Mugwort and ragweed pollens have been considered as important respiratory allergens in Korea. These two pollens are abundant in the air of Seoul from August through October. Many ragweed-sensitive patients have shown concurrent sensitivities to mugwort pollen. However the antigenic relationship between these two pollens has not been clarified. To observe the cross-reactivity between them, we developed polyclonal anti-mugwort and anti-ragweed antibodies by immunization on New Zealand white rabbits, and performed crossed immunoelectrophoresis(CIE) with two pollen extracts. Five precipitation lines were formed by mugwort and anti-mugwort antibody. One precipitation line was formed by ragweed and anti-ragweed antibody. There was no reaction from mugwort and anti-ragweed antibody, and from ragweed and anti-mugwort antibody. These results indicate that there is no cross-antigenicity between mugwort and ragweed pollens.
Animal ; Antibodies/immunology ; Cross Reactions ; Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional ; Pollen/*immunology ; Rabbits

Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is a rare autosomal recessive hemorrhagic disorder characterized by prolonged bleeding time, ad deficient or absent clot retraction in the presence of normal platelet count. The major underlying abnormality in this disease is grossly defective first-phase aggregation of platelet, which are unresponsive to ADP or other platelet agonists such as epinephrine, collagen, thrombin in any concentration. This disability is caused by a decrease or absence of the platelet membrans glycoprotein IIb-IIIa complex, a member of the integrin family of adhesive receptors involved in cell-cell and cell-matrix fibronectin, and vitronectin On the development of surface labeling technique, a variety of biochemical techniques such as radioimmunoassay, crossed immunoelectrophoresis and SDS-PAGE have been used to study the structure and the function of platelet membrane glycoproteins, and to detect the platelet functional defect. But all of these techniques demand a relatively large amount of homogeneous paletelet population that requires manipulation through isolation and washing procedures before analysis. In order to eliminaste such an intricate procedure, we have applied method for analyzing platelet surface components in whole blood using monoclonal antibody and flow cytometry to recognize the absence of severe reduction of platelet membrane glycoprotien llb-llla complex. Platelet analysis by flow cytometry is a successful alternative rapid diagnostic technique for Glanzmann's thrombasthenia patients as well as well as for carriers of this disease. Fow cytometry technique provides a sensitive tool for investigating platelet functional defects caused by altered expression or deficiency of platelet surface proteins.
Adenosine Diphosphate ; Adhesives ; Bleeding Time ; Blood Platelets* ; Clot Retraction ; Collagen ; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel ; Epinephrine ; Fibronectins ; Flow Cytometry* ; Glycoproteins ; Hemorrhagic Disorders ; Humans ; Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional ; Membrane Glycoproteins* ; Membrane Proteins ; Membranes* ; Platelet Count ; Platelet Membrane Glycoproteins ; Radioimmunoassay ; Thrombasthenia* ; Thrombin ; Vitronectin

OBJECTIVETo screen and identify the immunogenic membrane antigens in human pancreatic cancer for early diagnosis.

METHODSMembrane protein was extracted from pancreatic cancer cell lines and separated by using 2-DE. One of the two parallel 2-DE gels went for staining while the other underwent immunoblot. Serum IgG, which was purified from clinically collected sera of pancreatic cancer patients, was used as the primary antibodies for the immunoblot. Positive dots of immunoblot were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry and PMF matching, and then evaluated by bio-informatics methods. The candidate membrane antigens were further validated respectively in cell lines and tissues by RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry.

RESULTSThe immunoblot of mixed membrane protein with serum IgG from cancer patients showed eight positive dots. These dots were identified with MALDI and PMF as: VDAC-1, VDAC-2, CHCHD3, SLP-2 and TOM40. RT-PCR showed that these membrane antigens were expressed in several pancreatic cancer cell lines. Immunohistochemistry showed prominent SLP-2 over expression in cancer tissue.

