title: Immunohistochemistry of lymphocytes and macrophages in human celloidin-embedded temporal bone sections with acute otitis media.
abstract: Immunohistochemical analyses were used to investigate the distribution of lymphocytes and macrophages in routine human temporal bone sections obtained from a subject with acute suppurative otitis media. Primary antibodies specific for human CD3 and CD43 (T-lymphocytes), CD20 (B-lymphocytes), CD45 (leukocyte common antigen), and CD68 (macrophages) were used. As a pretreatment, the sections were soaked in antigen retrieval solution (saturated sodium hydroxide-methanol solution in methanol at a ratio of 1:3). A second antigen retrieval procedure (microwave treatment in 1% zinc sulfate) was also employed for identifying CD3-positive cells. Then the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex technique was performed. Positive reactions to all antibodies but anti-CD68 were observed in the mucosa of the eustachian tube, tympanic cavity, and mastoid air cells. Particularly, cells positive to anti-CD3 or anti-CD43 were making a diffuse invasion upon the lamina propria. CD68-positive cells were scattered only in the effusion of mastoid air cells. These results suggest that the retrospective immunohistochemical study of archival temporal bone sections is a promising approach to investigate the pathogenesis of otitis media.
authors.affiliation: Elizabeth McCullough Knowles Otopathology Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ganbo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sando
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Balaban
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sudo
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D003101:Collodion; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D016610:Tissue Embedding; D014021:Tissue Preservation
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D003101:Collodion