• Journal of Periodontal and Implant Science
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.605-621
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• 1993

The gingival hyperplasia refers to an increase in the size of the gingival tissue produced by an increase in the number of its component cells. In order to investigate the cellular change in epithelium and subepithelial tissue of noninflammatory gingival hyperplasia, the gingival tissues were surgically obtained from the patients with dilantin gingival hyperplasia and idiopathic gingival hyperplasia. The excised tissue samples were fixed in neutral formalin for 6-24 hours, embedded with paraffin, sectioned at $4-6{\mu}m$ in thickness, mounted on glass slides coated with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane(Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.) and immunocytochemically processed by Avidin-Biotin peroxidase complex method for detecting proliferating cell nuclear antigen, tenascin and collagen type IV. Monoclonal mouse anti-human PCNA antibody(Oncogene Science, Uniondale, NY, U.S.A., 1 : 250,000), monoclonal mouse anti-human tenascin antibody(Chemicon-International Inc., Temecula, CA, U.S.A., 1:5,000), and monoclonal mouse anti-human collagen type IV(Dakopatts, Glostrup, Denmark, 1: 50) were used as primary antibodies. The results were as follows: 1. In non-inflammatory gingival hyperplasia, the positive reaction to proliferating cell nuclear antigen was localized in the basal cell layer of gingival epithelium and well-developed rete pegs. 2. The positive reaction to tenascin was shown in the connective tissue subjacent to basament membrane of gingival tissue, and especially strong positive reaction was noted in the tip portion of connective tissue projections. 3. The positive reaction to collagen type IV was localized along the basement membranes of gingival epithelium and blood vessels. The results suggest that connective tissue enlargement may affect the proliferation of gingival epithelium.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.99-105
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• 1996

Immunocytochemistry utilizes the specificity of the antigen-antibody reaction to localize specific antigens in cells or cellular organelles. Here we report the use of monoclonal antibodies, in conjunction with gold-labeled second antibodies to study the ultrastructural localization and tissue distribution of the Mr 98, 000 anionic peroxidase and other wall antigens. The antibody specific for this wall peroxidase, mWP3, labeled mainly the cell wall area. At the tissue level, the Mr 98, 000 peroxidase is located predominantly in the leaf mesophyll, internal coleoptile and sieve elements, but not in the root, as assayed with these procedures. The coleoptile walls were less heavily stained than the walls of leaf mesophyll cells. At the subcellular level, it is localized mainly in intercellular regions of the cell walls. A similar staining pattern was revealed by mWP19, one of anti-$\beta$ glucosidase antibody, though it looked less heavily stained than one with mWP3. In order to serve as a control wall staining using IgM monoclonal antibodies, mWP18 was used. Most of the label is localized over wall regions of cells of the young leaf mesophyll and coleoptile.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.925-934
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• 1997

This study was directed at inducing the production of antibodies by immunizing heifers with bovine sperm antigen and on measuring the serum antibodies using indirect immunofluorescence assay(IFA) and agglutination test. The effect of antisperm antibodies on fertilizing capacity of bovine spermatozoa was evaluated. 1. Three heifers between 12- and 15- month old were immunized with bovine spermatozoa or phosphate-buffered saline. In heifers immunized with bovine spermatozoa serum IgG level was highest between 3 weeks and 5 weeks postimmunization detected by IFA. The antibody levels persisted through week 7 and slowly declined until week 20 and then antisperm antibodies were localized on spermatozoa. The fluorescent antisperm antibodies were detected at 2~20 weeks and at 6~9 weeks postinoculation on acrosome and tail, respectively. Among 21 sera from repeat breeder cows, only one cow has shown positive antisperm antibody response detected by IFA. 2. In spite of vital rate of bovine sperm after swim-up was not significantly affected by different concentration of antisperm antibodies in sera, the numbers of bovine sperm after swim-up were significantly reduced in proportion to the increased concentration of antibodies. Above 1/512 dilution of antibody neither influence on vital rate and numbers of bovine sperm nor sperm agglutination after swim-up. The study has also shown that the vital rate and number of sperm after swim-up and capacitation were also significantly reduced by the addition of antisperm antibodies. Although antisperm antibodies did not influence on the acrosome reaction rate of sperm during swim-up, did significantly reduce the sperm acrosome reaction rate after capacitation. The studies have resulted that the bovine antisperm antibodies can prevent the sperm motility by agglutination and block the capacitation and acrosome reaction of bovine sperm.