CONCLUSIONSVDAC-1, VDAC-2, CHCHD3, SLP-2, and TOM40 are the new candidate immunogenic membrane antigens of pancreatic cancer. These membrane antigens can be subsequently tested in high dangerous population for early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

Biomarkers, Tumor ; analysis ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Early Diagnosis ; Female ; Humans ; Immunoblotting ; Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional ; Immunoglobulin G ; blood ; immunology ; Immunohistochemistry ; Male ; Mass Screening ; methods ; Membrane Proteins ; analysis ; genetics ; Middle Aged ; Pancreatic Neoplasms ; diagnosis ; immunology ; metabolism ; Proteomics ; methods ; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction ; Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

The sera of 86 patients with untreated secondary syphilis were anaIyzed by immunoelectrophoresis with the specific antisyphilitic rabbit serum. Twenty-seven out of the 86 sera (31. 4%) showed more prominent IgA precipitate arcs as compared to the precipitate arcs of the normal serum. Fourteen out of the 86 scra (16. 3%) showed more promincnt IgM precipitate arcs as compared to the normal. However there was no speciific abnormal precipitate line for the syphilis serum, Quantitative analyscs of the 86 sera from the syphilitics by the Lim's modification of the Oudin capillary tube method showed that the mean of the IgG level is 2.415+53.2mg/100ml, IgA 293+8.3mg/100mI and Igm 102+3.6mg/100ml. This result represents a statistically significant increases of immune globulin levels in the syphilitics as compared with the normal controls (p<0.05).
Capillaries ; Humans ; Immunoelectrophoresis ; Immunoglobulin A ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulin M ; Immunoglobulins* ; Syphilis*

Two M-protein peaks in serum protein electrophoresis are rarely present in patients with plasma cell discrasia. We describe a 72-year-old male patient with multiple myeloma secreting biclonal M-proteins, which were confirmed by immunofixation. Immunoelectrophoresis has some difficulties to dectect M components when a very small amount of M-protein develops an equivocally abnormal precipitation arc. In this case, serum protein electrophoresis revealed two M peaks, one in beta and the other in gamma globulin region. An immunoelectrophoresis revealed unequivocally abnormal precipitation arcs in IgA and K light chain regions, but the arc in IgG region was equivocal. We performed an immunofixation and confirmed biclonal gammopathy, IgA-K and IgG-K types. This result supports the view that immunofixation is an useful confirmatory test when immunoelectrophoresis results are equivocal.
Aged ; Electrophoresis ; gamma-Globulins ; Humans ; Immunoelectrophoresis ; Immunoglobulin A ; Immunoglobulin G ; Male ; Multiple Myeloma* ; Myeloma Proteins ; Plasma Cells

This 51 years old Korean house wife has been suffered from bullous and erosive eruptions on the abdomen, back, both thigh and legs, duration of three days with sudden onset Prior to admission she has had a erosion on the oral mucosa for one year. The diagnosis of pemphigus vulgaris was confirmed by histopathology and immunoelectrophoresis. This patient was improved with treatment of prednisolone bu Lever's "Logarithmic fashion" and used the maintenance dose of prednisolone without recurrence.
Abdomen ; Diagnosis ; Humans ; Immunoelectrophoresis ; Leg ; Middle Aged ; Mouth Mucosa ; Pemphigus* ; Prednisolone ; Recurrence ; Spouses ; Thigh

There are various complex formations between immunoglobulin and serum enzymes in the body. Of these, LD-Immunoglobulin complex is most common. It has reported that LD-IgG or LD-IgA complex existed in the serum of healthy person or many patients who have various clinical disorders. The clinical significance of complexes is not known, but it results in the increase of total LD activity and interference to the LD isoenzyme electrophoresis interpretation due to its anomalous pattern. We have reported a case of LD-Immunoglobulin complex in AILD(Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia) with reference. The patient was admitted with fever, chills and cervical LN enlargement, in LN biopsy, diagnosed AILD, and during treatment expired by sepsis. Since admission, serum total LD activities were increased and serum LD isoenzyme EP showed that LD3-5 fractions was not separated in broad single band. Its pattern was due to LD-immunoglobulin complex, LD-bound immunoglobulin was IgG ,lamda. For the identification of immunoglobulin, we at first did serum protein immunoelectrophoresis. then stained the plate with tetrazolium dye for LD activity.
Biopsy ; Chills ; Electrophoresis ; Fever ; Humans ; Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy* ; Immunoelectrophoresis ; Immunoglobulin G ; Immunoglobulins ; Lactic Acid* ; Lymphatic Diseases ; Sepsis

