Effect of substrate selection on indirect immunofluorescence testing of canine autoimmune subepidermal blistering diseases
AUTOR(ES)
Favrot, C.
RESUMO
The detection by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) of circulating antibodies in the serum of dogs with autoimmune subepidermal blistering diseases (AISBD) was regarded for a long time as an unrewarding tool. It was, however, demonstrated in humans that the sensitivity of IIF assays depended on the selection of the substrates used. The effects of substrate selection on IIF tests was thus studied by examining sera from 12 dogs with AISBD tested against 8 different substrates from 3 different normal dogs. Patients with AISBD suffered from bullous pemphigoid (n = 4 sera), mucous membrane pemphigoid (n = 4 sera), and epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (n = 4 sera). Substrates included canine tongue, canine lip, canine dorsal haired skin, and ventral haired skin. The same 4 substrates were also split with salt splitting technique (using 1 M sodium chloride), in order to cleave the basement membrane within the lamina lucida and to expose the targeted antigens. The strength of the specific fluorescence of each slide was scored after processing for IIF testing with anti-canine IgG polyclonal antibody. Other criteria, such as background fluorescence, easiness of the interpretation, and variations within a same substrate, were also assessed. Intact canine lip and canine salt-split lip demonstrated consistently stronger intensity of fluorescence and a better ease of interpretation. We concluded that the performance of IIF tests with such substrates was a reliable tool for the detection of circulating IgG autoantibodies of canine patients with AISBD.
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