Isolation and characterization of a new lectin from plasma of fish Channa punctatus

A soluble lectin is purified to apparent homogeneity from plasma of Channa punctatus by affinity chromatography on N-acetyl-D-galactosamine coupled to epoxy-activated cellulose. The lectin has 140 kDa native molecular mass and 68 kDa subunit molecular mass, as determined by native and sodium dodecyl sulphate denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, respectively. The lectin agglutinates human A and AB blood groups and rat, mice and guinea pig erythrocytes in the presence of Ca2+ and Mg2+ or Mn2+ ions. These divalent cations, but not thiol group, are obligatory requirements for the lectin activity. Gal(beta 1----3)GalNAc (0.09 mM) is the most potent inhibitor of the lectin.     

Purification of lectin from fruiting bodies of Lactarius rufus (Scop.: Fr.)Fr. and its carbohydrate specificity

A lectin from fruiting bodies of Lactarius rufus (Scop.: Fr.)Fr. has been purified by affinity chromatography on copolymer of polyvinyl alcohol with a blood group B specific substance. The lectin gives a single band at disk-electrophoresis in acidic (pH 4.3) and alkaline (pH 8.6) buffer systems. Under electrophoresis in 10-20% SDS-PAGE, the lectin consists of identical subunits with molecular weight 17 +/- 1 kDa. Molecular weight of the lectin is 98 kDa according to gel-chromatography on Tojopearl HW-55. It is supposed that the lectin contains six subunits. The lectin is quite enough stable in pH 4.0-10.0, its activity does not depend upon bivalent metal ions. When heating the lectin solution to 65 degrees C it lost more than 85% of its activity. The lectin agglutinates human etrythrocytes without any marked group specificity, it agglutinates 2-4 times worse rabbit erythrocytes, very weakly crucian erythrocytes and does not agglutinate sheep erythrocytes. Mono- and disaccharides are not inhibitors of the lectin activity, while alpha-phenyl-N-acethyl-D-glucosaminopyranosid (0.08 mM) and 4-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucosamin are the best inhibitors of its activity. Among glycoproteins the best inhibitors of the lectin activity are: group-specific substances from human blood erythrocytes, asialosubmaxillary bovine mucin, human and bovine thyroglobulin and more weak inhibitors are fetuin, transferrin and human Ig G.     

Purification and characterization of a D‐mannose specific lectin from the green marine alga,Bryopsis plumosa

A d ‐mannose specific lectin was purified from the green marine alga, Bryopsis plumosa (Huds.) Ag. The lectin agglutinated horse and sheep erythrocytes. Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry, size exclusion chromatography, sodium dodecyl sulfate‐polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS‐PAGE) and two dimensional gel electrophoresis (2DE) results showed that the lectin was a monomer with molecular weight of 17 kDa and pI 7.3. The agglutinating activity was inhibited by d ‐mannose (1 mM), α‐methyl‐D‐mannose (4 mM) and l ‐fucose (8 mM). d ‐glucose (125 mM) showed weak inhibition. The lectin did not need divalent cations for agglutinating activity. N‐terminal amino acid sequence of the lectin was analyzed. As the lectin was novel, we named it BPL‐2 (Bryopsis plumosa lectin 2). Full cDNA sequence of BPL‐2 was obtained using cDNA library. It was comprised of 624 bp of open reading frame and 167 bp/57 bp of 3′/5′ untranslated regions as well as N‐terminal signal peptide. No antimicrobial activity of BPL‐2 was observed in four bacteria strains tested.     

