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AP0509 Component 2 Exam > Pigments and Lipids > Flashcards

Pigments and Lipids Flashcards

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What are pigments?

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  • self coloured materials, can be seen in unstained solution

- limited range of colour; yellow-brown or brown-black

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Artefact pigments

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  • deposit produced as a result of chemical reaction in tissue
  • not originally part of tissue
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Exogenous pigments

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  • present in original tissue
  • some pathological, some indicative of person’s lifestyle/employment
  • gain accidental access through industrial exposure; inhalation or implantation
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Endogenous pigments

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  • produced within tissue and have physiological function

- or by-product of normal metabolic process

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Schmorl’s test

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  • yellow pigment turning green = positive result

- may be difficult to see if reaction has occurred

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Types of artefact pigments (5)

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  • Formalin
  • Malarial
  • Mercury
  • Osmium
  • Dichromate deposits
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Types of endogenous pigments (8)

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  • Bile pigments
  • Lipofuscin
  • Melanin
  • Iron
  • Copper
  • Uric Acid and Urates
  • Calcium
  • Haemoglobin
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Types of exogenous pigments (3)

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  • Carbon
  • Asbestos
  • Silica
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Formalin pigment

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  • brown/black deposit following acid formalin fixation
  • most easily seen around old/degenerated blood in tissues
  • removed w/ picric acid
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Malarial pigment

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  • similar to formalin; formed in/near RBCs
  • also found in cytoplasm of macrophages that have ingested affected RBCs
  • parasite presence within RBCs helps identify pigment source
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Mercury pigment

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  • black deposit formed w/ mercury-containing fixatives
  • removed w/ iodine and sodium thiosulphate
  • less common in modern histology
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Osmium pigment

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  • very dense black pigment following osmium tetroxide fixation
  • removed by oxidation w/ hydrogen peroxide
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Dichromate deposits

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  • occurs when chrome salts reacts w/ alcohols and produces brown oxide
  • potassium dichromate fixation form yellow/brown deposits
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Bile pigments

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  • breakdown of bile pigments; range of colours in a healing bruise
  • difficult to identify; oxidation alters colour
  • only large deposits can appear in wax sections
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Iron pigment

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  • stored as haemosiderin in ferric state
  • fine brown colour; liver, spleen and marrow
  • Perl’s Prussian Blue; detects iron in haemosiderin by potassium ferrocyanide - dense blue precipitate
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Melanin pigment

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  • identified by reducing ability w/ Schmorl’s test
  • black/brown pigment; product of melanocytes
  • eye, skin, hair, brain and melanoma
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Lipofuscin pigment

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  • ‘wear and tear’ pigment due to lipid oxidation
  • most easily identified pigment
  • brown or lipochrome pigment
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Copper pigment

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  • normally undetectable
  • accumulation (Wilson’s disease)
  • important in metabolism (oxidase enzymes)
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Calcium pigment

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  • absorbed in GIT from food (vitamin D)

- demonstrated by Von Kossa (silver impregnation, non specific to calcium - black)

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Haemoglobin pigment

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  • brownish colour in formalin fixed sections
  • Eosin in H&E gives orange/pink colour
  • free Hb is anamorphous or globular; strongly acidophilic
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Uric Acid and Urates pigment

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  • urate crystals are birefringent
  • high uric acids (kidney diseases, overweight, diabetes)
  • breakdown of purine nucleotides
  • gout; crystallisation in joints
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Carbon pigment

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  • dense, black pigment
  • most common of pigments; absorbed by phagocytes
  • acts as carrier for more dangerous materials; absorb chemicals onto their surface
  • seen in lungs of urban dwellers, smokers; skin from tattoos and needle tracks
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Asbestos pigments

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  • brown pigments
  • cause fibrosis, may lead to asbestosis and mesothelioma
  • long beaded fibres
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Silica pigments

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  • black-brown, depending on source of it
  • may be birefringent
  • miners, quarry workers, stonemasons exposed to it
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Types of conjugated lipids (7)

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  • neutral fats
  • waxes
  • cholesterol esters
  • phosphoglycerides
  • sphingomyelins
  • ceramides
  • glycolipids
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Types of unconjugated lipids (2)

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  • fatty acids

- steroids

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What are fats and lipids defined by?

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  • solubility in fat solvents

- insolubility in water

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Why is fixation of lipids difficult?

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  • all but 2 fixatives can be used (osmium tetroxide, potassium dichromate)
  • osmium tetroxide fixes lipids but also blackens them
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What does lush chrome staining rely on?

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  • using a dye that’s very soluble in lipids but relatively insoluble in aqueous solvent
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What techniques are used with lysochrome methods?

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  • Sudan dyes
  • Oil Red O
  • Nile blue
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Limitations of techniques with lab methods with lipids?

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  • melting point 37oC; fluid in body, solid in section, may not stain/react with reagents
  • physical properties; pure lipids stain differently from mixtures
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What is applied after biopsy of lipids?

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  • Sudan black B
  • Oil Red O
  • Polarised light (birefringence)
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Haemosiderin

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  • found in spleen and liver
  • iron binding proteins (Fe3+)
  • destruction of old RBCs
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Diseases associated with haemosiderin

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  • haemochromatosis

- haemosiderosis

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Haemochromatosis

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  • autosomal recessive disorder
  • excessive absorption of iron
  • multi-organ disorder
  • liver (cirrhosis), heart (myopathy), pancreas (diabetes mellitus)
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Haemosiderosis

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  • focal deposits
  • no genetic cause
  • alcoholism or thalassaemia (blood transfusions)
  • aka secondary haemochromatosis
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Solubility in lipid identification

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  • section cut fixed, frozen tissue
  • subsequent short formalin fixation, neutral lipids preserved not fixed
  • traditional wax sectioning removes lipids. H&E gives -ve artefact image
  • no dehydration/clearing and sections mounted in aqueous mountants
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Lipid storage disorders (lipidosis)

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  • metabolic inherited disorders (rare)
  • lipid accumulation in cells (overproduction, decreased metabolism)
  • varies in organs; particular in CNS
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Fabry disease

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  • accumulation of lipids in kidney
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Osmium tetroxide fixation

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  • uncommon in light microscopy, blackening lipids
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Microscopic examination in lipid identification

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  • bright-field microscopy (H&E, Sudan-type stains, Oil Red O)
  • polarised light microscopy (oval fat bodies in urinary sediment examination - lipiduria

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