SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE

SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (MODIFIED FROM PETTE & TYLER, 1983)

1. Phosphate buffer (100mM, pH 7.6)

--Solution A (1.36g KH2PO4 /100ml) 12ml

--Solution B (1.42g Na2HPO4/100ml) 88ml

2. NBT Stock

--Phosphate buffer as above 100ml

--KCN 6.5mg

--EDTA 185mg

--Nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) 100mg

Freeze in 2ml aliquots

3. Succinate stock (500 mM sodium succinate)

--Sodium succinate 2.7g

--Distilled water 20ml

Freeze in 5ml amounts

4. Incubation medium

--NBT stock 2.0ml

--Succinate stock 0.2ml

--Phenazine methosulphate 0.7mg (one small crystal)

Mix just before use, keep out of strong light.

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SECTIONS

Fresh cryostat on coverslips

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INCUBATION

Rat tibialis anterior, soleus Room temp/5 minutes

Human quadriceps, gastrocnemius 37ƒC/10-15 minutes

Wash in distilled water, fix for 15 minutes in formol-calcium. Dehydrate, clear and mount. (Alternatively, a brief rinse in acetone will remove pink monoformazans, then mount in Apathy's medium or glycerin-jelly).

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RESULT

sites of SDH activity (mitochondrial) stain blue.

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