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An approach to postembedding staining of protein (immunoglobulin) antigen embedded in plastic: prerequisites and limitations
H Takamiya, S Batsford and A Vogt
A method is described for performing postembedding staining of protein (immunoglobulin) antigen embedded in styrene-methacrylate resin. Fixation of specimens in a combination of 4% paraformaldehyde and 0.2% picric acid and washing in buffer containing 7% sucrose, followed by abrupt dehydration with absolute acetone in the cold preserved the antigenicity, although in a masked form. The masked antigenicity could be reexposed by treatment with nonspecific protease. Staining with fluorescent-, peroxidase-, or ferritin-labeled antibodies on semi- and ultrathin sections resulted in specific localization of the antigen. We applied this technique to the localization of rabbit immunoglobulin in specimens of renal tissue obtained from rats with anti-glomerular basement membrane nephritis; we also localized human IgG in a renal biopsy specimen. The prerequisites for recovery of antigenicity are such that preservation of tissue structure at the light microscopic level is good, but relatively poor at the electron microscopic level.
Volume 28,
Issue 10,
pp. 1041-1049,
10/01/1980
Copyright © 1980 by The Histochemical Society
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