Journal: Journal of morphology
Article Title: Lateral bone ridge expansion and internal tissue replacement for vertebral body growth in Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis.
doi: 10.1002/jmor.21666
Figure Lengend Snippet: FIGURE 4 Thunnus orientalis, distribution of osteoblasts and osteoclasts in vertebrae. (a) Double staining of ALP and TRAP of a juvenile vertebral body. The total length of the juvenile of (a) is 11.2 cm. (b–d) Magnified images of (b) the lateral ridge, (c) the base of the dorsal arch, and (d) the base of the hemal arch base marked with rectangles in (a). Arrows and arrowheads indicate ALP‐positive osteoblasts and TRAP‐positive osteoclasts, respectively. (e) HE and alcian blue staining of a lateral ridge of an adult vertebra. (f, g) Magnified images of (f) the distal edge and (g) the surface of the lateral ridge marked with rectangles in (e). (f) Black‐filled arrowheads indicate osteoblasts accumulating on the edge of the ridge. Asterisks indicate the small cavities in which osteoblasts are embedded. Branches from black circles indicate osteocyte lacunae. The cavities are much larger than the osteocyte lacunae. (g) The arrowhead indicates osteoblasts lined up along the surface of the ridge. No alcian‐ blue‐positive cartilage was observed. Scale bars: (a–d) 100 µm, (e) 500 µm, and (f, g) 50 µm. ALP, alkaline phosphatase; bv, blood vessel; HE, hematoxylin and eosin; sc, spinal cord; TRAP, tartrate‐resistant acid phosphatase.
Article Snippet: To detect osteoblasts, we mounted 100 μL alkaline phosphatase (ALP) substrate solution (Takara) and incubated the sections for 20min at 37°C.
Techniques: Double Staining, Staining