title: Preservation of cluster 1 small cell lung cancer antigen in zinc-formalin fixative and its application to immunohistological diagnosis.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies reactive with cluster 1 small cell lung cancer antigen have been shown to be useful for the distinction of small cell from non-small cell tumours. In previous studies the antibodies have been applied to frozen sections and cold acetone-fixed tissues. However, one of three monoclonal antibodies that we produced, NCC-LU-243, reacted with some small cell lung carcinomas fixed in formalin solution and embedded in paraffin. The addition of zinc sulphate to the formalin solution at a concentration of 2% (v/w) greatly improved antigen immunoreactivity, and reactivity was retained even after prolonged fixation. Occasionally, immunoreactivity was present in a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma with rosette-like structures. The monoclonal antibody NCC-LU-243 is thus of considerable potential value in the immunohistochemical diagnosis of small cell lung cancers.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Laboratory Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tome
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirohashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimosato
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000378:metabolism*; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005404:Fixatives; D005557:Formaldehyde; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D015032:Zinc
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D005404:Fixatives; D005557:Formaldehyde; D015032:Zinc