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Blaschitz, A; Gauster, M; Dohr, G.
Application of cryo-compatible antibodies to human placenta paraffin sections.
Histochem Cell Biol. 2008; 130(3): 595-599.
Doi: 10.1007/s00418-008-0458-z
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- Blaschitz Astrid
- Gauster Martin
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- Dohr Gottfried
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- The hepes-glutamic acid buffer-mediated organic solvent protection effect (HOPE) -fixation and paraffin embedding technique has been described to expand possibilities for immuno-labellings due to low denaturation of proteins. In this study, the issue was addressed as to whether the HOPE technique could be a useful tool in placenta tissue-based studies when only cryo-compatible antibodies are available. Such antibodies can be used on cryostat sections only, giving results of considerably inferior morphological detail as compared to routinely fixed paraffin embedded tissue sections. Commercially available, only cryo-compatible, monoclonal antibodies against a conformational epitope of HLA-G (clone MEM-G/9) and leukocyte differentiation antigens CD56, CD163 and CD34 III were selected and applied to frozen sections, routinely formalin-fixed and HOPE-fixed paraffin sections. All tested antibodies immunolocalized their antigen on cryo sections and on HOPE-fixed but not formalin-fixed paraffin sections. The HOPE technique provides an excellent preservation of protein antigenicity together with well presented morphological details in paraffin embedded placenta tissues. The detection of native or conformation-dependent epitopes in paraffin sections expands the immunolocalization possibilities in placenta research and reproductive immunology.
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- Antibodies - immunology
- Cryopreservation - methods
- Female -
- Humans -
- Immunohistochemistry -
- Paraffin Embedding - methods
- Placenta - immunology
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- placenta
- HOPE-fixation
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- CD antibodies