The use of monoclonal antibodies with colloidal gold-labeled probes in postembedding immunoelectron microscopy

1997 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-151
Author(s):  
Carlos E. Suarez ◽  
Ruth Brown
1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (02) ◽  
pp. 291-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenjiro Hamamoto ◽  
Shosaku Nomura ◽  
Masahiko Suzuki ◽  
Shigetoshi Ohga ◽  
Shirou Fukuhara

SummaryPlatelets are known to internalize monoclonal antibodies directed against the glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa complex. We investigated whether an antibody directed against this complex (NNKY 2-11) was transported from the surface membrane to the intracellular pool in HEL cells. Flow cytometry showed that the percent binding of NNKY 2-11 to the surface membrane of HEL cells was decreased after incubation for 24 h compared with 1 h, while the binding of an anti-GPIb antibody (NNKY 5-5) did not change. It did not seem likely that the GP Ilb/IIIa complex antibody was shed from the surface membrane of the HEL cells during incubation, because the medium conditioned by incubation with these cells for 24 h showed almost no binding to washed platelets. In addition, immunoelectron microscopy demonstrated that GP IIb/IIIa complex antibodies were incorporated into the intracellular pool of HEL cells and were associated with alpha granules. These findings indicated that an anti-GP IIb/IIIa antibody could be internalized by megakaryocytes, as has been previously shown with platelets, suggesting that megakaryocyte GP IIb/IIIa may act as a carrier for various adhesion proteins.


Pathogens ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 365
Author(s):  
Fengli Liu ◽  
Yanxin Cao ◽  
Maokai Yan ◽  
Mengxu Sun ◽  
Qingshui Zhang ◽  
...  

Duck viral enteritis is a highly contagious and fatal disease of commercial waterfowl flocks. The disease occurs sporadically or epizootically in mainland China due to insufficient vaccinations. Early and rapid diagnosis is important for preventive intervention and the control of epizootic events in clinical settings. In this study, we generated two monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that specifically recognized the duck enteritis virus (DEV) envelope glycoprotein B and tegument protein UL47, respectively. Using these MAbs, a colloidal gold-based immunochromatographic assay (ICA) was developed for the efficient detection of DEV antigens within 15 min. Our results showed that the detection limit of the developed ICA strip was 2.52 × 103 TCID50/mL for the virus infected cell culture suspension with no cross-reactivity with other pathogenic viruses commonly encountered in commercially raised waterfowl. Using samples from experimentally infected ducks, we demonstrated that the ICA detected the virus in cloacal swab samples on day three post-infection, demonstrating an 80% concordance with the PCR. For tissue homogenates from ducks succumbing to infection, the detection sensitivity was 100%. The efficient and specific detection by this ICA test provides a valuable, convenient, easy to use and rapid diagnostic tool for DVE under both laboratory and field conditions.


1996 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 483-489
Author(s):  
Lilian Terezinha de Queiroz Leite ◽  
Mauricio Resende ◽  
Wanderley de Souza ◽  
Elizabeth R.S. Camargos ◽  
Matilde Cota Koury

Monoclonal antibodies (MABs) ivere produced against an etbylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) extract of Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae being characterized by gel precipitation as IgM and IgG (IgGl and IgG2b). The EDTA extract was detected as several bands by silver staining in SDS-PAGE. In the Western blot the bands around 20 KDa reacted with a monoclonal antibody, 47B4D6, and was oxidized by periodate and was not digested by pronase, suggesting that the determinant is of carbohydrate nature, lmmunocytochemistry, using colloidal gold labeling, showed that an EDTA extract determinant recognized by monoclonal antibody 47B4D6, is localized under the outer envelope of serovar icterohaemorrhagiae. Hoe AIAB raised against the EDTA extract was not able to protect hamsters from lethal challenge with virulent homologous leptospires.


1996 ◽  
Vol 44 (12) ◽  
pp. 1389-1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Henderson ◽  
R Polewski ◽  
J C Fanning ◽  
M A Gibson

This study used immunoelectron microscopic techniques to define the ultrastructural location of MAGP-1 on the fibrillin-containing microfibrils of the ocular zonule. A specific anti-MAGP-1 monoclonal antibody (MAb), 11B, was produced that did not crossreact with fibrillin-1 or other microfibrillar proteins. MAb 11B was shown by immunofluorescence to localize intensely to zonular tissue. Postembedding immunoelectron microscopy showed that MAGP-1 was associated with microfibrils throughout the zonule, with the exception of a narrow band of microfibrils at the junction with the lens capsule. With preembedding labeling, the anti-MAGP-1 MAb was found to localize in a crossbanding pattern, at intervals of about 50 nm, to microfibrils throughout the zonule and along bundles of microfibrils in surrounding vitreous tissue. Rotary shadowing of isolated microfibrils showed a "beads on a string" morphology with a periodicity of about 50 nm. With immunogold labeling, the anti-MAGP-1 antibody specifically localized on the beads in a symmetrical manner. Occasionally two gold partides were attached to the same bead, suggesting that multiple MAGP-1 molecules were present in the structure. The results indicate that MAGP-1 is intimately and regularly associated with the bead regions of fibrillin-containing microfibrils. The findings are consistent with a major structural role for MAGP-1 in microfibril biology.


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