An analysis of cell kinetic parameters as a function of intralobular localization of hepatocytes was performed using autoradiographic methods to obtain a basis for a quantitative description of cell cycle compartments after partial hepatectomy. The influx into the S compartment revealed a maximum in a lobular zone not immediately adjacent to the portal tract, with a decrease towards the perivenous and periportal area of the lobule. The maximum influx was found in the intermediate zone at 34 hr and a lower one in the perivenous parts of the lobule at 40 hr. The influx pattern at 56 hr was similar to the situation at 18 hr. The fraction of labelled mitoses in the whole liver and in subunits of the lobule disclosed a constant duration of S whereas the duration of G2+ M was prolonged from the periportal to the perivenous zone. A graphical model of kinetic events after partial hepatectomy is proposed, which describes the sizes of the various cell cycle compartments; the model successfully predicted the results of a continuous labelling experiment.

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We describe an improvement of the immunogold technique, which is based on the colour development of silver-intensified immunogold signals. This method (referred to as the coloured-SIG technique) was found to be as sensitive as the silver-intensified immunogold method and more sensitive (in two of the three tested systems) than immunoenzymatic procedures, such as the peroxidase/antiperoxidase technique or the avidin-biotin system. The coloured SIG-method results in either a magenta-red or a cyan-blue final reaction product. Therefore, this new improvement of the immunogold technique should be useful in double-staining methods, immunoblot methods and conventional immunostaining methods.

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