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Optimization of immunohistochemical techniques to detect extracellular matrix proteins in fixed skin specimens
JM Folkvord, D Viders, A Coleman-Smith and RA Clark
Department of Medicine, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206.
Complete antigen visualization in the context of well-preserved tissue architecture is the goal of all immunohistochemical techniques. Frozen tissue section techniques achieve optimal antigen visualization but preserve tissue architecture poorly. On the other hand, formalin-fixed tissue section techniques preserve tissue architecture very well but result in antigen masking. Enzymatic digestion or salt extraction of formalin-fixed sections has been used to reestablish antigen expression. Recently acid-alcohol-fixed tissue has been used as a successful compromise between tissue architecture preservation and the visualization of cytoskeletal antigens. In an attempt to find an improved immunohistochemical process for non-cytoskeletal antigens, we compared avidin-biotin immunofluorescence staining in frozen, formalin- fixed, and acid-alcohol-fixed tissues. The fixed tissues were either untreated or treated with enzyme digestion or salt extraction. For this study, we examined healing cutaneous wounds in Yorkshire pigs with antibodies to fibronectin, laminin, von Willebrand factor VIII, and keratin. Although tissue architecture was poor, frozen sections provided the best antigen visualization and were therefore used as the standard for complete antigen expression. Formalin-fixed tissues had excellent tissue architecture, but most antigens were completely masked. Pre-treatment technique only partially overcame the antigen masking caused by formalin. In contrast, acid-alcohol fixation preserved tissue architecture almost as well as formalin and sometimes allowed complete antigen visualization; however, laminin and fibronectin were partially masked. Total recovery of the expression of these antigens could be obtained by pre-treating the acid-alcohol-fixed tissue with either hyaluronidase or 1 M NaCl. Therefore, acid-alcohol- fixed tissue appears best for extracellular matrix (ECM) protein immunostaining as well as for cytoskeletal staining. However, certain ECM antigens require hyaluronidase or 1 M NaCl treatment for optimal visualization.
Volume 37,
Issue 1,
pp. 105-113,
01/01/1989
Copyright © 1989 by The Histochemical Society
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