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The occurrence of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-containing hepatocytes in 12 human embryos and fetuses ranging from 30-32 days of estimated ovulation age (Streeter's horizon XIV) to 16-17 weeks of estimated menstrual age was investigated using the direct (horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled anti-human AFP horse IgG(Fab')2) and/or indirect immunoperoxidase methods. Under light microscopy, the AFP-containing hepatocytes were successfully demonstrated in paraffin-embedded liver tissues fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde(PFA)-picric acid solution containing 0.5% glutaraldehyde (GA). As a result of the studies of the human fetal livers at different developmental stages, only a small number of AFP-containing hepatocytes were initially identified immunohistochemically at the stage of Streeter's horizon XIX. Ultrastructural immunohistochemistry (the block-staining method using anti-human AFP horse IgG(Fab')2) revealed that the immunoreactive products against AFP were demonstrated on the ribosomal granules of the rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER), outer nuclear envelopes, free ribosomes, and Golgi's apparatus, and also in the cisternal lumina of the ER. No reactive products were noted in the nuclei or mitochondria. Our observations confirmed the presence of AFP-producing ability of the hepatocytes and the ultrastructural localization of the sites of protein synthesis in the early stage of development of human livers. Furthermore, we describe the extreme usefulness of the block-staining method for demonstrating the subcellular localization of AFP using HRP-labeled reduced anti-AFP antisera on liver tissues fixed with 4% PFA-picric acid solution containing 0.5% GA.

journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry/the journal of histochemistry and cytochemistry

Occurrence of alpha-fetoprotein-containing hepatocytes in human embryos and fetuses: an immunohistochemical study using the light and ultrastructural immunoperoxidase methods.