The Tn antigen (GalNAc alpha-O-Ser/Thr) as defined by the binding of the lectin, helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA) or anti-Tn monoclonal antibodies, is known to be exposed in a majority of cancers, and it has also been shown to correlate positively with the metastatic capacity in breast carcinoma. The short O-glycan that forms the antigen is carried by a number of different proteins. One potential...

A magnetically stabilized fluidized bed is used to separate erythrocyte subpopulations. Binding specificity was obtained by immobilizing the lectin Helix pomatia Agglutinin (HpA) or Griffonia simplicifolia I (GSI) onto a magnetite-containing support. Separation of type A and type O erythrocytes with the lectin HpA was particularly effective, leading to a 94% purity of retained type A erythrocyt...

Enzyme immunoassays (EIA) that measure faecal testosterone metabolites (fTM) are useful tools to monitor gonadal activity. The aim of this study was to validate an "in-house" epiandrosterone EIA to monitor fTM in spotted hyenas. FTM were characterised in a male and a female hyena that each received an injection of 3H-testosterone. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analyses revealed ...

Already decades ago, researchers found a correlation between althe diagnosis of BB and breast cancer in the validation cohort. The diagtered glycosylation and the development of primary breast cancer cells. At that time changes in glycosylation were measured by the binding of peanut agglutinin (PNA),Helix pomatia, or Ulex europaeus I (UEA) lectins to cellular structures like alpha-N-acetylgalac...

This study was undertaken to identify an opsonin in the coelomic fluid of Strongylocentrotus nudus by separating several humoral defense factors using galactose-affinity chromatography. A galactose-binding-protein had no opsonic activity against rabbit and sheep erythrocytes, whereas the galactose-unadsorbed fraction and hemolysin fraction separated by affinity adsorption onto formaldehyde-fixe...

Trypanosoma cruzi at various stages of maturation and differentiation have been isolated by conventional cellular fractionation procedures and characterized by cell surface markers using 30 highly purified lectins encompassing all known sugar specificities. Cell surface carbohydrates of the various T. cruzi stages were analyzed by agglutination and lectin-binding assays. Specific receptors for ...