Light Microscopical Detection of Leukocyte Cell Surface Antigens with a One-nanometer Gold Probe

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Journal Histochemistry

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1991 Jan 1

PMID 1714436

Citations 3

Authors

V De Valck

W Renmans

E Segers

J Leunissen

M De Waele

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Abstract

The potential of ultrasmall gold particles for the light microscopical detection of leukocyte cell surface differentiation antigens was investigated. Suspensions and cytocentrifuge preparations of peripheral blood leukocytes were first incubated with monoclonal antibodies and then with goat antimouse antibodies coupled to colloidal gold particles of 1-nanometer diameter. Cytocentrifuge preparations were made from the cell suspensions. Silver enhancement was performed on all preparations. Then they were counterstained with May-Grünwald Giemsa and examined in light microscopy. The immunostaining appeared as fine dark granules on the surface membrane of the cells. Labeling conditions were determined which gave a dense specific immunostaining and a low background. High dilutions of the ultrasmall gold probe could be used to detect all antigen expressing cells in the samples. The labeling efficiency of the IGSS method with the 1 nanometer probe was comparable to that described earlier for 5 nanometer gold particles. Lymphocyte subsets enumerated with this method in normal peripheral blood were similar to those found with immunofluorescence microscopy. We concluded that one nanometer probes do not offer a major advantage in comparison with 5 nanometer probes for the study of cell surface antigens.

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