Electron microscopic immunocytochemical localization of intracellular antigens in cultured cells: The EGS and ferritin bridge procedures (original) (raw)
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A new primary fixative, ethyldimethylaminopropyl carbodi-imide-glutaraldehyde-Tris, has been combined with the use of saponin for membrane permeabilization to yield a procedure which preserves ultrastructural morphology, yet retains a cytoplasmic matrix permeable to globulin molecules. This allows pre-embedding localization of intracellular protein antigens in cultured cells by fluorescence or electron microscopy. A further combination of these methods with the ferratin bridge' technique has allowed discrete localization which is quantifiable. Together, these methods yield an overall technique which provides high quality ultrastructural morphological preservation and precise antigen localization. Examples of the localization of α2-macroglobulin, actin, SV40 T-antigen, tubulin and p60_src_ are demonstrated. Extension of these methods from cultured cells to intact tissue should be possible without major changes.
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Willingham, M.C. Electron microscopic immunocytochemical localization of intracellular antigens in cultured cells: The EGS and ferritin bridge procedures.Histochem J 12, 419–434 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01011958
- Received: 02 October 1979
- Revised: 24 December 1979
- Issue Date: July 1980
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01011958