The detection of canine autoantibodies to thyroid antigens by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, hemagglutination and indirect immunofluorescence.
AUTOR(ES)
Haines, D M
RESUMO
Autoantibodies to thyroid antigens in serums from 34 clinically hypothyroid dogs were detected by various methods. Antibodies to thyroglobulin were detectable by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in 59%, by chromic chloride hemagglutination in 53% and by indirect immunofluorescence on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded, trypsin-digested thyroid tissue in 73% of samples. Antibody to thyroid microsomal antigen was detectable by ELISA in 29% of serums. Indirect immunofluorescence showed cytoplasmic fluorescence of thyroid follicular cells in several serums, however, this could not be confirmed as specific for microsomal antigen by absorption trials. Hemagglutination tests using commercially available tanned red cells coated with human antigens and indirect immunofluorescence assays on formalin-fixed tissue without trypsin digestion, on Bouin's fixed tissue, or on cryostat, methanol-fixed sections, were insensitive. Cryostat sections without methanol fixation were unsuitable due to tissue fragility. No method was recommended for routine diagnostic use. The ELISA test, because of its convenience, may be useful as a screening aid or adjunct to the diagnosis of thyroid disease.
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