Cytospectrophotometric evaluation of Amido Black staining of proteins in nervous tissue cells.

Cytospectrophotometry of agar films soaked with serum albumin and of nervous tissue cells has shown that the histochemical colour reaction of proteins with Amido Black 10 B obeys Beer's law and that the spectral characteristics of this reaction are not significantly changed after fixation and histological procedure of nervous tissue. In cats, after in situ electrostimulation, and in rats, after anticipation stress, quantitative changes in the total protein content per cell were revealed in nerve and glial cells of cat sympathetic ganglion and rat spinal cord with the aid of cytospectrophotometry of Amido Black-stained sections. Staining with Amido Black 10B is recommended for cytospectrophotometric determinations of total protein and of separate protein fractions in nervous system cells.