A new agglutinin from the Tulipa gesneriana bulbs

Two agglutinins with different agglutinating activity exist in Tulipa gesneriana bulbs. One is the T. gesneriana lectin which agglutinates yeasts as reported previously [Oda, Y. and Minami, K. (1986) Eur. J. Biochem. 159, 239-245]. The other agglutinin is a new one which agglutinates animal erythrocytes and was purified from the tulip bulbs using affinity chromatography on thyroglobulin-Sepharose 4B. The agglutinin agglutinated mouse and rat erythrocytes at a minimum concentration of 2 micrograms/ml and 30 micrograms/ml respectively, but did not agglutinate erythrocytes from other animals and yeasts even at a concentration of 1000 micrograms/ml. The agglutinin appeared homogeneous by disc gel electrophoresis at pH 4.3 and gel filtration. Its relative molecular mass was determined by gel filtration to be approximately 40,000. It was suggested that the agglutinin was composed of two different subunits of 26 kDa and 14 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis. Binding of radioiodinated agglutinin to mouse erythrocytes indicated that the presence of a high-affinity site with a dissociation constant of 2.00 X 10(-9) M. In inhibition experiments thyroglobulin glycopeptides were the most potent inhibitors; thyroglobulin was also a potent inhibitor. Orosomucoid and mucin showed weak inhibition. The other glycoproteins, glycopeptides and sugars examined showed no inhibition.     

三齿草藤(Vicia bungei Ohwi)凝集素的亲和层析纯化及其部分性质的研究

用Sephadex G-100或猪甲状腺球蛋白-对氨基苯砜乙基-交联琼脂作亲和吸附剂,均可从三齿草藤(Vicia Bungei Ohwi)的种子中分离纯化出三齿草藤凝集素。该凝集素经连续或不连续系统聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳均显示出单一蛋白带;糖蛋白染色法证实为糖蛋白;SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳测定其分子量为24,600,凝集素浓度为1.95微克/毫升时就能凝集兔红细胞;但对人ABO型血细胞不发生凝集作用;其对兔红细胞的凝集作用可被D-Man、D-GlcNA和D-GIC所抑制;它也是一种促有丝分裂原。     

Purification and partial characterization of a mitogenic lectin from Vicia sativa.

From the seeds of Vicia sativa a lectin has been purified by affinity chromatography on Sephadex G-100, followed by specific elution with D-glucose. The lectin is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 70 000. The aminoacid composition and the total sugar content have been determined. This lectin agglutinates horse, rabbit and human erythrocytes, with no specificity for human blood groups, but does not agglutinate calf and sheep erythrocytes. The agglutinating activity is inhibited by mono-, di-, and trisaccharides with a pyranosyl residue whose free hydroxyl group in position 4 has the configuration of glucose, and by fructose. The lectin has mitogenic activity on human peripheral blood lymphocytes.     

Isolation and properties of beta-D-galactoside-specific lectin from chick embryo thigh muscle

A beta-galactoside-specific lectin, capable of agglutinating trypsinized rabbit erythrocytes, was isolated from 13-day-old embryonic chick thigh muscle and purified 1000-fold by affinity chromatography on asialofetuin/Sepharose and Sephadex G-100. A quantitative hemagglutinin assay based on the disappearance of single erythrocytes in a Coulter electronic particle counter was devised to measure lectin activity at different steps of purification. The molecular weight of the lectin was determined by gel filtration to be approximately 31,000, whereas polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate gave a value of approximately 15,000, suggesting that the lectin is a dimer. The lectin is unstable below pH 5, and it requires the presence of dithiothreitol for the retention of maximal activity. The major portion of this lectin is membrane-bound; only 50% of the activity present in the muscle homogenate could be isolated in soluble form by extraction of muscle acetone powder with a buffer of high ionic strength. In view of the lack of a calcium requirement for its activity, the role of this lectin in myoblast fusion, a calcium-dependent phenomenon, is not clear.     

南鹤虱凝集素的研究

本文对伞形科16种植物(药用部分)是否存在凝集素进行了筛选。发现野胡萝卜果实与芹菜果实中有凝集素。野胡萝卜果实(中药名称南鹤虱)抽提液的凝血活性较芹菜强。 采用CM-纤维素及DEAE-纤维素对南鹤虱凝集素进行分离纯化。用聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳鉴定其纯度。用SDS-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳测定亚基分子量为32600。 此凝集素对热及酸较稳定,对碱略差。对人的A、B、O血型无专一性。能凝集兎、小鼠、牛及鸡的血,但不凝集蟾蜍的血。 此凝集素的凝血活性能被D-木糖及N-乙酰葡萄糖胺轻微地抑制。 经shiff试剂检测表明南鹤虱凝集素为一糖蛋白。糖含量为3.4％。此凝集素分子中的谷氨酸门冬氨酸、精氨酸及絲氨酸的含量较高。     

Purification and characterization of an anti-(A+B) specific lectin from the mushroom Hygrophorus hypothejus.

