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We immunostained mouse lung tumors using a mouse monoclonal antibody against recombinant Ki-67 antigen (clone; MIB 5) to establish an MIB 5 immunostaining method and to determine the extent of MIB 5 labeling to monitor cell proliferation activity in mouse lung tumors. A/J mice, treated with 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide, were killed after 18 months. One hour before killing, bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) was injected intraperitoneally. Lung tissues including tumors were fixed with phosphate-buffered 4% paraformaldehyde and embedded in paraffin. For MIB 5 immunostaining, two antigen-retrieval buffers, citrate buffer pH 6 and TRIS-HCl buffer pH 9.5 containing 5% urea, were tested, and constant and reproducible staining was obtained only with the TRIS-HCl buffer. The mean values of the MIB 5-positive cell index (PCI), the BrdU labeling index (LI), and the mitotic cell count for adenocarcinomas were 4.6%, 2.3%, and 7/mm2, and those for adenomas were 1.2%, 0.7%, and 1.3/mm2, respectively. Each of these values was significantly higher for adenocarcinomas than for adenomas. A close correlation was seen between the MIB 5 PCI and the BrdU LI for adenocarcinomas and adenomas and between the MIB 5 PCI and the mitotic cell count in adenocarcinomas. Thus, MIB 5 immunostaining is a useful method for assessing the proliferative activity of mouse tumor tissues.
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Ito, T., Mitui, H., Udaka, N. et al. Ki-67 (MIB 5) immunostaining of mouse lung tumors induced by 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide. Histochemistry 110, 589–593 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004180050321
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004180050321