Microscopic Determination of Bone Phosphorus by Quantitative Autoradiography of Neutron-activated Sections
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Longitudinal sections of human cortical bone were submitted to thermal neutrons. gamma-ray spectra were recorded repeatedly during 15 days following irradiation. They showed that Na(24) is predominant as early as 3 hours after activation and that all the gamma-emitters have decayed on the 15th day. When the gamma-rays have disappeared, beta-rays are still produced by the sections. It was proved by the absorption curve in aluminium that all these beta-rays are issued from the P(32) induced in the sections by activation of P(31). Therefore autoradiograms registered 15 days after activation reveal the distribution of P(32) in the sections. gamma-ray spectra and beta-ray absorption curves of neutron activated sections of ivory demonstrated a mineral composition similar to that of bone. Autoradiograms of ivory sections activated for various times were used to establish the relation between the optical density of the autoradiograms and the radioactivity in P(32). When the bone autoradiograms are compared with the ivory standards of known radioactivity, the optical densities of single osteons (Haversian systems), can be related to their phosphorus contents. Autoradiograms and microradiograms of the same sections were examined side by side. The least calcified osteons, that contain 80 per cent of the calcium of the fully calcified osteons, also contain about 80 per cent of the phosphorus of the fully mineralized osteons. It is concluded that the Ca:P ratio remains constant while mineralization of bone tissue is being completed.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of Cell Biology
دوره 24 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1965