Recent studies suggest that apolipoproteins may be better predictor of ischemic heart disease than are plasma lipids, such as total cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol(HDL-C). To examine this hypothesis, plasma levels of major lipids and major apolipo-proteins were measured and their derivatives were calculated in 30 male patients with ischemic heart disease(16 angina pectoris and 14 old myocardial infarction) and 30 age-matched male healthy controls. Plasma levels of lipids were obtained by conventional methods and apolipoproteins by Rocket immunoelectrophoresis. Levels of HDL-C, HDL2-cholesterol(HDL2-C), and apolipoprotein-AII, and ratios of HDL-C/total cholesterol, HDL2-C/total cholesterol, and apolipoprotein-AI/apolipoprotein-B were lower in the group of patients than in controls. Levels of low density lipoprotein cholesterol(LDL-C) and apolipoprotein-B, and ratios of lDL-C/HDL-C and apolipoprotein-AI/apolipoprotein-AII were higher in the group of patients. There were no statistically significant differences in the levels of total cholesterol and apolipoprotein-AI between the two groups. Stepwise discriminators analysis showed that apolipoprotein-B and apolipoprotein-AII were better discriminators than plasma lipids for identifying those with ischemic heart disease. One could correctly classify 78% of the cases by using the levels of the two apolipoproteins. By using the level of apolipoprotein-B, one could correctly classify 73% of the cases. There were no correlations between the levels of total cholesterol and HDL-C in the controls whereas there were positive correlations between the levels in the group of patients. In conclusion, this study showed that apolipoprotein-B was the best single discriminator for identifying the patients with ischemic heart disease, followed by apolipoprotein-AII.
Angina Pectoris ; Apolipoproteins A* ; Apolipoproteins* ; Cholesterol ; Heart ; Humans ; Immunoelectrophoresis ; Lipoproteins ; Male ; Myocardial Ischemia* ; Plasma* ; Risk Factors*

Paragonimiasis is one of the most important endemic diseases in Korea. However, recognition of the limitation of microscopic examination of sputum and feces for Paragonimus eggs has led to the investigation of immunoserological techniques for paragonimiasis. The other hand, bithionol preparation has been used as a drug of choice in paragonimiasis but recently niclofolan preparation has introduced as a new agent. By the time, the authors attempted the evaluation of above both agents against experimental rat paragonimiasis by immunoelectrophoresis and Ouchterlony test. The immunoeletrophoresis and Ouchterlony tests were performed according to the method Tsuji and Grabar et Williams respectively, with antigen extracted from lyophilized worm of P. westermani with 0.1 per cemt saline solution. Meanwhile, rats were infected with per os 20 metacercariae of P. westermani above two kinds of serologic tests and were undertaken at biweekly intervals. Then, bithionol was administered every other day for 5 successively for 2 weeks or 6 weeks after infection. Another groups, niclofolan was administered per os single dose same as above. The sera from the rats infected with P. westermani, after treatment with bithionol or niclofolan preparations began to show the precipitin bands against P. westermani antigen 8 weeks after the infection in immunoelectrophoresis and Ouchterlony test, but from 10 or 12 weeks after infection, the number of bands were decreased or disappeared gradually. In genera1, the sera from the rats treated with bithionol or niclofolan showed the precipitin bands delaying 2 weeks than control rat groups. The sera from the rats administered with hydrocortisone showed precipitin bands neither in immunoelectrophoresis nor in Ouchterlony test.
parasitology-helminth-trematoda ; Paragonimus westermani ; paragonimiasis ; rat ; immunoelectrophoresis ; immunology ; bithionol-chemotherapy ; bithionol

Combined spinal epidural block with use of the needle-through-needle technique has become increasingly more popular during recent years because it provides rapidity and density of spinal block, combined with the ability to extend the block and provide postoperative analgesia by use of the extradural catheter. However, the combined spinal epidural block has some disadvantages. Since the spinal needle makes a hole in the dura, the accidental migration of an extradural catheter into the dural opening made previously by the spinal needle is thought to be theoretical risk. We report a case during combined spinal epidural anesthesia for a total hip replacement in which the clear fluid in the epidural catheter was found and tested to confirm the nature of fluid and migration of catheter by the dextrostix test and the immunoelectrophoresis test(prealbumin test).
Analgesia ; Anesthesia, Epidural* ; Anesthetics, Local* ; Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip ; Catheters ; Immunoelectrophoresis ; Needles