Subcellular localization of pyruvate dehydrogenase dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase in human intrahepatic biliary epithelial cells
- 1 August 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Pathology
- Vol. 176 (4) , 381-390
- https://doi.org/10.1002/path.1711760409
Abstract
In previous histological studies, biliary epithelial cells (BEC) in the liver of patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), but not controls, reacted strongly with antibodies specific for the major autoantigen associated with PBC, the E2 component of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC-E2). In this study we have used transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to document the precise subcellular localization of PDC-E2 in BEC. Two antibodies which recognize PDC-E2 were used: affinity-purified anti-PDC-E2 raised in rabbits; and human antibody from the serum of patients with PBC, affinity-purified against human heart PDC. The intracellular localization of antibody binding was determined by laser scanning confocal microscopy and TEM. Both antibodies bound to the inner membrane of mitochondria in BEC isolated from both patients with PBC and controls, but binding to the external aspect of the plasma membrane was observed only in BEC from patients with PBC. Surface antigen expression in PBC may make BEC immunological targets.Keywords
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