Immunohistochemical Analysis of Rat and Human Respiratory Cilia with Anti-dynein Antibody: Comparison Between Normal Cilia and Pathological Cilia in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Overview

Journal Virchows Arch

Specialties Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Pathology

Date 1995 Jan 1

PMID 8548125

Citations 1

Authors

A Umeda

T Yoshida

K Yamaguchi

M Kanazawa

C Torikata

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Abstract

Wistar Imamichi rat and human respiratory cilia were examined with anti-dynein antibody (AD2), which is specific for sea urchin sperm flagellar dynein. AD2-labelled fresh-frozen normal rat and human cilia stained clearly by immunofluorescence and the peroxidase-antiperoxidase (PAP) technique. On immunoelectron microscopy, AD2 labelled the outer dynein arms of normal human cilia. Paraffin-embedded normal human cilia also stained by immunofluorescence, although not always clearly. Neither the cilia of WIC-Hyd male rats, an animal model of Kartagener's syndrome, nor human cilia from patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) reacted positively by the immunofluorescence or PAP technique. Western blots of normal rat cilia yielded a single band of about 450 kDa. In conclusion, AD2 recognizes the outer arm dynein heavy chains of healthy cilia and may be useful in diagnosing and classifying PCD light microscopically especially when only paraffin-embedded specimens are available. This approach may be of potential use for better defining and classifying PCD.

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