Stainability and Fine Structure of Intracytoplasmic Inclusion Bodies in the Locus Ceruleus of Mouse

Yoshimitsu Y. Katoh, Kazuyoshi Sakai, Chiyuki Kaneko, Masato Abe

Department of Anatomy, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
Department of Pathology, School of Health Sciences, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.

DOI: 10.4236/jbbs.2013.37058                

Abstract

The present study compared intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in the locus ceruleus (LC) of mouse with protein bodies in the LC of human. Phosphotungstic acid-hematoxylin (PTAH) and the Mallory method were used as the anionic stains. The inclusion bodies and protein bodies, which stained with PTAH and the Mallory method in the brain, contain proteins that appear to belong to the same family. Although both inclusion and protein bodies were formed with the same arginine composition, their distribution in the brain was similar and similar physiological changes by morbidity were observed, and the fine structure of the inclusion bodies and protein bodies appeared to be different. The present findings suggest that mouse inclusion bodies and human protein bodies are different.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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