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Query: UMLS:C0019621 (Langerhans cell histiocytosis)
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Seven tetramethylrhodamine B isothiocyanate- (TRITC) labeled lectins: lens culinaris (LCH), ulex europeus-1 (UEA-1), lycopersicon esculentum (LEA), wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), dolichos biflorus (DBA), soybean agglutinin (SBA) and erythrina cristagalli (ECA) were applied on cultured human megakaryocytes (Megs) detected by immunofluorescence. All stages of Megs (from lymphocyte-like Megs to mature Megs) and platelets were labeled by LCH, LEA, UEA-1 and WGA. ECA binds to platelets but only to some Megs. DBA did not bind to platelets but did bind to some Megs, irrespective of stage. SBA binds to all stages of Megs, but did not bind to platelets. These results indicate the presence of mannose, glucose (LCH), sialic acid (WGA), and glucosamine (UEA-1, LEA, WGA) on the surface of all cells of the Meg lineage, a variable presence of galactosamine (DBA, SBA, ECA), and a discrepancy in the presence of some galactosamine compounds between platelets and Megs (DBA, SBA).
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PMID:Carbohydrate composition of human megakaryocyte membranes in culture: identification using binding of seven lectins. 206 23

FITC-Con A staining as a rapid diagnostic method for tumor cells was applied to the tumors smeared on glass slide and section specimens to evaluate the reactivity with FITC-Con A. Good staining results were obtained in smear specimens with clear fluorescence on the membrane of tumor cells. Con A and LCH lectins bound well with tumor cells to produce strong fluorescence in comparison with PEA and DBA. It indicates that tumor cells expressed dominantly the receptors of alpha-D-glucose and alpha-D-mannose sugar chain on the membrane of tumor cells. From these results it was concluded that FITC-Con A staining method applied to smear specimens is more advantageous in the rapidity and the simplicity for tumor cell diagnosis than section specimen method.
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PMID:[Rapid diagnosis of experimental tumor by FITC-Con A lectin--a comparative study of smear and section specimens]. 245 71

A new B-lymphoma cell line (DEAU-cell line) was established from a diffuse large-cell lymphoma (centroblastic type) and was successfully grafted in athymic nude mice. Monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) were generated using splenocytes of DEAU-tumor bearing mice. Before the fusion experiments, cellular immunity of the mice bearing growing DEAU tumors was restored by injection of spleen cells from conventional Balb/C mice. Spleen cells from conventional Balb/C mice immunized with DEAU-cell line were also used for the generation of MoAbs. Four MoAbs (DBB.42 and DBA.44 from normal Balb/C mice, and DNA.7 and DND.53 from athymic nude mice) were investigated because they identified B-cell-associated antigens not destroyed by fixatives. DBB.42 recognized a pan-B cell-associated antigen (molecular weight (mol wt) = 45 Kd). DBA.44 detected a B-cell antigen (mol wt not determined) expressed on a subpopulation of B lymphocytes in the mantle zone of lymphoid follicles. DNA.7 also defined a B-cell antigen (43 Kd) mainly expressed on germinal center cells. Similarly, DND.53 recognized a B-cell antigen (two bands of mol wt 20 Kd and 35 Kd, respectively) mainly expressed on germinal center cells and mantle zone lymphocytes and interdigitating reticulum cells in the paracortical area. Major differences were found in the reactivities of these MoAbs on malignant lymphomas. DBB.42 was positive with almost all B-cell lymphomas and some T-cell lymphomas. Within the group of low-grade B-cell lymphomas, DBA.44 reacted principally with hairy-cell leukemia. DNA.7 reacted mainly with high-grade B-cell lymphomas with a weak positivity in low-grade B-cell lymphomas. DND.53 reacted with all but one B-cell lymphoma, cells of histiocytosis X, and Reed-Sternberg cells. These findings indicate that new MoAbs can be generated by using spleen cells from athymic mice bearing human tumors as well as by new lymphoid cell lines. The MoAbs so generated, as in the present study, are deemed potentially useful for the recognition of B-cell lymphomas in routine diagnostic histopathology. In addition, DND.53 could be of value for the diagnosis of histiocytosis X and the detection of Reed-Sternberg cells in Hodgkin's disease.
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PMID:Production of anti-B monoclonal antibodies (DBB.42, DBA.44, DNA.7, and DND.53) reactive on paraffin-embedded tissues with a new B-lymphoma cell line grafted into athymic nude mice. 267 17

The carbohydrate moieties of microfilariae (Mf) and infective larvae (L3) have been investigated by lectin-binding technique. Mf derived from three sources, namely, uteri (in utero), released in vitro from adults and from blood of rodents infected with Litomosoides carinii were examined by using fluoresceinated lectins. Wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) bound to these Mf and the binding was inhibited by N-acetyl glucosamine. In addition to WGA, Concanavalin A (Con A) and lentil lectin (LCH) bound to in vitro-released and in utero-derived Mf showing the presence of mannose moieties on their surface. In utero-derived Mf also showed binding with the agglutinins of Limulus polyphemus (LPA), peanut (PNA), Ricinus communis (RCA), Helix pomatia (HPA), Soyabean (SBA) and Dolichos biflorus (DBA) but not to that of Ulex europaeus (UEA) indicating the presence of additional carbohydrate molecules like sialic acid, galactose and N-acetyl galactosamine on their sheath. None of the lectins bound to the cuticle of exsheathed Mf. Treatment of blood-derived and in vitro-released Mf with certain proteases exposed additional binding sites for SBA, HPA, Con A and LCH. In case of L3, only PNA bound to the larvae isolated from infective mites Bdellonyssus bacoti, and the binding was inhibited by D-galactose. No such binding of the lectins was seen to the larvae that migrated to the pleural cavity of jirds indicating that there is considerable change on the parasite surface during their migration in the vertebrate host. Sheathed Mf and mite-derived L3 when incubated with immune rat sera, bind Con A and LCH lectins possibly due to the mannose components of the specific immunoglobulins that coat onto the Mf and L3.
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PMID:Litomosoides carinii: characterization of surface carbohydrates of microfilariae and infective larvae. 360 35