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The immunohistochemical heterogeneity of atheroma macrophages: comparison with lymphoid tissues suggests that recently blood-derived macrophages can be distinguished from longer-resident cells
RN Poston and IF Hussain
Division of Histopathology, United Medical School, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
We studied the antigenic markers of macrophages (Mphs) in atherosclerotic human arteries by immunohistochemistry and compared them with the patterns in Mph subpopulations of tonsil and lymph node, which are also described. The staining of atheroma intimal Mphs was assessed semiquantitatively in the subendothelial, mid, and outer intima. Three patterns of reactivity with Mph antibodies were recognized. (a) Pan-Mph (antibodies HAM56, EBM11, and CD14 group). Staining was maximal in the mid-intimal zone. (b) Subendothelial Mphs (anti-muramidase, anti-alpha-1-antitrypsin and MAC387). In lymphoid tissue, sinusoidal Mphs and a few inflammatory Mphs were stained, as well as blood monocytes. This group of antibodies recognizes Mphs that are likely to be recently blood-derived (RBD-Mphs). (c) Antibodies reactive with various histiocyte populations in lymphoid tissues (anti- Factor XIII; anti-HLA Class II and LN2) also gave maximal staining in the mid-intimal zone, but differences between lesion types suggest that they are recognizing heterogeneous subpopulations of Mphs. These observations demonstrate the heterogeneity of tissue Mphs and suggest that an insight into the dynamics of tissue Mphs can be obtained from the cell phenotype. They indicate that all stages of atherosclerosis can have an outward traffic of Mphs from the blood through the arterial intima.
Volume 41,
Issue 10,
pp. 1503-1512,
10/01/1993
Copyright © 1993 by The Histochemical Society
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