Expression of carbohydrate epitopes L2/HNK-1 and L3 in the larva and imago of Drosophila melanogaster and Calliphora vicina |
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Authors: | Roger D Dennis Rudolf Martini Melitta Schachner |
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Institution: | (1) Institut für Physiologische Chemie der Universität, Karl-von Frisch-Strasse, Lahnberge, W-3550 Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany;(2) Department of Neurobiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Summary The carbohydrate epitopes L2/HNK-1 and L3 belong to two overlapping families of adhesion molecules in the vertebrate, and probably the invertebrate nervous systems. To investigate their pattern of expression during the development of insects, cryosections of late third instar larvae and imagoes of Drosophila melanogaster and Calliphora vicina were studied by indirect immunofluorescence using several monoclonal antibodies to the L2/HNK-1 and one monoclonal antibody to the L3 epitope. Each monoclonal antibody to the L2/HNK-1 epitope showed a different immunohistological staining pattern, which differed from that of the L3 monoclonal antibody. In both insect species the immunohistological staining patterns for the two carbohydrate epitopes were similar at the two developmental stages, with immunoreactivity not confined to the nervous system. In larvae, immunoreactivities of the monoclonal antibodies L2.334 and L3.492 were predominantly associated with the extracellular matrix as indicated by co-localization with laminin, particularly in the imaginal discs, while L2.349 revealed a more cell surface-associated distribution. In imagoes, immunoreactivities were detectable in most organs studied. |
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Keywords: | L2/HNK-1 carbohydrate epitope L3 carbohydrate epitope Immunohistochemistry Extracellular matrix Calliphora vicina (Insecta) Drosophila melanogaster (Insecta) |
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