Binding of concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin by murine peritoneal macrophages: ultrastructural and cytophotometric studies |
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Authors: | A Warton J M Papadimitriou |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Pathology, University of Western Australia, The Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, 6009 Nedlands, Western Australia |
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Abstract: | Summary Concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin were employed in conjunction with the horseradish peroxidase-diaminobenzidine method for the detection of sugar residues on the surface coat of exudate and resident murine peritoneal macrophages. Electron microscopical and cytophotometric techniques were used for the visualization and quantification of the final reaction product on the surface of cells. After incubation with concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin, both exudate and resident macrophages showed readily detectable final reaction product indicating the presence of numerous, easily accessible, -methyl-d-mannosyl andN-acetyl-d-glucosaminyl residues on their surface. The binding of concanavalin A was higher with resident than with exudate macrophages. With wheat germ agglutinin, a different pattern of lectin binding was observed: more electron-dense product was deposited on exudate than on resident macrophage surfaces. The binding of concanavalin A and wheat germ agglutinin to macrophages was inhibited by the competing sugars -methyl-d-mannoside andN-acetyl-d-glucosamine, respectively. |
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