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  • Title: Immunoelectron microscopic localization of immunoglobulin in B-cell lymphomas.
    Author: Mimura R, Hansmann ML, Lennert K.
    Journal: Virchows Arch B Cell Pathol Incl Mol Pathol; 1986; 52(3):207-20. PubMed ID: 2879378.
    Abstract:
    Subcellular localization of immunoglobulin (Ig) by immunoelectron microscopy was performed on 20 B-cell lymphomas of low- and high-grade malignancy. The efficiency in demonstrating Ig by pre-embedding technique depends on the antibodies used. F(ab')2 fragments of antibodies were more sensitive than both intact polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies in detecting cytoplasmic Ig. With immunoelectron microscopy Ig could be demonstrated in all cell types of B-CLL and LP-immunocytoma, even in some of the small lymphocytes in B-CLL. Thus, the presence of intracytoplasmic Ig has no diagnostic relevance in differentiating B-CLL from LP-immunocytoma. However, the amount of Ig in the tumor cells of LP-immunocytoma seemed to be greater than in B-CLL. Centrocytic lymphoma and centroblastic/centrocytic lymphoma could be differentiated by their different localization of Ig. In centrocytic lymphoma Ig was localized mainly on the surface membrane, whereas in centroblastic/centrocytic lymphoma moderate amounts of Ig could be detected in the rough endoplasmic reticulum and perinuclear space of the centroblasts and in roughly one third of the centrocytes. In malignant lymphomas of high-grade malignancy (ML centroblastic, ML immunoblastic, and ML lymphoblastic) Ig was localized mainly in the rough endoplasmic reticulum and sometimes in the perinuclear space.
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