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The Kupffer cell in experimental extrahepatic cholestasis in the rat—a light microscopy, immunohistochemical and electron microscopy study
Author(s) -
Collier D. St. John,
Pain James A.,
Wight Derek G. D.,
Lovat Penny,
Bailey Michael E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
the journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1096-9896
pISSN - 0022-3417
DOI - 10.1002/path.1711500307
Subject(s) - cholestasis , immunohistochemistry , perisinusoidal space , kupffer cell , pathology , bile duct , monoclonal antibody , biology , electron microscope , antigen , chemistry , antibody , microbiology and biotechnology , hepatocyte , medicine , endocrinology , immunology , in vitro , biochemistry , physics , optics
Kupffer cell phagocytic function is reduced in the prescence of obstructive jaundice. To investigate possible mechanisms we report a study of the rat liver in extrahepatic cholestasis, using light microscopy, immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy, Immunohistochemistry was performed with monoclonal antibodies specific for rat Kupffer cells ED 1, ED 2 and ED 3 and monoclonal antibodies directed against class II antigens of the rat major histocompatability complex Ox 3 and Ox 6. Extrahepatic cholestasis was produced by bile duct ligation. In bile duct ligated animals light microscopy showed proliferation of bile ductules and an increase in sinusoidal cells. Immunohistochemistry with ED 1, ED 2 and ED 3 demonstrated a marked increase in the number of positive cells, but few of these cells were positive with Ox 3 and Ox 6, whereas the proliferating bile ductules were strongly positive. Electron microscopy revealed two homogenous granular substances within the sinusoidal lumen and loss of the space of Disse. Despite a reduction in Kupffer cell phagocytic function in obstructive jaundice there is an increase in Kupffer cells, but these cells appear to be in an inactivated state as few express class II antigens on their surface. Furthermore the granular substance within the space of Disse may interfere with function.