PubMed · 14259377
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K FEDERLIN. 1965-04-09. [IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE].. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1111399
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AIM: To investigate whether hepatic progenitor cells (HPC), that reveal the features of oval cells in rodents and small epithelial cells (SEC) in certain human liver disease, were also found in human liver cirrhosis (HLC). METHODS: Surgical liver specimens from 20 cases of hepatitis B virus-positive HLC (15 cases containing hepatocellular carcinoma) were investigated by light microscopic immunohistochemistry (LM-IHC). Among them specimens from 15 cases were investigated by electron microscopy (EM) and those from 5 cases by immunofluorencence confocal laser scanning microscopy (ICLSM). Antibodies against cytokeratin 7 and albumin were used and single and/or double labelling were performed respectively. RESULTS: LM-IHC showed that at the margins of regenerating nodules and in the fibrous septae, a small number of cells in the proliferating bile ductules were positive for CK7 and albumin. At the EM level these HPC were morphologically similar to the SEC described previously, and also similar to the oval cells seen in experimental hepatocarcinogenesis. They were characterized by their small size, oval shape, a high nucleus/cytoplasm ratio, a low organelle content in cytoplasm, and existence of tonofilaments and intercellular junctions. ICLSM revealed that HPC expressed both cytokeratin 7 and albumin. CONCLUSION: HPC with ultrastructural and immunophenotypical features of oval cells, i.e., hepatic stem cell-like cells as noted in other liver diseases, were found in HLC. These findings further support the hypothesis that bipotent hepatic stem cells, that may give rise to biliary epithelial cells and hepatocytes, exist in human livers.
Despite several new urine markers urinary cytology remains the gold standard for the non-invasive detection of bladder carcinoma. The use of monoclonal antibodies against tumor associated antigens offers a promising approach to improve urinary cytology. The aim of this study was to compare fluorescence immunocytology (ImmunoCyt/Ucyt+ test), alone and in combination with the conventional cytology, with other urine markers. Urine samples from 126 patients undergoing cystoscopy were included in the study. Among them, 42 patients had urothelial carcinoma, two dysplasia, two other malignancies, and 78 had no evidence of bladder cancer. Urine samples were taken before any manipulation. We used the ImmunoCyt test and Papanicolaou staining for conventional cytology. The ImmunoCyt slides were examined under a fluorescence microscope. Evaluations of the tests were blinded to clinical and pathological data and were carried out by three independent observers. The results of cytology and ImmunoCyt were compared with the BTAstat, NMP22, Lewis X, 486p3/12, and Urovision tests. The sensitivity for the ImmunoCyt test was 78.3% and for conventional cytology 84.6%. The combination of ImmunoCyt and cytology showed a sensitivity of 89.1%. The specificity was 73.8% for the ImmunoCyt alone, 80.0% for the cytology, and 72.5% for the combination of ImmunoCyt and cytology. Sensitivities for the other tests were 68.8% for (FISH), 66.6% (BTA-Stat), 68.8% (486p3/12), 95.5% (Lewis X), and 71.1% for (NMP22). Specificity was 89.1% for (FISH), 78.2% (BTA-Stat), 76.4% (486p3/12), 32.8% (Lewis X), and 65.5% for (NMP22). Urinary cytology can be improved by immunostaining with monoclonal antibodies against tumor-associated antibodies. The combination of ImmunoCyt with conventional cytology offers a superior sensitivity to other commercial tests. The ImmunoCyt test provides a useful supplement to urinary cytology in the diagnosis of bladder cancer.
The presenilin (PS) proteins are polytopic integral membrane proteins that are critically involved in the development of Alzheimer's disease. The topography of the PS molecule in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane is widely accepted as exhibiting eight-hydrophobic-transmembrane (8-TM) helices. We have previously provided evidence, however, that the intact PS molecule is also present in the cell surface where it exhibits exclusively a 7-TM topography, which differs in significant structural features from the 8-TM model. This evidence, however, has been disparaged and generally rejected by researchers in Alzheimer's disease. The 7-TM model is definitively demonstrated in the present study for PS-1 at the surfaces of PS-1-transfected cells and for endogenous PS-1 at the surfaces of untransfected cells, by immunofluorescence studies using mAbs. These studies force substantial revision of current views of the structural and functional properties of the PS proteins.