Use of imprints for monoclonal antibody studies: suitability of air-dried preparations from lymphoid tissues with an immunohistochemical method

Am J Clin Pathol. 1983 Apr;79(4):438-42. doi: 10.1093/ajcp/79.4.438.

Abstract

Air-dried imprint preparations are conveniently produced from human lymphoid samples without the special methods required for snap-freezing tissues or rendering them into suspensions. T-cells, T-cell subsets (helper and suppressor), and HLA-DR-positive cells (B-lymphocytes, monocytic-histiocytic cells) can be identified in such imprints by the use of commercially obtained mouse hybridoma antibodies with a simple two-step immunoperoxidase method. Direct nuclear morphologic correlation with surface determinants is achieved by this method. Immunoreactivity is retained only eight to 10 days in such air-dried preparations, and attempts to prolong reactivity have been unsuccessful so far.

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • HLA-DR Antigens
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / analysis
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques*
  • Lymphoid Tissue / analysis*
  • T-Lymphocytes / analysis
  • T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / analysis
  • T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory / analysis

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • HLA-DR Antigens
  • Histocompatibility Antigens Class II