Opsonizing properties of an isolated hemolymph agglutinin and demonstration of lectin-like recognition molecules at the surface of hemocytes fromMytilus edulis |
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Authors: | Lothar Renwrantz and Annegret Stahmer |
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Institution: | (1) Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum der Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-2000 Hamburg 13, Federal Republic of Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary
Mytilus hemolymph was found to contain an agglutinin which could be inhibited by mucin. The agglutinin was isolated by affinity chromatography using neuraminidase-treated mucin/Sepharose.In vitro phagocytosis experiments revealed that only about 5% of washed hemocytes phagocytosed yeast cells suspended in a Tris-buffered NaCl-solution, whereas yeast suspended in hemolymph was normally ingested by more than 50% of the hemocytes. This relatively high phagocytic activity was shown to depend on the presence of two serum factors: When purified agglutinin was added to saline-suspended yeast, phagocytosis rates returned to normal, demonstrating opsonizing properties of the purified agglutinin. — On the other hand, addition of Ca++-ions to saline caused an increase of the phagocytic activity of hemocytes. This was interpreted to indicate the activation of divalent cation-dependent recognition molecules at the hemocyte surface. The function of these postulated recognition factors was demonstrated by phagocytosis inhibition tests. Their location at the hemocyte membrane became evident by binding of specific antiagglutinin IgG purified by help of an agglutinin/Sepharose column from an antiserum raised againstMytilus serum proteins. Consequently, humoral as well as cell bound agglutinin molecules are involved in the attachment of yeast cells toMytilus hemocytes which subsequently internalize foreign cells.Abbreviations
DAB
dimethylamino benzaldehyde
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PO
peroxidase
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IgG
immunoglobulin G |
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