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Immunohistochemical studies on human gastric mucosa

Procedures for routine demonstration of gastric proteins by immunoenzyme techniques

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Two different fixatives were applied to human gastric mucosa for the study of antigenic marker substances. The first consists of 96% ethanol and 1% acetic acid (EA method), the second of 4% formaldehyde, 0.5% picric acid and 0.25% glutaraldehyde (FPG method). Samples of resected gastric specimens were fixed, dehydrated and cleared in benzene and embedded in paraplast. The morphology of gastric tissue was well preserved by both methods and permitted the simultaneous application of classical staining procedures and the immunoenzyme peroxidase technique for the demonstration of antigenic substances. The following marker substances could be demonstrated: Pepsinogen I and II group, surface epithelial antigen, parietal cell antigen, chief cell antigen, antral mucous cell antigen, carcinoembryonic antigen, goblet cell antigen and common site antigen of leucocytes. Various factors responsible for nonspecific reactions, such as endogeneous peroxidase activity and protein-protein interactions were studied. The latter were circumvented by the use of highly purified antibodies or immunoglobulin fractions. The EA method proved to be the method of choice for future routine application of combined classical histology and immunoenzyme histology in gastric and intestinal diseases.

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Zwei Fixierungsverfahren wurden für das Studium von antigenen „Marker“ auf die menschliche Magenschleimhaut angewandt. Die erste Methode bestand in 96% Äthanol und 1% Eisessig (Methode AE), die zweite in der Kombination von 4% Formaldehyd, 0.5% PikrinsÄure und 0.25% Glutaraldehyd (Methode FPG). Proben von resezierten MÄgen wurden fixiert, dehydratisiert und nach Behandlung in Benzol in Paraplast eingebettet. Die Gewebsmorphologie des Magens war in beiden Methoden gut erhalten und erlaubte die simultane Anwendung klassischer FÄrbetechniken und immunenzymhistologischer Verfahren zur Darstellung antigener Substanzen in der menschlichen Magenschleimhaut. Die folgenden „Marker“-Substanzen konnten in beiden Verfahren nachgewiesen werden: Pepsinogen I und II, Deckepithelantigen, Belegzellantigen, Hauptzellantigen, Mucusantigen der Schleimzellen des Antrums, carcinoembryonales Antigen, Becherzellantigen und “common site” Antigen der Leukozyten. Verschiedene Faktoren, die für unspezifische Reaktionen verantwortlich sind, wie endogene Peroxydasen, Protein-Protein Interaktionen wurden untersucht und letztere durch die Anwendung hochgereinigter Antikörper oder Immunglobulinfraktionen umgangen. Die AE Methode erwies sich als Methode der Wahl für die zukünftige Routineanwendung kombinierter klassischer Histologie und der Immunenzymhistologie im Bereich der Magen- und Darmerkrankungen.

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This study on Human Gastric Mucosa is dedicated to Prof. Dr. Pierre Grabar, Institut Pasteur, Paris, on the occasion of the Robert Koch Golden Medal Award

Supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB 136, publ. no. 15), Bonn, Germany

Supported by grants of the Ministry of Research and Technology, Bonn, Germany

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Wurster, K., Kuhlmann, W.D. & Rapp, W. Immunohistochemical studies on human gastric mucosa. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 378, 213–228 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00427361

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