Ultrastructural demonstration of lectin binding sites in the Golgi apparatus of rat epiphyseal chondrocytes |
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Authors: | A Velasco J Hidalgo M Müller G Garcia-Herdugo |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Seville, E-41012 Sevilla, Spain;(2) Laboratory for Electron Microscopy I, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Summary Binding sites for wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA), Ricinus communis I agglutinin (RCA I) and Limax flavus agglutinin (LFA) have been ultrastructurally detected in rat epiphyseal chondrocytes by a post-embedding cytochemical technique using colloidal gold as marker. The four lectins labelled exclusively the Golgi apparatus of chondrocytes embedded in Lowicryl K4M resin by two different methods. WGA binding sites were localized in medial and trans cisternae as well as in immature secretory vesicles, whereas those for DBA were seen concentrated in cis and medial cisternae. Labelling with both RCA I and LFA lectins was distributed throughout all the cisternac of the Golgi stack, and the latter also in vesicles and tubules at the trans face. Neuraminidase pretreatment of the sections abolished LFA staining, decreased reaction with WGA and increased that with RCA I, while it did not affect DBA staining. After chondroitinase ABC treatment only the RCA I reaction was modified, revealing new binding sites in the trans Golgi face, secretory granules and extracellular matrix. These results indicate that the distribution of subcompartments in the Golgi apparatus of chondrocytes is different from that in cells secreting glycoproteins as major products. |
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