Structural changes at synapses after delayed perfusion fixation in different regions of the mouse brain - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2007 Apr 10;501(5):731-40.
doi: 10.1002/cne.21276.
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- DOI: 10.1002/cne.21276
Structural changes at synapses after delayed perfusion fixation in different regions of the mouse brain
Jung-Hwa Tao-Cheng et al. J Comp Neurol. 2007.
Abstract
We recently showed by electron microscopy that the postsynaptic density (PSD) from hippocampal cultures undergoes rapid structural changes after ischemia-like conditions. Here we report that similar structural changes occur after delay in transcardial perfusion fixation of the mouse brain. Delay in perfusion fixation, a condition that mimics ischemic stress, resulted in 70%, 90%, and 23% increases in the thickness of PSDs from the hippocampus (CA1), cerebral cortex (layer III), and cerebellar cortex (Purkinje spines), respectively. In step with PSD thickening, the amount of PSD-associated alpha-calcium calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (alpha- CaMKII) label increased more in cerebral cortical spines than in Purkinje spines. Although the Purkinje PSDs thickened only slightly after delayed fixation, they became highly curved, and many formed sub-PSD spheres approximately 80 nm in diameter that labeled for CaMKII. Delayed perfusion fixation also produced more cytoplamic CaMKII clusters ( approximately 110 nm in diameter) in the somas of pyramidal cells (from hippocampus and cerebral cortex) than in Purkinje cells. Thus a short delay in perfusion fixation produces cell-specific structural changes at PSDs and neuronal somas. Purkinje cells respond somewhat differently to delayed perfusion fixation, perhaps owing to their lower levels of CaMKII, and CaMKII binding proteins at PSDs. We present here a catalogue of structural changes that signal a perfusion fixation delay, thereby providing criteria by which to assess perfusion fixation quality in experimental structural studies of brain and to shed light on the subtle changes that occur in intact brain following metabolic stress.
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