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The mannosephilic haemagglutinins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were found to agglutinate cells of Escherichia coli O128B12, to be adsorbed onto them and to attach peroxidase to them. These reactions were specifically inhibited by D-mannose. No agglutination by this Pseudomonas haemagglutinin was obtained when several other enteropathogenic types of Escherichia coli and some other Gram-negative bacteria were examined. Concanavalin A, which also reacted with Escherichia coli O128B12 cells, interacted with some of the other bacteria examined, too. Escherichia coli O128B12 was not agglutinated by the Pseudomonas galactosephilic haemagglutinins and those of the plant Phaseolus vulgaris. Its maximal agglutination by the Pseudomonas mannosephilic haemagglutinins was obtained employing cells grown for 4-6 h in conventional media. The growth temperature, aeration and presence of certain amino acids, but not D-mannose, in the culture medium had some effect on the agglutination in tensity; pH 6-8 was optimal for it and only at pH 3.0-3.2 no agglutination was observed. Treatment of the bacteria by proteolytic enzymes, ethanol or formaldehyde did not alter their agglutinability by either the Pseudomonas lectin or by antibodies produced against them in rabbits. Heating of the bacteria to 100 degrees C prevented their agglutination by the Pseudomonas lectin and lowered their ability to adsorb it, but did not significantly affect their reactions with the rabbit antibodies.
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PMID:Specific agglutination of Escherichia coli O128B12 by the mannose-binding proteins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 2 70

Concanavalin A is a lectin which is known to bind specifically to alpha-D-glucosyl and alpha-D-mannosyl groups in the mucosubstances of mammalian tissues. The lectin molecule is bivalent; after its attachment to mucosubstances present in a histological specimen it can also bind horseradish peroxidase, a mannose-containing glycoprotein. The attached peroxidase may then be visualized by virtue of its histochemically demonstrable enzymatic activity. Other investigators have utilized this principle in the electron microscopic localization of cell-surface carbohydrates. A histochemical technique for light microscopy is described here, along with three control procedures which establish the specificity of the method. The technique is somewhat more sensitive than earlier ones in which fluorescent-labelled concanavalin A was used, and has the additional advantages that all the required reagents are commercially available and that sacilities for fluorescence microscopy are not needed.
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PMID:Localization of alpha-D-glucosyl and alpha-D-mannosyl groups of mucosubstances with concanavalin A and horseradish peroxidase. 5 38

The Concanavalin A receptors at the cell surface of normal rat liver cells and of those in vivo transformed by diethylnitrosamine were comparatively studied by electron microscopic cytochemistry. Besides different agglutinability of the cells a variable surface staining of the cells by the Con A-peroxidase reaction (BERNHARD and AVRAMEAS 1971) was observed. After performance of the cytochemical reaction on living normal rat liver cells in situ a continuous cell surface staining was seen. In transformed rat liver cells a marked tendency for patchy distribution of the Con A label at the cell surface occurred. Furthermore, internalisation of Con A-peroxidase labeled plasma membrane segments was visible in the transformed cells. A similar variable labeling by Con A-peroxidase reaction occured also in the "basal" plasma membrane of normal and transformed rat liver cells. The results are discussed with respect to the importance concerning the mobility of lectin receptors and membrane stability.
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PMID:Concanavalin A receptors in the plasma membrane of rat liver cells: comparative electron microscopic studies on normal cells and on cells in vivo transformed by diethylnitrosamine. 6 Nov 27

