title: Histamine monoclonal antibody for brain immunocytochemistry.
abstract: Among five monoclonal antibodies (AHA-1 to 5 mAbs) prepared against glutaraldehyde (GA)-conjugated histamine (HA) in our previous study, only mAb AHA-2 was found to detect HA specifically in rat brain neurons by an immunocytochemistry method (ICC) using GA as a tissue fixative. All the other mAbs, except for AHA-5, reacted with HA in the enterochromaffin-like cells (ECL cells) of rat stomach [Fujiwara et al. (1997) Histochem. Cell Biol. 107, 39-45]. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) binding and inhibition tests demonstrated that AHA-2 is specific for HA, with almost no detectable cross-reaction with any other established or putative amino acid neurotransmitters, LH-RH, TRH, or peptides with N-terminal histidines. ELISA assays also suggested that the AHA-2 mAb recognizes a HA epitope structure different from the one recognized by the AHA-1 mAb. The immunostaining patterns with AHA-2 mAb, as seen in the five subgroups of the tuberomammillary nuclei in the rat posterior hypothalamus, were very similar to those described by Inagaki et al. [(1988) Brain Res. 439, 402-405; (1990) Exp. Brain Res. 80, 374-380] and Panula et al. [(1984) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81, 2572-2576; (1988) J. Histochem. Cytochem. 36, 259-269] using polyclonal anti-HA serum. However, it was also noted that moderate numbers of immunoreactive nerve fibers projected into the median eminence. The present HA ICC method using AHA-2 mAb allows highly sensitive HA detection in brain, and thus might permit detailed studies of HA localization hitherto impossible using previously available anti-HA polyclonal antibodies produced against carbodiimide-conjugated HA.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8131, Japan. fujiwara@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Masuyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yagisawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yabuuchi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsuru
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006632:Histamine / Q000276:immunology*; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007106:Immune Sera; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007106:Immune Sera; D006632:Histamine