Cryostat Sections Of Tonsils Research Articles

ヒトろ胞樹状細胞（ｆｏｌｌｉｃｕｌａｒ ｄｅｎｄｒｉｔｉｃ ｃｅｌｌ： ＦＤＣ）における接着分子の発現 特にｆｉｂｒｏｎｅｃｔｉｎ‐およびｌａｍｉｎｉｎ‐ｒｅｃｅｐｔｏｒについて

The expression of adhesion molecules on human tonsillar follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) in vivo on cryostat sections and in vitro on isolated FDCs on cytospin preparations was studied. Isolation of FDCs was performed using a magnetic cell sorter (MACS). Immunochemically, FDCs were positive for Mac-1 (CD11b), sialyl-Lex (CD15s), CD22, integrin β1 (CD29), CD40, VLA-α3 (CD49c), VLA-α5 (CD49e), VLA-α6 (CD49f), ICAM-3 (CD50), ICAM-1 (CD54), B7 (CD80), and VCAM-1 (CD106). These adhesion molecules, except ICAM-3 (CD50) which was weakly positive only in the light zone (LZ), were positive with a lacy pattern in all zones of secondary lymphoid follicle, especially strong in the LZ. ICAM-3 (CD50) was positive on more than half of isolated FDCs, but other molecules were positive on almost all isolated FDCs. Concerning the ligands on B cells for these adhesion molecules, the Mac-1 (CD11b)-ICAM-1 (CD54), the ICAM-3 (CD50)-LFA-1 (CD11a/18), and the VCAM-1 (CD106)-VLA-4 (CD29/49d) interactions in the LZ, the sialy-Lex (CD15s)-L-selectin (CD62L) and the VCAM-1 (CD106)-VLA-4 (CD29/49d) interactions in the mantle zone, and the ICAM-1 (CD54)-LFA-1 (CD11a/18) interaction in the entire lymphoid follicle may participate in FDC-B cell adhesion. Furthermore, above mentioned immunohistochemical evidence that FDCs were positive for fibronectin-receptor (CD29/CD49e) and laminin-receptor (CD29/CD49f), was confirmed with a frozen-section binding assay, using isolated FDCs and cryostat sections of tonsils. The numbers of FDCs binding to germinal centers (GCs) were reduced remarkably by pretreatment with monoclonal antibodies for CD29 (32.8±4.1% of the control), CD49e (29.7±2.5%), and CD49f (18.8±0.8%). These data clearly indicated that FDCs bind to the reticulin or laminin fiber in GCs via either receptor.

Histochemistry of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase (DAP) II and IV in reactive lymphoid tissues and malignant lymphoma.

A modified histochemical method was used to show the presence of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase (DAP) II and IV in fixed, freeze dried, cryostat sections of tonsils, lymph nodes, and skin. In 14 reactive tonsils and lymph nodes both enzyme reactions were largely confined to T dependent areas where scattered positive lymphocytes were shown in the paracortical zones, while lymphocytes of germinal centres (B dependent areas) were negative. In either site some macrophages showed strong positivity for both enzymes. In 23 lymph node and two skin biopsy specimens of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma the neoplastic lymphocytes of 12 B cell lymphomas were completely unstained, whereas in the 13 cases of T cell lymphoma the neoplastic lymphocytes showed variable reactions with positivity for DAP II in eight and for DAP IV in seven, both reactions being positive in four and negative in two. Touch imprints of a lymph node from a case of Hodgkin's disease showed that the Reed-Sternberg cells were unreactive for both enzymes. The histochemistry of DAP II and IV may supplement other histochemical and immunological markers in the cytological classification of lymphomas.