A lectin (HHL) was isolated from the fruiting body of the mushroom Hygrophorus hypothejus by a combination of affinity chromatography on stromas of group B erythrocytes embedded in polyacrylamide gel, and DEAE-trisacryl and gel filtration chromatography. Its molecular mass, as determined by gel filtration, is estimated to be 68000 kDa and its structure is tetrameric with four identical subunits assembled with non-covalent bonds. HHL agglutinates specifically A and B blood group erythrocytes and in hemagglutination inhibition assays, exhibits sugar-binding specificity toward lactose, the anomeric alpha form being more effective than the beta form.     

A galactose-specific lectin from the hemolymph of the pearl oyster, Pinctada fucata martensii

1. A lectin in the serum of Pinctada fucata martensii was purified by a combination of affinity chromatography on Sepharose 4B coupled with bovine submaxillary gland mucine, anion exchange chromatography on Mono Q and gel filtration on Superose 6. 2. The purified lectin was indicated to be homogeneous by polyacrylamide electrophoresis and rechromatography on Mono Q. 3. The purified lectin was approximately 440,000 in molecular weight and was composed of identical subunits with a molecular weight of approximately 20,000. 4. D-galactose and N-acetylgalactosamine gave a 50% inhibition of agglutination of horse erythrocytes by the lectin at 0.3 and 1.2 mM, respectively. 5. The antibody obtained from rabbit immunized with the purified lectin was monospecific to the lectin judged from the hemagglutination blocking test, immunoelectrophoresis and immunoblotting.     

Isolation and characterization of lectins from Vicia villosa. Two distinct carbohydrate binding activities are present in seed extracts

An uncharacterized lectin from Vicia villosa seeds has been reported to bind specifically to mouse cytotoxic T lymphocytes (Kimura, A., Wigzell, H., Holmquist, G., Ersson, B., and Carlsson, P., (1979) J. Exp. Med. 149, 473-484). We have found that V. villosa seeds contain at least three lectins which we have purified by affinity chromatography on a column of immobilized porcine blood group substances eluted with varying concentrations of N-acetylgalactosamine and by anion exchange chromatography. The three lectins are composed of two different subunits with Mr = 35,900 (subunit B) and 33,600 (subunit A), estimated from their mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Sedimentation equilibrium analysis suggests that the purified lectins are tetramers. They have been designated B4, A4, and A2B2 to indicate their apparent subunit compositions. The purified B4 and A4 lectins contain 6.7-9.8% carbohydrate by weight; in addition, both are rich in the acidic and hydroxylic amino acids and lack cysteine and methionine. The A4 lectin agglutinates A erythrocytes specifically and binds to A1 erythrocytes (273,000 sites/cell) with an association constant of 1.8 X 10(7) M-1. Although a blood group A agglutinating activity was recognized in the original preparation of V. villosa lectins, lectins with this activity were obtained in relatively small amounts from seed extracts. The predominant lectin in V. villosa seeds, B4, does not agglutinate A, B, or O erythrocytes.     

A new lectin from tulip (Tulipa) bulbs

A lectin was isolated from tulip (Tulipa) bulbs by affinity chromatography on fetuin-agarose and partially characterized. The tulip lectin is a tetrameric protein composed of four identical subunits of M_r 28 000, which are not held together by disulphide bonds. It is not glycosylated and has an amino-acid composition typified by a high content of asparagine-aspartic acid, leucine, glycine and serine. Tulip lectin agglutinates human red blood cells, but has a much higher specific activity with rabbit erythrocytes. In hapten-inhibition assays with the latter type of red blood cell the lectin exhibits a complex specificity, whereas its agglutination with human erythrocytes is readily inhibited by N-acetylgalactosamine, lactose, fucose and galactose.Abbreviations DEAE diethylaminoethyl - PBS phosphate-buffered saline - TL Tulipa lectin - M_r relative molecular mass - SDS-PAGE sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis     

