An immunocytochemical method for quantification of lung tissue fibronectin.

Autor: Bellay YM; Department of Veterinary Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706., Dayer AM, Grossman JE, Will JA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (New York, N.Y.) [Proc Soc Exp Biol Med] 1988 Jun; Vol. 188 (2), pp. 159-68.
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-188-42722
Abstrakt: A technique to quantify tissue fibronectin was developed, using peroxidase-antiperoxidase immunocytochemistry and automated scanning light microscopy. This technique was developed using isolated perfused rat lungs, some of which were subjected to acute oxidant lung injury. Both injured and control lungs were perfused with solutions containing heterologous fibronectin. The technique clearly demonstrated differences in the amount of tissue fibronectin in injured and noninjured lung as well as differences between lungs exposed to fibronectin and those not exposed. The described technique offers a reliable method for quantifying tissue fibronectin and is sensitive enough to detect differences in tissue fibronectin under experimental conditions of acute lung injury.
Databáze: MEDLINE