title: Specific in situ visualization of plasma cells producing antibodies against Porphyromonas gingivalis in gingival radicular cyst: application of the enzyme-labeled antigen method.
abstract: The enzyme-labeled antigen method was applied to visualize plasma cells producing antibodies to Porphyromonas gingivalis, flora of the human oral cavity. Antibodies to P. gingivalis have reportedly been detected in sera of patients with periodontitis. Biotinylated bacterial antigens, Ag53, and four gingipain domains (Arg-pro, Arg-hgp, Lys-pro, and Lys-hgp) were prepared by the cell-free protein synthesis system using the wheat germ extract. In paraformaldehyde-fixed frozen sections of rat lymph nodes experimentally immunized with Ag53-positive and Ag53-negative P. gingivalis, plasma cells were labeled with biotinylated Arg-hgp and Lys-hgp. Antibodies to Ag53 were detected only in the nodes immunized with Ag53-positive bacteria. In two of eight lesions of gingival radicular cyst with inflammatory infiltration, CD138-positive plasma cells in frozen sections were signalized for Arg-hgp and Lys-hgp. An absorption study using unlabeled antigens confirmed the specificity of staining. The AlphaScreen method identified the same-type antibodies in tissue extracts but not in sera. Antibodies to Ag53, Arg-pro, and Lys-pro were undetectable. In two cases, serum antibodies to Arg-hgp and Lys-hgp were AlphaScreen positive, whereas plasma cells were scarcely observed within the lesions. These findings indicate the validity of the enzyme-labeled antigen method. This is the very first application of this novel histochemical technique to human clinical samples.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuge
authors.forename: Yasuyoshi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mizutani
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawasaki
authors.forename: Yaeta
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naruishi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Shogo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takashiba
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shiogama
authors.forename: Ken-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inada
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsutsumi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D019921:Biotinylation; D019286:Endopeptidase K / Q000737:chemistry*; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011842:Radicular Cyst / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D019286:Endopeptidase K