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During studies of early arteriosclerotic lesions fibers with the staining properties of myosins were observed in epithelial cells of various organs. To obtain a basis for further studies, staining, oolarization and fluorescence microscopic properties of classical myoepithelial cells and tonofibrils were investigated. The tannic acid-phosphomolybdic acid (TP)-Levanol Fast Cyanine 5RN stain for myosins and related proteins was applied to sections of tongue and skin. In other series various milling dyes, xanthene dyes and Thiazine Red R were substituted for Levanol Fast Cyanine 5RN.
Myoepithelial cells of lingual and eccrine sweat glands showed the microscopic properties of smooth muscle cells; tonofibrils had little or no affinity for the dyes tested. The terminal bar-terminal web system of glandular epithelium and the fibrous layer in ducts of eccrine sweat glands resembled myosins and differed significantly from proteins of the epiderminkeratin group, e.g. tonofibrils. In preliminary studies the iodinated xanthene dyes Rose Bengal G, Erythrosin B and Y were found suitable for light, fluorescence and electron microscopic studies.
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Puchtler, H., Waldrop, F.S., Carter, M.G. et al. Investigation of staining, polarization and fluorescence microscopic properties of myoepithelial cells. Histochemistry 40, 281–289 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00495034
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