Localization of laminin in nephritic glomeruli as revealed by a quick-freezing and deep-etching method with immunohistochemistry |
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Authors: | Atsuhiko Naramoto Shinichi Ohno Nobuo Itoh Nobuo Shibata and Hidekazu Shigematsu |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pathology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, 390 Matsumoto, Japan;(2) Department of Anatomy, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, 390 Matsumoto, Japan |
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Abstract: | Summary The three-dimensional localization of laminin in rat glomeruli at the chronic phase of Masugi nephritis was investigated by a quick-freezing and deep-etching method combined with immunohistochemistry. Light-microscopically, laminin was localized in increased mesangial matrix and thickened glomerular basement membrane. The quick-freezing and deep-etching method revealed that the increased mesangial matrix, which was newly formed in axial portions and areas of mesangial interposition, was composed of fine fibrillar networks. They were revealed with the 3,3 -diaminobenzidine tetrahydrochloride (DAB) reaction products of peroxidase-labelled secondary antibody following anti-laminin antibody. However, these reaction products were not uniformly distributed in the newly formed matrix. Although the fibrils organizing lamina densa were also immunostained with anti-laminin antibody, the fibrils connected to mesangial cells, podocytes and endothelial cells had smaller amounts of DAB reaction products for laminin. These results indicate that one of the components of fibrils in the mesangial matrix and lamina densa is laminin, which is heterogeneously distributed in the newly formed matrix. |
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