Localization of the tube precipitin and complement fixation antigens of Coccidioides immitis by immunoelectron microscopy with murine monoclonal antibodies.

AUTOR(ES)

Cox, R A

RESUMO

The cellular localization of the tube precipitin (TP) and complement fixation (CF) antigens of Coccidioides immitis was examined by immunoelectron microscopy with murine immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibodies directed against the TP and CF antigens, respectively. Immunoelectron microscopic analyses of saprobic- and parasitic-phase cells showed that the TP antigen is present at a high concentration within the inner cell wall layer and along the plasma membrane. The antigen was also detected, at a lesser concentration, within cytoplasmic vacuoles. In contrast to the predominant localization of the TP antigen in the cell walls, the CF antigen residues primarily within the cytoplasm, where it appears to be dispersed throughout the cytoplasm rather than associated with a specific cytoplasmic organelle. A sparse amount of the CF antigen within the inner cell walls was also demonstrable. The localization of the TP and CF antigens throughout the morphogenetic phases of C. immitis has important implications in antigen production and in analyses of host response in coccidioidomycosis.

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