Immunoelectron microscopic localization of cell surface antigens on rat hepatocytes detected with monoclonal antibodies (HAM2 and HAM4). 1991

K Yamaguchi, and Y Fujikura, and H Kuniki, and K Itoh, and K Tamakoshi, and T Fukumoto
Institute of Laboratory Animals, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Japan.

The localization of surface antigens and the binding activity of two monoclonal antibodies, HAM2 and HAM4, which recognize the rat major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigen class I and the rat hepato-renal antigen respectively, on dissociated (free) hepatocytes was examined by light (LM) and electron microscopy (EM), and by radioimmunoassay (RIA). Fixed hepatocytes, fixed before dissociation, and fresh hepatocytes, dissociated by collagenase, were treated by direct staining with HAM2- or HAM4-immunogold complexes (HAM2-gold and HAM4-gold). Some of the directly stained hepatocytes were further mixed with antimouse IgG-gold complex (IgG-gold) to supplement the direct staining. The polarity of the sinusoidal and contiguous faces and the bile canaliculus, i.e. the in situ morphology, was well preserved in the fixed hepatocytes, while the fresh cells had lost the polarity and were round. On the fixed hepatocytes HAM2-gold particles were distributed predominantly on the sinusoidal face, while HAM4-gold particles were localized on both the bile canalicular and sinusoidal faces. No different antigen distribution on the fresh cells was detected with the two antibodies. Supplementation by IgG-gold was noticeable in most cases. The extent of binding activity in both the immunogold and RIA experiments was lower in the fixed cells than in fresh cells. These results suggest that HAM2 and HAM4 are useful monoclonal antibodies for detecting the localization of the MHC class I antigen and the hepato-renal antigen on the hepatocytes, respectively.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D007365 Intercellular Junctions Direct contact of a cell with a neighboring cell. Most such junctions are too small to be resolved by light microscopy, but they can be visualized by conventional or freeze-fracture electron microscopy, both of which show that the interacting CELL MEMBRANE and often the underlying CYTOPLASM and the intervening EXTRACELLULAR SPACE are highly specialized in these regions. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2d ed, p792) Cell Junctions,Cell Junction,Intercellular Junction,Junction, Cell,Junction, Intercellular,Junctions, Cell,Junctions, Intercellular
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D008297 Male Males
D008853 Microscopy The use of instrumentation and techniques for visualizing material and details that cannot be seen by the unaided eye. It is usually done by enlarging images, transmitted by light or electron beams, with optical or magnetic lenses that magnify the entire image field. With scanning microscopy, images are generated by collecting output from the specimen in a point-by-point fashion, on a magnified scale, as it is scanned by a narrow beam of light or electrons, a laser, a conductive probe, or a topographical probe. Compound Microscopy,Hand-Held Microscopy,Light Microscopy,Optical Microscopy,Simple Microscopy,Hand Held Microscopy,Microscopy, Compound,Microscopy, Hand-Held,Microscopy, Light,Microscopy, Optical,Microscopy, Simple
D011863 Radioimmunoassay Classic quantitative assay for detection of antigen-antibody reactions using a radioactively labeled substance (radioligand) either directly or indirectly to measure the binding of the unlabeled substance to a specific antibody or other receptor system. Non-immunogenic substances (e.g., haptens) can be measured if coupled to larger carrier proteins (e.g., bovine gamma-globulin or human serum albumin) capable of inducing antibody formation. Radioimmunoassays
D002462 Cell Membrane The lipid- and protein-containing, selectively permeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Plasma Membrane,Cytoplasmic Membrane,Cell Membranes,Cytoplasmic Membranes,Membrane, Cell,Membrane, Cytoplasmic,Membrane, Plasma,Membranes, Cell,Membranes, Cytoplasmic,Membranes, Plasma,Plasma Membranes
D002469 Cell Separation Techniques for separating distinct populations of cells. Cell Isolation,Cell Segregation,Isolation, Cell,Cell Isolations,Cell Segregations,Cell Separations,Isolations, Cell,Segregation, Cell,Segregations, Cell,Separation, Cell,Separations, Cell
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000911 Antibodies, Monoclonal Antibodies produced by a single clone of cells. Monoclonal Antibodies,Monoclonal Antibody,Antibody, Monoclonal

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