野花生豆凝集素的纯化和性质

用猪胃粘蛋白-Sepharose 4B作亲和吸附剂,可从野花生豆(Crotalarta mucronata)的种子中分离纯化出对人类A型血专一凝集的凝集素。该凝集素可用pH30.,Gly-HCl-1mol/L NaCl溶液解吸附。纯化的凝集素在PAGE或SDS-PAGE中均显示单一蛋白带,表明凝集素分子内只有一种亚基。用SDS-PAGE测得其亚基分子量为49,000。氨基酸组成分析表明,该凝集素富含甘氨酸和谷氨酸,不合甲硫氮酸。纯化的野花生豆凝集素(简称CML)含有4.11％的中性糖。它对人A型血细胞有强烈凝集作用,对AB型血有弱凝集作用,但对B型和O型血均不凝集。其对A型血细胞的凝集作用可被N-乙酰半乳糖胺抑制,但对AB型血则无抑制作用。CML是一个促有絲分裂原,对人外周血中淋巴细胞有促有絲分裂作用。     

Blood group B-specific lectin of Plecoglossus altivelis (Ayu fish) eggs

A lectin that agglutinates human blood group B erythrocytes but not blood group A and O erythrocytes was isolated from eggs of Ayu sweet fish (Plecoglossus altivelis). The lectin also agglutinates Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells but not rat ascites hepatoma AH109 or rat sarcoma 150 cells tested. The lectin agglutination was most effectively inhibited by monosaccharides with the first type of configuration, i.e., L-rhamnose, L-mannose and L-lyxose at a concentration of 0.03 mM. The lectin agglutination was moderately inhibited by monosaccharides with the second type of configuration, i.e., D-galactose, D-fucose and D-galacturonic acid at a concentration of 0.4 mM. However, the agglutination was not inhibited by various other monosaccharides and oligosaccharides that have other types of configuration. The basis for an apparent B-specific hemagglutination may be due to the steric similarity of the C₂ and C₄ of the galactosyl series, the B-specific determinant, and the L-rhamnosyl series, which are the best inhibitors of the lectin activity. The lectin was affinity purified on an L-rhamnosyl-Sepharose column and was characterized as a homogeneous low molecular weight protein (M_r 14 000) with an abundance of hydrophobic amino acids and dicarboxylic amino acid.     

Purification and study of carbohydrate specificity of lectin from Sarcoscypha coccinea (Fr.) Lambette

A lectin that revealed affinity for lactose, N-acethylactosamine, 4-nitrophenyl-beta-D-gluco- and galactopyranosides from fruiting bodies of Sarcoscypha coccinea (Fr.) Lambette was purified by affinity chromatography on immobilized ovomucoid. According to electrophoresis data in 15% SDS-PAGE the lectin contains two very low-differing components with molecular weight 32 kDa. Molecular weight of the lectin is 128 kDa according to gel-chromatography on sephadex G-200. The lectin agglutinates rabbit erythrocytes and slightly weaker agglutinates human erythrocytes. After dialysis against 1% EDTA sodium salt solution the lectin loses hemaglutinating activity, but after the next dialysis against CaCl2 solution it is restored.     

粘虫幼虫血淋巴中的凝集素

粘虫Mythlmna separata Walker幼虫血淋巴中含有凝集某些脊椎动物红细胞的凝集素,凝集活性可被乳糖、岩藻糖或神经氨酸抑制.用CNBr-sepharose 4B 进行亲和层析从血淋巴中分离的凝集素成分比较复杂,聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳显示三条区带,SDS聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳出现6个亚基,亚基分子量分别为71000、65000、56000、35000、33000及31000道尔顿.     

