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. 1991 Nov;35(11):2173–2179. doi: 10.1128/aac.35.11.2173

Subcellular distribution of gentamicin in proximal tubular cells, determined by immunogold labeling.

D Beauchamp 1, P Gourde 1, M G Bergeron 1
PMCID: PMC245355  PMID: 1803988

Abstract

The subcellular distribution of gentamicin in rat renal proximal tubular cells was evaluated by immunogold labeling. The distribution of the drug was monitored from 10 min to 10 days following single (40 mg/kg of body weight) and multiple (5 and 20 mg/kg/12 h) injections of gentamicin. Animals were killed on day 11, and cubes of renal cortex tissue were fixed overnight in cold phosphate-buffered glutaraldehyde (0.5%), dehydrated in ethanol, and embedded in Araldite 502 epoxy resin. Ultrathin sections were made and incubated with sheep antigentamicin and then with protein A-gold (15 nm) complex. At 10 min after a single injection, the labeling was found over the brush border membrane and over the membranes of endocytic apical vesicles of proximal tubular cells. After 1 h, a similar distribution was observed and the labeling was also seen over small lysosomes located close to the brush border membrane. At 24 h, gold particles were found over large lysosomes of proximal tubular cells. Following 10 days of treatment, lysosomes of proximal tubular cells were densely labeled with gold particles. The labeling was distributed uniformly over the lysosomes, although a lower density of labeling was observed over the myeloid bodies inside the lysosomes. Necrotic proximal tubular cells showed labeling over intact lysosomes and also in the cytoplasms of the cells, in the mitochondria, and in the nucleoli. The various control experiments demonstrated the high specificity of these results. The present immunocytochemical study better documents the subcellular disposition of gentamicin in proximal tubular cells, as previously evaluated by subcellular fractionation and autoradiography. This technique will be useful for better understanding the relationship between drug disposition and drug-induced toxicity.

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