{"title":"Effect of cytochrome c concentration on the ultrastructural appearance of bovine nasal cartilage proteoglycans.","authors":"P Front, C Dauguet, D R Mitrovic","doi":"10.3109/10520298909106983","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bovine nasal cartilage proteoglycan monomers were studied by Kleinschmidt and Zahn's molecular spreading technique as modified by Rosenberg et al. By decreasing the cytochrome c concentration in the epiphase to 2 micrograms per 100 microliters we were able on nitrocellulose-coated grids routinely to obtain highly contrasted and well spread proteoglycan monomers with a characteristic brush-like appearance and, sometimes, a clearly distinguishable hyaluronic acid binding region. Previously, a hyaluronic acid binding region has only been observed routinely in spread proteoglycan aggregates, and a brush-like structure of proteoglycan monomers on carbon-coated grids, but with considerably less precision due to the poor contrast of the molecules. Molecular spreading was further improved by decreasing the cytochrome c concentration in the epiphase to less than 2 micrograms per 100 microliters, but contrast was reduced making visualization of molecular details difficult.</p>","PeriodicalId":21924,"journal":{"name":"Stain technology","volume":"64 3","pages":"113-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1989-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.3109/10520298909106983","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Stain technology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3109/10520298909106983","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Bovine nasal cartilage proteoglycan monomers were studied by Kleinschmidt and Zahn's molecular spreading technique as modified by Rosenberg et al. By decreasing the cytochrome c concentration in the epiphase to 2 micrograms per 100 microliters we were able on nitrocellulose-coated grids routinely to obtain highly contrasted and well spread proteoglycan monomers with a characteristic brush-like appearance and, sometimes, a clearly distinguishable hyaluronic acid binding region. Previously, a hyaluronic acid binding region has only been observed routinely in spread proteoglycan aggregates, and a brush-like structure of proteoglycan monomers on carbon-coated grids, but with considerably less precision due to the poor contrast of the molecules. Molecular spreading was further improved by decreasing the cytochrome c concentration in the epiphase to less than 2 micrograms per 100 microliters, but contrast was reduced making visualization of molecular details difficult.