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Ultrastructural sinusoidal changes in extrahepatic cholestasis. Light and electron microscopic immunohistochemical localization of collagen type III and type IV.

Abstract
Extrahepatic cholestasis causes excessive extracellular matrix formation perisinusoidally. Ito cells, transitional and endothelial cells are considered to be a source of extracellular matrix proteins in experimental cholestasis. The localization of collagens type III and type IV in human liver in extrahepatic cholestasis was investigated immunohistochemically in the present study. Immersion fixation was used after modification to be applied to surgical biopsies with commercially available kits. Sinusoidal changes were observed that indicated excessive collagen and matrix formation. Light microscopically, increased immunostaining with the two collagen antibodies was found perisinusoidally and portally. Ultrastructurally, collagen type III positive fibres were found beneath basement membranes of vessels, in collagen bundles and as a fibrillar network in the space of Disse. Collagen type IV immunostaining was located in portal tracts and near hepatocyte microvilli. Intracellular staining with collagen type IV was detected in the rough endoplasmic reticulum of some transitional cells. Immunostaining was located around transitional cells, Ito cells or endothelial cells mainly. Our study indicates that Ito cells, transitional and endothelial cells are the main source of collagens type III and IV in the space of Disse in extrahepatic cholestasis in humans.
AuthorsM V Gulubova
JournalActa histochemica (Acta Histochem) Vol. 98 Issue 3 Pg. 271-83 (Jul 1996) ISSN: 0065-1281 [Print] Germany
PMID8863856 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Collagen
Topics
  • Adult
  • Cholestasis, Extrahepatic (pathology)
  • Collagen (analysis)
  • Endothelium (chemistry)
  • Female
  • Gallstones (pathology)
  • Humans
  • Kupffer Cells (chemistry)
  • Liver (ultrastructure)
  • Male
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Middle Aged

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