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Effect of different fixatives on immunocytochemical localization of HNK- 1-reactive antigens in cerebellum: a method for differentiating the localization of the same carbohydrate epitope on proteins vs lipids
N Prasadarao, SA Tobet and FB Jungalwala
Department of Biochemistry, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Waltham, Massachusetts.
Monoclonal antibody (MAb) HNK-1 recognizes a carbohydrate epitope present in certain glycolipids, glycoproteins, and proteoglycans. Five different fixation methods, together with biochemical analyses of the antigens, were evaluated to study immunocytochemical localization of this epitope in layers of adult rat cerebellum; 4% paraformaldehyde/0.5% cetylpyridinium chloride was found to be optimal for overall immunoreactivity, and the antigens were apparent in all cerebellar layers. To differentially localize HNK-1-reactive carbohydrate epitope on proteins vs lipids in cerebellar layers, we tested the effect of 0.2%, 2%, or 4% glutaraldehyde combined with 2% paraformaldehyde (GT/PF) on HNK-1 and other MAb-reactive protein and lipid antigens; 2% or 4% GT/PF significantly reduced or abolished immunoreactivity of MAb HNK-1 and 5F9 (reacting with microtubule- associated protein 2) with cerebellar proteins analyzed on Western blots, but did not decrease HNK-1 reactivity to lipid antigens on HPTLC blots. In cerebellar tissue sections, HNK-1 and 5F9 immunoreactivity was reduced after 2% or 4% GT/PF fixation. However, significant amounts of HNK-1 immunoreactivity remained in molecular layer and deep cerebellar nuclei. GT/PF fixation did not cause significant changes in immunoreactivity patterns of other carbohydrate lipid antigens, such as those that react with MAb A2B5, 7A, and WCC4. Therefore, carbohydrate epitope on lipids, as opposed to that on proteins, may be preferentially detectable by immunocytochemistry after fixation with 2% or 4% GT/PF. The selective localization of HNK-1-reactive carbohydrate in the molecular layer and deep cerebellar nuclei with 2% or 4% GT/PF fixation correlates well with the observed presence of HNK-1-reactive lipids in these areas but not in the granular layer and white matter, as determined by microdissection of the individual layers and biochemical analysis. The application of 2% or 4% GT/PF fixation as a general method for differentiating the same carbohydrate epitope on proteins vs lipids in immunocytochemistry for other tissues and other antibodies remains to be further evaluated.
Volume 38,
Issue 8,
pp. 1193-1200,
08/01/1990
Copyright © 1990 by The Histochemical Society
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