A method for the visualization of cellular carbohydrate components by both light and electron microscopy using lectins on glycol methacrylate sections is proposed. This method, which is an application of the lectin-peroxidase affinity technique, solves the problem of limited penetration when it is attempted to demonstrated lectins receptors within the tissue block. Following partial dissolution of glycol methacrylate from thin sections using alcohol, they are incubated successively with lectin (Concanavalin A or wheat germ agglutinin), horseradish peroxidase (Sigma, type II), 3-3' diaminobenzidine and H2O2 and then with OsO4-Different kinds of tissues and cells have been used to test the method: mouse myocardium, rat epididymis, a protozoon Gregarina blaberae and the bacterium Escherichia coli. The localization of carbohydrate residues deomonstrated by this method within the different tissues and cells is consistent with the findings from other published studies. Controls have been performed (i.e., omission of the lectin, lectin and its inhibitor) and these demonstrate the specificity of the method.
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PMID:Ultrastructural visualization of cellular carbohydrate components by means of lectins on ultrathin glycol methacrylate sections. 6 17

Preliminary characterization of two mouse thymus-dependent (T) lymphocyte xenoantigens, T25 and T200, which are selectively labelled by lactoperoxidase-catalysed iodination of T-cells, is described. Both molecules are membrane-bound glycoproteins. Fractionation of membrane vesicles prepared from BW5147 lymphoma cells by sedimentation through sucrose density gradients show that antigens T25 and T200 are in fractions enriched with plasma membrane. Moreover antigen T200 is partially degraded when viable cells are treated briefly with low concentrations of trypsin. Both molecules are efficiently solubilized in buffers containing sodium deoxycholate or Nonidet P-40, as measured by failure to sediment at 100000g for 60min. However, gel filtration on Sepharose 6B showed the presence of aggregated material in Nonidet P-40 extracts which was not found in deoxycholate-solubilized membranes. After solubilization in detergent, antigens T25 and T200 bind to, and may be specifically eluted from, columns of pea lectin--Sepharose or concanavalin A--Sepharose. Both molecules are heterogeneous when examined by polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulphate. As judged by its binding to columns of pea lectin, at least part of the heterogeneity of mouse thymocyte antigen T25 resides in its carbohydrate moiety.
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PMID:Preliminary characterization of two thymus-dependent xenoantigens from mouse lymphocytes. 6 76

Previous investigations have shown that tetanus toxin is transported retrogradely in all peripheral neurons whereas the transport of NGF is confined to adrenergic and sensory neurons. Other macromolecules with molecular weights and general physiochemical properties similar to NGF and tetanus toxin (e.g., cytochrome C, insulin, horseradish peroxidase and bovine serum albumin) are not transported to a detectable extent if injected in comparable molar concentrations. For tetanus toxin, which is transported in all peripheral neurons, it has be assumed that it's retrograde transport depends on properties common to all neurons. In view of the relatively high ganglioside content of the neurons and the high affinity of tetanus toxin for the trisialoganglioside GT1, we studied the influence of gangliosides on the retrograde transport of tetanus toxin as compared to NGF. We included into the study cholera toxin which is known to have a high affinity for the monosialoganglioside GM1 and wheat germ agglutinatinin, a lectin with specific affinity for glycoproteins with N-acetyl-glucosamine residues. Both cholera toxin and wheat germ agglutinin were transported efficiently in all peripheral neurons. Preincubation of 125I-cholera toxin with monosialoganglioside GM1 completely blocked its retrograde axonal transport. The transport of NGF and wheat germ agglutinin was affected neither by various purified gangliosides nor by a mixture of bovine brain gangliosides. The transport of tetanus toxin was only reduced by 50% both by the trisialoganglioside GT1 and the bovine ganglioside mixture.
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PMID:Role of gangliosides in the uptake and retrograde axonal transport of cholera and tetanus toxin as compared to nerve growth factor and wheat germ agglutinin. 7 Feb 59