• IMMUNE NETWORK
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.35.1-35.13
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• 2020

Antigen delivery systems play critical roles in determining the quality and quantity of Ab responses in vivo. Induction of protective antibodies by B cells is essential in the development of vaccines against infectious pathogens, whereas production of IgE antibodies is prerequisite for investigation of allergic responses, or type 1 hypersensitivity reactions. Virus-like particles (VLPs) are efficient platforms for expression of proteins of interest in highly repetitive manners, which grants strong Ab responses to target antigens. Here, we report that delivery of hen egg lysozyme (HEL), a model allergen, through VLP could provoke strong HEL specific IgE Ab responses in mice. Moreover, acute allergic responses were robustly induced in the mice sensitized with VLPs that express HEL, when challenged with recombinant HEL protein. Our data show that antigen delivery in the context of VLPs could function as a platform for sensitization of mice and for subsequent examination of allergic reactions to molecules of interest.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.620-628
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• 1996

여러 다른 S. aureus strains및 토끼항체를 사용하여 항체감작을 시킬 때 나타나는 S. aureus의 자체응집을 방지키 위한 분석과 함께 cogglutination의 최적 조건을 확립하였다. 적정화된 coagglutination기법을 실험실과 현장에서의 edwardsiellosis의 진단에 응용하였을 때 약 $10\;{\mu}g/m1$의 E. tarda까지 검출 할 수 있었다. 더구나 이 방법은 E. tarda의 FKC, EDTA또는 열탕추출 항원에 대해서 까지 좋은 진단결과를 보여주었다. 현장에서 edwardsiellosis에 감염된 어류로부터 직접 분리된 E. tarda 균주들은 토끼 항체생성을 위해 사용된 E. tarda 219와 응집항체법및 cogglutination법에서 모두 교차반응을 보여 주었다. 이러한 교차반응의 정도는 현장에서 나타나는 여러다른 E. tarda 균주에 감염 될 수 있는 어류의 질병진단에 사용하기에 충분한 정도로 나타났으며 감염어의 조직마쇄물을 1000배 이상 희석하여도 토끼 항 E. tarde 항체로 감작시킨 S. aureus와 coagglutination 될수 있는 양의 E. tarda를 함유하고 있었다. 자연감염 또는 인위감염된 넙치, 틸라피아의 조직마쇄물, 열탕추출항원에 대한 이 방법의 적용 결과는 본방법이 특별한 장비없이 현장에서 질병진단 기법으로 사용할 수 있다는 것을 보여 준다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.47-51
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• 2011

The present study demonstrated lymphocystis disease virus (LCDV) propagation through cytopathic effects (CPE) formation and LCDV detection in olive flounder fin (FFN) cells by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and fluorescent antibody technique (FAT) methods. Tissue filtrates from the cluster cells produced CPE in FFN cells, which initially cells became enlarged and gradually underwent fusion en masse. Infectivity of culture grown LCDV using the FFN cells reached $10^{2.3}$ $TCID_{50}$/ml at 4 days post infection and the highest titer was measured $10^{6.5}$ $TCID_{50}$/ml at 12 days. The viral DNA was detected in the cell culture supernatants showing CPE and the CPE cells by PCR. Antigen specific strong fluorescence reacting with monoclonal antibody against the virus revealed the presence of viral antigen in the cytoplasm of infected FFN cells. These results suggest that the FFN cell line originated from the olive flounder has a susceptibility of the LCDV.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.82-90
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• 1989

각종 균에 대한 침강항체 양성율 (1) 조사대상자 285명 중 104명(36.49%)이 각종 진균에 대한 침강항체를 가지고 있었다. (2) 진균종별로는 침강항체 양성자 104명 중 두 균종 이상의 항원에 대한 양성자를 포함하여 A. fumigatus에 대해 64명 (61.54%) C. albicans에 대해 49명 (47.12%)이었고 A. flavus와 A. niger 및 A. nidlans는 $1{\sim}3$명으로 극소수였다. (3) 성별양성율 빈도는 남성의 경우 A. fumigatus가 24.26% C. albicans가 12.43%인데 비해 여성의 경우 A. fumigatus가 19.83%, C. albicans가 24.14%로서 남성의 경우는 A. fumigatus에 대한 항체가가, 여성의 경우는 C. albicans에 대한 항체가가 높게 나타나 상호 유의성이 있었다(P<0.05). (4) 연령별 양성율의 분포는 $40{\sim}49$세 연령군이 49.12%로서 제일 높았고 $50{\sim}59$세 연령군(43.33%), $30{\sim}39$세 연령군(34.09%), 60세 이상 연령군(31.11%), $20{\sim}29$세 연령군(26.00%) 순이었다. 형광항체반응에 의한 항체검출 (1) 균배양시간에 따른 균체표면 항원의 감수성 간접 형광항체반응으로 조사한 결과 배양시간에 따른 차이점은 관찰할 수 없었다. (2) Aspergillosis 환자의 혈청내에 존재하는 A. fumigatus 항체는 IgG가 가장 많았으므로 간접형광항체반응을 이용한 Aspergillosis 진단시 FITC-labeled anti-lgG를 사용하여야 될 것으로 생각된다. (3) Aspergillosis 속의 균사체 표면항원은 간접 형광항체 반응을 이용하여 항체를 정출시 균종간에 교차반응이 심해서 교차반응 항체를 제거한 후 사용하여 야 될 것으로 사료된다. (4) Aspergillosis 진단에 사용되는 면역학적인방법 중 면역확산법 특이성이 높은데 비해 감수성이 낮고 간접 형광항체반응법은 감수성은 높은데 비해 특이성이 낮으므로 검사목적에 따라 2가지방법을 적절히 병용하는 것이 좋다고 생각된다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.11-23
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• 1970

