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Vet Pathol 44:796-802 (2007)
© 2007 American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Eosinophilic Substance is "Not Amyloid" in the Mouse Nasal Septum

T. Doi, Y. Kotani, H. Kokoshima, T. Kanno, Y. Wako and M. Tsuchitani

Mitsubishi Chemical Safety Institute Ltd., Kamisu-shi, Ibaraki, Japan

An eosinophilic substance (ES) is usually observed in the mouse nasal septum and increases in volume with aging. It has been described as amyloid in textbooks and one report. However, it has been described as "not amyloid" in other reports because there was a negative reaction to Congo red. In this study, the ES was investigated histopathologically and electron microscopically to determine whether it was amyloid or not. The ES was only observed at the interstitium of clear HE-stained nasal glands in the septum, in which 2 kinds of glands were present (dark and clear stained by HE). The volume of the ES was small in young mice and large in older ones. Neither nasal gland degeneration nor inflammation resulted, even if a large amount of the ES was observed. The ES reacted negatively to Congo red but was strongly positive to periodic acid–Schiff reaction with prior diastase treatment. In the electron microscope observation, the ES consisted of amorphous material and collagen, but no nonbranching fibrils. Similar amorphous material was also observed in the nasal gland epithelial cells and was connected to the material in the rough endoplasmic reticulum. The above-mentioned findings indicated that the ES was not amyloid and suggested the ES might consist of not only collagen but also complex carbohydrate, which was produced by the nasal gland epithelial cells.

Key words: Amyloid; Congo red; eosinophilic substance; mice; nasal cavity; periodic acid–Schiff reaction.

Request reprints from T. Doi, Mitsubishi Chemical Safety Institute Ltd., Sunayama 14, kamisu-shi, Ibaraki, 314-0255 (Japan). E-mail: takuyadoi{at}ankaken.co.jp






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