Quantitative Two-Dimensional Ultrastructural Distribution of Rho(D) Antigenic Sites on Human Erythrocyte Membranes*
AUTOR(ES)
Nicolson, Garth L.
RESUMO
A method is described for determining the two-dimensional distribution of specific antigens on cell surfaces, and is applied to the D antigen of the Rh antigenic system. Rh-positive human erythrocytes are allowed to react with purified 125I-labeled human anti-Rho(D) γ-globulin antibodies, and the sensitized cells are then lysed at an air-water interface. The residual cell membranes are spread flat by surface forces, and are picked up on a carbon-strengthened collodion-coated electron microscope grid. The membranes are then stained with ferritin-conjugated goat antibodies directed against human γ-globulins. Only Rh-positive cells sensitized with anti-Rho(D) antibodies bind the ferritin-conjugated antihuman γ-globulins. The ferritin particles are found in small clusters on the membrane surface, and the number of such clusters per unit area agrees with the number of 125I-labeled anti-Rho(D) antibodies bound per unit area. The Rho(D) antigenic sites appear to be molecularly dispersed on the membrane surface, but in a random two dimensional array.
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