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. 1996 Jul;60(3):193–198.

Identification of monoclonal antibodies for immunohistochemical staining of feline B lymphocytes in frozen and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues.

C E Monteith 1, B J Chelack 1, W C Davis 1, D M Haines 1
PMCID: PMC1263832  PMID: 8809382

Abstract

Commercially-available monoclonal antibodies to B lymphocytes were evaluated for immunohistochemical staining of feline B lymphocytes in frozen and formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues using an avidin biotin complex immunoperoxidase immunohistochemical technique. Three monoclonal antibodies: F46A and F72A raised to "carnivore" B lymphocytes and RA3.6B2 raised to murine B lymphocytes, stained B lymphocyte-dependent areas of frozen feline lymphoid tissue. In addition, antibody RA3.6B2 stained B lymphocyte dependent areas in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded feline tissues. There was no staining of T lymphocyte-dependent areas in either frozen or formalin-fixed tissues. Dual parameter flow cytometry, using an anti-pan-T lymphocyte antibody, revealed that greater than 99% of the cells stained by RA3.6B2 are a population distinct from T lymphocytes. F46A was shown to stain a sub-population of those cells stained with RA3.6B2. These antibodies may be useful in the identification of feline B lymphocytes using immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry and thereby provide additional tools to study B lymphocyte ontogeny and the significance of lymphocyte phenotype in lymphoid neoplasia in cats.

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