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. 1983 Oct;72(4):1277–1287. doi: 10.1172/JCI111084

Immunocytochemical localization of fibrinogen, platelet factor 4, and beta thromboglobulin in thin frozen sections of human blood platelets.

H J Sander, J W Slot, B N Bouma, P A Bolhuis, D S Pepper, J J Sixma
PMCID: PMC370412  PMID: 6195190

Abstract

Affinity-purified monospecific antibodies against human fibrinogen and the platelet-specific proteins platelet factor 4 and beta thromboglobulin were used to localize these antigens in thin and ultra-thin frozen sections of mildly fixed, washed human blood platelets. By immunofluorescent double-labeling experiments the distribution of fibrinogen was compared to that of platelet factor 4 and beta thromboglobulin. All three antigens occurred in virtually all platelets and showed and identical, dotlike distribution. For immunoelectron microscopy we used protein A-colloidal gold on ultra-thin frozen sections to visualize the specific reaction indirectly. The staining for platelet factor 4, beta thromboglobulin, and fibrinogen localized exclusively over alpha-granules of washed platelets. Within the granules, platelet factor 4 was localized preferentially in the electron dense, alpha-granule nucleoid, whereas fibrinogen was more predominant in the electron-lucent granule periphery. Beta thromboglobulin localization did not show a preferential intragranular distribution.

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