Recently Carter(1952) reported the capsule antigens of Pasteurella multocida could be divided into four serological types A,B,C and D by means of precipitation tests. Subsequently he showed that the most sensitive for identification of these types involved the use of capsule substance adsorbed by erythrocytes in hemagglutination test. It may be somewhat difficult to conduct the hemagglutination test in small laboratory, because relatively large amounts of antisera and erythrocytes of the human O type are required for the test. A simple method for serological typing of P. multocida was the slide agglutination test employed by Little et al. (1943) and Namioka et al. (1962), but this method is still in controversy. The author tried adapting Carter's hemagglutination method to the slide method so called "micromethod technique", and studied on the stabilization of erythrocytes for use of slide hemagglutination to P. multocida although many invesigators reported the stabilization of erythrocytes. The results obtained are summarized as follows: 1. A simplified method (slide method) for capsule typing of the organism was developed by adapting Carter's hemagglutination reaction(tube method). Antibody-containing serum can be diluted serially on Boerner's microtest slide with capillary or serological pipetts with a considerable accuracy. The slide reaction can be carried out with case on the slide by adding $0.05m{\ell}$ of antigen-sensitized erythrocytes suspension diluted to one percent on $0.05m{\ell}$ of serially diluted antibody-containing sera, and the final result can be read after 60 minutes at the room temperature ($15^{\circ}C$). 2. It is difficult to determine superiority of inferiority between the slide method and the tube method on the pattern of the reaction of hemagglutination. 3. The pH range of 6.6 to 8.3 is optimal for the slide hemagglutination reaction. 4. The antigen-sensitization against erythrocytes at $37^{\circ}C$ is optimal for the slide hemagglutination. 5. Both the doses and concentration of antigen do not influence the antigen-adsorbing capacity of erythrocytes. 6. The reduction of antigen-sensitizing hours does not influence the antigen-adsorbing capacity of erythrocytes even 30 minutes. 7. The tannic acid treatment against formalinized and non-formalinized erythrocytes showed no effect on the reaction of hemagglutination. 8. The erythrocytes preserved at $4^{\circ}C$ in the ACD solution do not decrease the reactivity on the reaction of hemagglutination for 60 days, while they begin slight hemolysis 30 days after preserving. 9. The stable preparation of erythrocytes can be obtained by treating the cells at $37^{\circ}C$ for 20 hours with from 4 to 8 percent of formalin in saline or buffer. These cells can be preserved at $4^{\circ}C$ for more than 8 months experimented without hemolysis. With low concentration of formalin, the cells were not sufficiently stabilized resulting in the hemolysis after short period of preservation at $4^{\circ}C$. 10. The erythrocytes treated with 16 percent of formalin remain constantly or increase the reactivity for the reaction of hemagglutination. On the contrary, the cells treated with I to 8 percent of formalin decrease the reactivity. 11. There is no difference between nontreated fresh erythrocytes and the erythrocytes preserved in the ACD solution on the reactivity against the hemagglutination, and the erythrocytes treated with 16 percent of formalin showed the reactivity of higher level than that of the above two kinds of erythrocytes. 12. There is no difference between the saline and the isotonic buffer solution on the reaction of hemagglutination.

• Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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• 제41권3호
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• pp.175-177
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• 2003

An ELISA was established to measure bovine IgG directed against the recombinant antigenic determinant of Nc-p43, a major surface antigen of Neospora caninum. In a previous study, two thirds of the C-terminal of the molecule was expressed as a $6{\;}{\times}{\;}His$ tagged protein (Ncp43p) for ELISA using 2/3 of the N-terminal of SAG1 from Toxoplasma gondii as a control (TgSAG1A). Among 852 cattle sera collected from stock farms scattered nation-wide, 103 sera (12.1％) were found to react with Ncp43p positively, but no positive reaction was observed with TgSAG1A. This study shows that Ncp43p could be available as an efficient antigen for the diagnosis of neosporosis in cattle. Furthermore, it together with TgSAG1A, could be useful for the differential diagnosis of N. caninum and T.gondii infections in other mammals.

• 한국연초학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.141-146
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• 1984

Two PVY strains (PVY-VB and PVY-VN) isolated from tobacco in Korea were compared for their serological relationship with other 8 strains which were obtained from tobacco or potato in different countries. One of these strains, PVY-Argentina showed the spur reaction to PVY-VB and PVY-VN antisera in SDS-agar gel double diffusion plates. The two Korean PVY strains were closely related to other strains except for one, PVY-Argentina when antigen-antibody reciprocal absorption tests were conducted. It is suggested that the strain, PVY-Argentina, is a new serotype containing a specific antigenic site different from other 9 strains tested.