Purification and Characterization of Two Major Lectins from Araucaria brasiliensis syn. Araucaria angustifolia Seeds (Pinhão)

Two major lectins (lectin I and lectin II) were purified to homogeneity from the seeds of Araucaria brasiliensis (Gymnospermae). The purity of the lectins was confirmed by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, isoelectric focusing, and high performance liquid chromatography. They are glycoproteins in nature containing 6.3 and 2.9%, respectively, of neutral sugar and have absorption coefficients of 3.8 and 4.7, respectively, at 280 nanometers. The molecular weights of both lectins obtained by gel filtration on Sephacryl S-400 were equal: 200,000. After dissociation by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, molecular weights were 20,000 and 34,000, respectively, for lectin I and lectin II, suggesting they are decameric and hexameric in nature. The amino acid composition of both lectins showed little difference, but both had high amounts of acidic amino acids and lacked methionine in their molecule. The carbohydrate binding specificity of lectins was directed towards mannose, glucose, and their oligomers. High inhibitory activity was also found with thyroglobulin. The erythroagglutinating activity of the lectins was enhanced in the presence of high-molecular-weight substances both at 37 and 4°C. Divalent cations do not appear to be essential for activity. They maintained their agglutinating activity over a broad but different range of pH: 5.5 to 7.5 and 6.5 to 7.5, respectively. Both lectins agglutinated erythrocytes of human ABO blood types equally well.     

黑色菜豆(Phaseolus sp.)凝集素的纯化和性质

黑色菜豆(phaseolussp.)种子中含有对人A型血专一凝集的凝集素。用猪胃粘蛋白-Sepharose 4B作亲和吸附剂和Sephadex G-200凝胶过滤,可以纯化这种凝集素。纯化的凝集素在pH8.9,Tris-EDTANa_2-borate缓冲液的PAGE中,呈现单一蛋白带;酚-硫酸法测得总糖含量为3.22％。在SDS-PAGE中发现其分子由两种亚基所组成,亚基分子量分别为38,000和35,000。当凝集素浓度分别为0.98μg/ml和1.95μg/ml时能强烈地凝集人A型和AB型血细胞。在凝集素浓度高达500μg/ml时,B型血细胞能发生弱凝集反应,但对O型血和兔红细胞则完全不发生凝集反应。其凝集活性可被GalNAC、L-Fuc、猪甲状腺球蛋白和卵粘蛋白所抑制。该凝集素对人外周血中淋巴细胞的转化率达80％,细胞分裂比率高达37.1％;氨基组成分析表明,凝集素分子中Asp和Glu含量较高,而cys和Met含量很低。     

Purification and characterization of a lectin (plant hemagglutinin) with N blood group specificity from Vicia graminea seeds.

A lectin with N blood group specificity was isolated from Vicia graminea seeds. This lectin was purified from a crude extract by precipitation with ammonium sulfate, DEAE-cellulose chromatography and Sephadex G-150 gel filtration. Purification steps were followed by increase of specific activity. Its homogeneity was demonstrated by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, immunoelectrophoresis, electrofocusing and ultracentrifugation. This lectin is an acid glycoprotein with 7.3% carbohydrate, a high percentage of serine and contains no sialic acid. The native lectin has a molecular weight about 100 000 and dissociates into four subunits of 25 000 as shown by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Preliminary hemagglutination inhibition has shown that the lectin was not inhibited by any of the monosaccharides contained in N blood group substances; however it was inhibited by the erythrocyte membrane major glycoprotein and the tryptic fragments obtained from erythrocytes.     

Blood group B-specific lectin of Plecoglossus altivelis (Ayu fish) eggs

A lectin that agglutinates human blood group B erythrocytes but not blood group A and O erythrocytes was isolated from eggs of Ayu sweet fish (Plecoglossus altivelis). The lectin also agglutinates Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells but not rat ascites hepatoma AH109 or rat sarcoma 150 cells tested. The lectin agglutination was most effectively inhibited by monosaccharides with the first type of configuration, i.e., L-rhamnose, L-mannose and L-lyxose at a concentration of 0.03 mM. The lectin agglutination was moderately inhibited by monosaccharides with the second type of configuration, i.e., D-galactose, D-fucose and D-galacturonic acid at a concentration of 0.4 mM. However, the agglutination was not inhibited by various other monosaccharides and oligosaccharides that have other types of configuration. The basis for an apparent B-specific hemagglutination may be due to the steric similarity of the C2 and C4 of the galactosyl series, the B-specific determinant, and the L-rhamnosyl-Sepharose column and was characterized as a homogeneous low molecular weight protein (Mr 14000) with an abundance of hydrophobic amino acids and dicarboxylic amino acid.