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Tissue distribution of type V collagen in normal human skin was studied using an indirect immunofluorescent technique to determine whether type V collagen is present in the interstitium or in the basement membrane. Type V collagen was isolated from the human placenta by pepsin digestion and was purified with fractioning salt precipitations. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) demonstrated that type V collagen contained α1(V) and α2(V) chains, but not the α3(V) chain. Specificity of the rabbit antibodies to type V collagen was assessed using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and an immunoblotting method. Antibodies showed no cross-reactivity to other collagens, laminin, and fibronectin. With an indirect immunofluorescent technique, type V collagen was found to be widely distributed throughout the dermis. Intense fluorescent staining was noted in the papillary dermis and adnexal dermis surrounding hair follicles and eccrine glands. The basement membrane of the dermoepidermal junction, skin appendages, and capillaries was not stained. By indirect immunoperoxidase double staining, type V collagen was not found to be deposited on type IV collagen present in the basement membrane. Immunoelectron microscopic studies showed that type V collagen was not located in the basal lamina. These results suggest that type V collagen is distributed in the interstitium, but not in the basement membrane of normal human skin.
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Chanoki, M., Ishii, M., Fukai, K. et al. Immunohistochemical localization of type V collagen in normal human skin. Arch Dermatol Res 280, 145–151 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00456844
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