Name: Cerebral Thrombus Clot Dissolution and Cell Staining for Cell Component Analyses
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cerebral thrombus clot dissolution and cell staining for cell component analyses

A Fibrinolytic Enzyme-Based Method to Study Cerebral Thrombus Cell Components

Cerebrovascular disease is one of three major diseases that can threaten human health, among which ischemic cerebrovascular disease accounts for more than 80%. Cerebral thrombosis and cerebral vein thrombosis are the most concerned ischemic cerebrovascular diseases today, mainly caused by cerebral blood clots1,2. If the treatment is not done properly, it will have high disability and mortality rates and a high recurrence rate after discharge3.
Recently, a growing number of studies have shown that the cell components of cerebral blood clots are tightly correlated with the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of cerebral thrombosis4,5,6. Therefore, the availability of data on thrombus composition, especially the cell components, is important for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Unfortunately, the currently available methods cannot comprehensively analyze the blood clot component quantitatively and qualitatively. For example, Martius Scarlett Blue based in-situ staining can only study the red/white blood cells of certain slices of the clot7. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) based in-situ staining can only study limited blood components of certain slices of the clot using their antibodies8. The microscopic image-based methods are only concerned with the specific structure of the clot9. Moreover, all those methods are laborious and time-consuming10. To date, the procedures for quantitatively and qualitatively studying cerebral thrombi cell components have not been reported. It is widely acknowledged that the cross-linked fibrin tightly wraps the blood cells in the clots11. Consequently, the specific degradation of the cross-linked fibrin and release of the intact cells is critical for the accurate analysis of cell components.
Previous works isolated a fibrinolytic enzyme from Sipunculus nudus (sFE), which can degrade the fibrin specifically and quickly12. Herein, a method for analyzing the cell components of the cerebral thrombi based on the unique activity of sFE was proposed. This protocol utilized sFE to degrade the fibrin of clots first and then analyzed the cell components by Wright&#39;s Staining and routine blood examination13,14. According to this method, the cell components of cerebral thrombi can be quantitatively and qualitatively studied. This simple and effective protocol might be applied for the cell component analysis of other blood clots.

Author Spotlight: A Novel Method for Comprehensive Cell Component Analysis of Cerebral Blood Clots 

A Comprehensive Approach to Analyze the Cell Components of Cerebral Blood Clots

Our research mainly focuses on cerebral thrombosis. Many studies have shown that cerebral blood clot cell component correlate with the diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of cerebral thrombosis. In this study, we established a novel method for the analysis of cell component of cerebral blood clots.This challenge in analyzing cell components of cerebral blood clots is the release of entire shaft from blood clots. This is because the clots leaked fibering tiry rash, the blood cells in the clots. Targeted approaches to starting the cell components of the clots are best done in C2 standing, which is unsuitable for the comprehensive starting of the cell components.On the contrary, our method enables both quantitative and qualitative enlightenings of the cerebral slope cell components. Our method utilizes fibrinolytic enzyme to delay the fibering in blood clots, releasing the intact cells. The data obtained from the analysis of the cell components will facilitate the study of the mechanisms of cerebral thrombosis at a molecular level.Our team will continue to focus on the study of fibrinolysis and coagulation system.

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Cerebral Thrombus Clot Dissolution and Cell Staining for Cell Component Analyses  

To begin, place the collected cerebral blood clot samples on a clean dish using tweezers. Then, using a pipette, add five milliliters of physiological saline to it and gently shake the dish. Remove the saline using a pipette.Using a pair of scissors, chop the clots into small pieces. Once again, add five milliliters of physiological saline to the clots and shake the dish gently before aspirating the saline with a pipette. Then, using tweezers, transfer the pieces of clots to a new, clean U-plate.Prepare the SFE working solution by adjusting the concentration of SFE to 2, 000 units per milliliter using physiological saline. Add 300 microliters of the SFE working solution to the pretreated clots. To initiate the first round of degradation, incubate the mixture of SFE and clots at 37 degrees Celsius for half an hour.After that, gently shake to mix the SFE treated sample. And using a clean pipette, transfer the liquid portion to a sterile tube. Set aside the remaining clot for another round of degradation.Centrifuge the collected liquid at 200 G for five minutes at four degrees Celsius. Next, using a pipette, transfer the supernatant or the recovered SFE solution to another clean tube. Resuspend the resultant cell pellet in 50 microliters of physiological saline by gentle mixing.After this, perform subsequent rounds of degradation on the remaining clots using the recovered SFE solution as demonstrated previously. Gather the cell mixture from each round of degradation to prepare the blood cell sample. Add five microliters of the obtained cell sample to the poly-L-lysine-coated glass slide.And using a cover slip, smear the cells. Allow the liquid to evaporate at room temperature. To perform cell staining, gently add 100 microliters of rights dye to the cell smear.Allow the cells to stain for 30 minutes at room temperature before gently rinsing the dye off with clean water. Finally, examine the stained cells using a light microscope. Compact red blood clots with a colorless working solution were observed during the early stage of degradation.Clot dissolution was observed after a 30-minute incubation and a prolonged incubation of up to five hours dissolved most clots, while there was no significant change in the negative control group, even after a 10-hour incubation. After a right staining, mature red blood cells, platelets, and various granulocytes were clearly identifiable under a light microscope. The cell components could be quantitatively analyzed with the aid of autohematology successfully.

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Cerebral thrombosis, a blood clot in a cerebral artery or vein, is the most common type of cerebral infarction. The study of the cell components of ...