The Lipids Stained by the Periodic Acid-Schiff Technic

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Abstract
Unsaturated periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) stainable lipids of renal basement membranes are soluble in lipid solvents and do not add to the PAS staining in paraffin embedded sections. These lipids contribute to the staining of basement membranes in frozen sections. Pure sphingomyelin is stained by the PAS method if the oxidising solution is sufficiently acid and the time allowed for periodic oxidation is sufficient. This staining is considered to depend on splitting of the amide link between sphingosine and the fatty acid which leaves the 1-amino-2-hydroxyl grouping of sphingosine available for reacting with the periodic acid.