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Immunohistochemical analysis of rat and human respiratory cilia with anti-dynein antibody: comparison between normal cilia and pathological cilia in primary ciliary dyskinesia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8548125     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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.
Authors:
A Umeda; T Yoshida; K Yamaguchi; M Kanazawa; C Torikata
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology     Volume:  427     ISSN:  0945-6317     ISO Abbreviation:  Virchows Arch.     Publication Date:  1995  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-02-21     Completed Date:  1996-02-21     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9423843     Medline TA:  Virchows Arch     Country:  GERMANY    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  401-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Animals
Cilia / chemistry
Ciliary Motility Disorders*
Dyneins / analysis*
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Kartagener Syndrome
Lung / chemistry*
Male
Microscopy, Electron
Middle Aged
Rats
Rats, Wistar
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
EC 3.6.4.2/Dyneins

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