Ultrastructural localization of glycodelin oligosaccharides Le-x and Le-y in human seminal vesicles by immunogold staining

Ultrastructural localization of alpha-actinin and filamin in cultured cells with the immunogold staining (IGS) method

Monospecific antibodies to chicken gizzard actin, alpha-actinin, and filamin have been used to localize these proteins at the ultrastructural level: secondary cultures of 14-d-old chicken embryo lung epithelial cells and chicken heart fibroblasts were briefly lysed with either a 0.5% Triton X-100/0.25% glutaraldehyde mixture, or 0.1% Triton X-100, fixed with 0.5% glutaraldehyde, and further per...

Ultrastructural localization of lactoferrin and myeloperoxidase in human neutrophils by immunogold.

Colloidal gold was used as a marker for immunoelectron microscopy to localize lactoferrin (LF) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) in human peripheral blood neutrophils. Cells were reacted with monospecific antibodies against LF or MPO and then with gold-labeled antiglobulin. MPO cytochemistry was also associated with immunologic detection of LF. Immunologic labeling of thin sections after embedding in g...

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Oligosaccharides modulate the apoptotic activity of glycodelin.

GlycodelinA (GdA), a multifunctional glycoprotein secreted at high concentrations by the uterine endometrium during the early phases of pregnancy, carries glycan chains on asparagines at positions N28 and N63. GdA purified from amniotic fluid is known to be a suppressor of T-cell proliferation, an inducer of T-cell apoptosis, and an inhibitor of sperm-zona binding in contrast to its glycoform, ...

Mucin gel formed by tumorigenic squamous lung carcinoma cells has Le(a)-X oligosaccharides and excludes antibodies from underlying cells.

Cells of cloned lines of human squamous lung carcinomas elaborate large glycoproteins that are associated with their tumorigenic potential. Two groups of clones (called Le(a)-X-positive and Le(a)-X-negative) were studied that either do or do not express the Le(a)-X oligosaccharide associated with large glycoproteins and mucins secreted by these clones. Le(a)-X-positive cells elaborate a mucin g...