PR, Mailliot C, Brown CD, Caillet-Boudin M-L, Perl DP, Buée L, Delacourte A (1999) Phosphorylated serine422 on tau proteins is a pathological epitope found in several diseases with neurofibrillary degeneration. Acta Neuropathol 97:221-230 10.1007/ s004010050978
7. Campbell SK, Switzer RC, Martin TL (1987) Alzheimer's plaques and tangles: A controlled and enhanced silver staining method. Soc Neurosci Abstr 13:67
8. Connolly AAP, Anderton BA, Esiri MM (1987) A comparative study of a silver stain and monoclonal antibody reactions on Alzheimer's neurofibrillary tangles. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 50:1221-1224 1:STN:280:BieD3srgslw%3D
9. Cross RB (1982) Demonstration of neurofibrillary tangles in paraffin sections: A quick and simple method using a modification of Palmgren's method. Med Lab Sci 39:67-69 1:STN:280:Bi2B2cvkvVM%3D
10. De Silva R, Lashley T, Gibb G, Hanger D, Hope A, Reid A, Bandopadhyay R, Utton M, Strand C, Jowett T, Khan N, Anderton B, Wood N, Holton J, Revesz T, Lee A (2003) Pathological inclusion bodies in tauopathies contain distinct complements of tau with three or four microtubule-binding repeat domains as demonstrated by new specific monoclonal antibodies. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 29:288-302
11. Duyckaerts C, Brion JP, Hauw JJ, Flament-Durand J (1987) Quantitative assessment of the density of neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in senile dementia of the Alzheimer type. Comparison of immunocytochemistry with a specific antibody and Bodian's protargol method. Acta Neuropathol (Berl) 73:167-170
12. Gallyas F (1971) Silver staining of Alzheimer's neurofibrillary changes by means of physical development. Acta Morphol Acad Scient Hung 19:1-8
13. Gambetti P, Autilio-Gambetti L, Papasozomenos SC (1981) Bodian's silver method stains neurofilament polypeptides. Science 213:1521-1522 1:CAS:528:DyaL3MXls1GjsbY%3D
14. Hicks SP (1946) A rapid pyridine silver stain for nervous tissue and reticular fibers. J Lab Clin Med 31:1375-1377
15. Hirano A, Zimmerman HM (1962) Silver impregnation of nerve cells and fibers in celloidin sections. A simple impregnation technique. Arch Neurol 6:114-122 1:STN:280:CC2D2cfpvFM%3D
16. Iqbal K, Braak E, Braak H, Zaidi T, Grundke-Iqbal I (1991) A silver impregnation method for labeling both Alzheimer paired helical filaments and their polypeptides separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Neurobiol Aging 12:357-361 10.1016/0197-4580(91)90022-C
17. Kondoh H, Matsushita M, Kosaka K, Miyazaki N (1993) Staining senile plaques using Bodian's method modified with methenamine. Biotech Histochem 68:113-116 1:STN:280:ByyB28vltFM%3D
18. Lamy C, Duyckaerts C, Delaère P, Payan C, Fermanian J, Poulain V, Hauw JJ (1989) Comparison of seven staining methods for senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in a prospective series of 15 elderly patients. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 15:563-578
19. Mailliot C, Sergeant N, Bussière T, Caillet-Boudin M-L, Delacourte A, Buée L (1998) Phosphorylation of specific sets of tau isoforms reflects different neurofibrillary degeneration processes. FEBS Lett 433:201-204 10.1016/S0014-5793(98)00910-7
20. Mercken M, Vandermeern M, Lübke U, Six J, Boons J, Van de Voorde A, Martin J-J, Gheuens J (1992) Monoclonal antibodies with selective specificity for Alzheimer Tau are directed against phosphatase-sensitive epitopes. Acta Neuropathol 84:265-272 1:STN:280:ByyD3svhvVQ%3D
21. Mirra SS, Heyman A, McKeel D, Sumi SM, Crain BJ, Brownlee LM, Hughes JP, Belle G van, Berg L (1991) The consortium to establish a registry for Alzheimer's disease (CERAD). II. Standardization of the neuropathologic assessment of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology 42:479-486
