The aim of this study is to localize the alpha 2 laminin chain in normal human skin. The methods used were immuno-gold cytochemistry on cryo-ultramicrotomy sections and thin-section-fracture-label, together with electron microscopy observation. Results were compared with light microscopy peroxidase immuno-staining. Both normal skin samples and skin biopsies from laminin alpha 2 chain deficient congenital muscular dystrophy affected patients were studied. The results show that, in normal skin, the laminin alpha 2 chain is spread throughout the cytoplasm of basal keratinocytes, while it appears associated with desmosomal tonofilaments in the spinous and granular epidermal layers; in skin samples from dystrophic patients the laminin alpha 2 chain was not detectable. These data suggest that the function of the laminin alpha 2 chain is different in the epidermis as compared to that in muscle and peripheral nerve, where it is localized in the basement membrane.

Malandrini, A., Villanova, M., Sabatelli, P., Squarzoni, S., Six, J., Toti, P., et al. (1997). Localization of the laminin alpha 2 chain in normal human skeletal muscle and peripheral nerve: an ultrastructural immunolabeling study. ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA, 93(2), 91-98 [10.1007/s004010050598].

Localization of the laminin alpha 2 chain in normal human skeletal muscle and peripheral nerve: an ultrastructural immunolabeling study

Malandrini, A.;Villanova, M.;Toti, P.;Guazzi, G.;
1997-01-01

Abstract

The aim of this study is to localize the alpha 2 laminin chain in normal human skin. The methods used were immuno-gold cytochemistry on cryo-ultramicrotomy sections and thin-section-fracture-label, together with electron microscopy observation. Results were compared with light microscopy peroxidase immuno-staining. Both normal skin samples and skin biopsies from laminin alpha 2 chain deficient congenital muscular dystrophy affected patients were studied. The results show that, in normal skin, the laminin alpha 2 chain is spread throughout the cytoplasm of basal keratinocytes, while it appears associated with desmosomal tonofilaments in the spinous and granular epidermal layers; in skin samples from dystrophic patients the laminin alpha 2 chain was not detectable. These data suggest that the function of the laminin alpha 2 chain is different in the epidermis as compared to that in muscle and peripheral nerve, where it is localized in the basement membrane.
1997
Malandrini, A., Villanova, M., Sabatelli, P., Squarzoni, S., Six, J., Toti, P., et al. (1997). Localization of the laminin alpha 2 chain in normal human skeletal muscle and peripheral nerve: an ultrastructural immunolabeling study. ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA, 93(2), 91-98 [10.1007/s004010050598].
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