Platelets from patients with Glanzmann's thrombasthenia have a distinct molecular alteration of the plasma membrane surface, namely decreased amounts of a major glycoprotein designated as IIb (apparent mol wt 142,000). To identify other possible surface defects of thrombasthenic platelets, we labeled the membrane polypeptides of normal and thrombasthenic platelets by two different techniques: lactoperoxidase-catalyzed iodination and galactose oxidase oxidation, followed by reduction with tritiated sodium borohydride. Labeling patterns were determined after the polypeptides were separated by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Before the second dimension was run, platelet samples were incubated with a reducing agent, beta-mercapto-ethanol, to cleave the disulfide bonds of certain glycoproteins; the resulting changes in electrophoretic mobility permitted better resolution of individual molecules. Comparison of the labeled polypeptides of normal and thrombasthenic samples after reduction indicated decreased labeling of two major glycoproteins in thrombasthenic platelets: IIb and III (apparent mol wt 114,000). The relative proportions of radioactivity incorporated by these polypeptides were about 60 and 80% less than control values, respectively. With either Coomassie Blue or periodic acid-Schiff's reagent, glycoprotein III stained much less intensely in thrombasthenic compared to normal samples, indicating that the observed labeling deficit was caused by a decreased concentration of the molecule rather than steric inaccessibility on the membrane surface. Analysis of normal plasma membranes by affinity chromatography showed that glycoprotein IIb has receptors for lectin from Lens culinaris, the common lentil, whereas III does not. We conclude that a characteristic feature of Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is a decreased concentration of two discrete glycoproteins in the platelet plasma membrane.
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PMID:Platelet membrane defects in Glanzmann's thrombasthenia. Evidence for decreased amounts of two major glycoproteins. 7 Apr 33

The usefulness of a lectin, Limulus polyphemus agglutinin (LPA) has been tested in a series of mammalian tissues with sialic acid-containing glycoproteins. In nearly all the tissues employed, the positive peroxidase-labelled LPA diaminobenzidine (LPA-PO-DAB) reaction of various histological structures was markedly diminished in intensity or abolished, following digestion with neuraminidase. In the same tissues, sialic acid added with LPA-PO abolished the LPA-PO-DAB reaction or notably suppressed its intensity. In the majority of the tissues tested, the LPA-PO-DAB-Alcian Blue (AB) (pH 1.0 or 2.5) procedures appear to be useful dual staining methods which enable one to colour selectively sialic acid-containing and other acidic carbohydrates. In view of the endogenous peroxidase activity in particular histological structures, however, appropriate control staining procedures should be performed when the LPA-PO-DAB procedure is employed, either alone or in combination with AB procedures, to determine the histochemical properties of sialic acid-containing glycoproteins.
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PMID:The use of peroxidase-labelled Limulus polyphemus agglutinin for the histochemistry of sialic acid-containing glycoproteins in light microscopy. 9 94

The marine bacteria Beneckea harveyi and Photobacterium leiognathi were shown to bear mannose-containing binding sites for the mannosephilic lectins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and concanavalin A (Con A). The interaction between the lectins and the marine bacteria was demonstrated by the bacteriagglutination test, by adsorption of the lectins onto the bacteria and by mannose-specific peroxidase-binding to the lectin-coated bacteria. Treatment of the bacteria with formaldehyde, phenol, ethanol or boiling them for 15 min, did not alter their ability to adsorb the lectins. The growth rate of the marine bacteria was unaffected when either the Pseudomonas lectins or Con A was added to the culture medium.
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PMID:Interaction of the mannosephilic lectins of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with luminous species of marine enterobacteria. 12 Sep 27

For electron microscopic demonstration of complex carbohydrates and simple sugars in the mouse lung, anionic dye and lectins were used. After immersion fixation of small lung tissue blocks, the alveolar surfactant system was destroyed and only membrane bound carbohydrates (cell coat) could be demonstrated by means of colloidal iron and ruthenium red. Fixation of the whole lung via the visceral pleura preserved the alveolar surfactant system. Only this technique afforded a distinction between cell coat components and hypophase components. After performance of the Concanavalin A-peroxidase technique and after incubation in ferritin-labed Concanavalin A, Lens culinaris lectin or Ricinus communis lectin, various saccharide moieties were demonstrable by immune electron microscopy in the hypophase of the alveolar surfactant system.
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PMID:Electron microscopic demonstration of a saccharide moieties in the hypophase of the alveolar surfactant system. 12 9


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