22. Reusche E (1991) Silver staining of senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in paraffin sections. A simple and effective method. Pathol Res Pract 187:1045-1049 1:STN:280:By2C28fos1w%3D
23. Rosenwald A, Reusche E, Ogomori K, Teichert H-M (1993) Comparison of silver staining and immunohistology for the detection of neurofibrillary tangles and extracellular cerebral amyloid in paraffin sections. Acta Neuropathol 86:182-186 10.1007/BF00334887
24. Sakamoto M, Uchihara T, Hayashi M, Nakamura A, Kikuchi E, Mizutani T, Mizusawa H, Hirai S (2002) Heterogeneity of nigral and cortical Lewy bodies differentiated by amplified triple-labeling for alpha-synuclein, ubiquitin, and thiazin red. Exp Neurol 177:88-94
25. Switzer RC 3rd (1993) Silver staining methods: Their role in detecting neurotoxicity. Ann N Y Acad Sci 679:341-348
26. Tolnay M, Probst A (1999) Tau protein pathology in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 25:171-187
27. Uchihara T, Kondo H, Ikeda K, Kosaka K (1995) Alzheimer-type pathology in melanin-bleached sections of substantia nigra. J Neurol 252:485-489
28. Uchihara T, Mizusawa H, Tsuchiya K, Kondo H, Oda T, Ikeda K (1998) Discrepancy between tau immunoreactivity and argyrophilia by the Bodian method in neocortical neurons of corticobasal degeneration. Acta Neuropathol 96:553-557 10.1007/s004010050934
29. Uchihara T, Nakamura A, Yamazaki M, Mori O (2001) Evolution from pretangle neurons to neurofibrillary tangles monitored by thiazin red combined with Gallyas method and double immunofluorescence. Acta Neuropathol 101:535-539 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXlslGlu7o%3D
30. Uchihara T, Nakamura A, Yamazaki M, Mori O, Ikeda K, Tsuchiya K (2001) Different conformation of neuronal tau deposits distinguished by double immunofluorescence with AT8 and thiazin red combined with Gallyas method. Acta Neuropathol 102:462-466 1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXotFSiuro%3D
31. Uchihara T, Ikeda K, Tsuchiya K (2003) Pick body disease and Pick syndrome. Neuropathology 23:318-326 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2003.00523.x
32. Uchihara T, Shibuya K, Nakamura A, Yagishita S (in press) Silver stains distinguish tau-positive structures in corticobasal degeneration/ progressive supranuclear palsy and in Alzheimer's disease: Comparison between Gallyas and Campbell-Switzer methods. Acta Neuropathol
33. Vallet PG, Guntern R, Hof PR, Golaz J, Delacourte A, Robakis NK, Bouras C (1992) A comparative study of histological and immunohistochemical methods for neurofibrillary tangles and senile plaques in Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol 83:170-178 10.1007/BF00308476
34. Wilcock GK, Matthews SM, Moss T (1990) Comparison of three silver stains for demonstrating neurofibrillary tangles and neuritic plaques in brain tissue stored for long periods. Acta Neuropathol 79:566-568 10.1007/ BF00296118
35. Wisniewski HM, Wen GY, Kim KS (1989) Comparison of four staining methods on the detection of neuritic plaques. Acta Neuropathol 78:22-27 1:STN:280:BiaB1cvovVU%3D
36. Yamaguchi H, Haga C, Hirai S, Nakazato Y, Kosaka K (1990) Distinctive, rapid, and easy labeling of diffuse plaques in the Alzheimer brain by a new methenamine silver stain. Acta Neuropathol 79:569-572 10.1007/ BF00296119
37. Yamamoto T, Hirano A (1986) A comparative study of modified Bielshowsky, Bodian and Thioflavin S stains on Alzheimer's neurofibrillary tangles. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 12:3-9 1:STN:280:BimB3czptVM%3D
38. Yen SH, Horoupian DS, Terry RD (1983) Immunocytochemical comparison of neurofibrillary tangles in senile dementia of Alzheimer type, progressive supranuclear palsy, and postencephalitic Parkinsonism. Ann Neurol 13:172-175 1:STN:280:BiyC2M7js1Q%3D