Affinity of Soluble and Immobilized Plasma Fibronectin for Arginyl Sulfamide Polystyrene Beads

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Table of Contents VII
4. Part 1. Biosynthesis and Physiology of Plant Lectins
5. The Physiological Function of Plant Lectins 3
6. Pea Lectin Binding Activity of Pea Root Extracts 15
7. Soybean Lectin and the Interaction of Rhizobium with cultured Soybean Cells 23
8. Gramineae Lectins: A Special Class of Plant Lectins 31
9. Rice, Germ Lectin: Localization, Development and Cell-aggregation 39
10. Interaction of Leguminous Seed Lectins with Seed Proteins-Lectins as Packing Aids of Storage Proteins 45
11. Microcalorimetric Effects of Lectin Interactions 53
12. Lectin Release from Seeds of Datura Stramonium and Interference of the Datura Stramonium Lectin with Bacterial Motility 57
13. Are Mistletoe Lectins Storage Proteins? 67
14. Pattern of Wheat Germ Agglutinin Accumulation in Different Genotypes of Wheat 75
15. Part 2. Isolation and Characterization of Plant Lectins
16. Studies on Lectins from Indian Plants 85
17. Screening for Lectins in Common Foods by Line-Dive Immunoelectrophoresis and by Haemadsorption Lectin Test 95
18. Three Sperm-Agglutinating Isolectins from the Tubers of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) 109
19. A Meliboise/Mannose-Specific Lectin from Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) Bulbs 117
20. Purification and Characterization of an Alpha-D-Galactosyl-Binding Lectin from the Seeds of Jackfruit (Artocarpus intergrifolia) 125
21. Purification of Ulex europeus Haemagglutinin I by affinity Chromatography 135
22. Haemagglutinins in Marine Algae-Lectins or Phenols? 139
23. The Sugar Specificity of Machaerocereus eruca Isolectins 147
24. Isolation and Characterization of the Lectins from Sub-species of Codium fragile 155
25. Vicia Faba Alpha-Galactosidases with Lectin Activity 161
26. The derived Amino Acid Sequence of the Seed Lectin present in the Pinto U1 111 Cultivar of Phaseolus vulgaris and a Comparison with PHA-E and PHA-L 171
27. Tyrosine Residues and the Binding Sites of Lectins 177
28. Molecular Structure of Lathyrus Lectins and Isolectins 185
29. Part 3. Animal Lectins
30. Mammalian Lectins and their Function - A Review 197
31. A Galactose-Specific Lectin also on Endothelial Cells of Rat Livers 207
32. Adult Rat Brain Extract Induces Lactose-Inhibitable Aggregation of Dissociated Embryonic Mouse Brain Cells 213
33. The Calactose Receptor of Rat Peritoneal Macrophages: Binding of Sialidase-Treated Cells and Glycoproteins 221
34. Liver Lectins as Receptors for Tumor Cells in Metastasis 229
35. Lectin in Carcinoma Cells: Level Reduction as Possible Regulatory Event in Tumor Growth and Colonization 237
36. Isolation and Partial Characterization of N-Acetyl-Hexosamine Specific Lectin in the Mucus of Archachatina (Calactina) marginata 243
37. Cold Agglutinin from Achatina fulica Snails having Specificity towards N-Acetyllactosamine 251
38. Fish Cortical Vesicle Lectins. A new Group of Carabohydrate-binding Proteins 257
39. Affinity of Soluble and Immobilized Plasma Fibronectin for Arginyl Sulfamide Polystyrene Beads 277
40. Part 4. Microbial Lectins
41. The Fimbrial Lectins of E. Coli 285
42. Lectin-Mediated Adherence of Actinomyces in the Oral Cavity 297
43. Isolation, Purification and Specificity of the Lectin from Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Bacteria (Habs Stain H8) 305
44. Part 5. Biological Effects of Lectins
45. The Biological Effects of Lectins in the Diet of Animals and Man 317
46. Application of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectin (PA- I) for Cancer Research 329
47. Adoptive Transfer of Experimantal Allergic Encephalomyelitis with Lectin-Activated Spleen Cells 339
48. Factor Dependent Concanavalin A Activation of B Lymphocytes 347
49. Blocking and Stimulation of Pokeweed Mitogen-lnduced Blastogenisis by Anti-Pokeweed Antiserum 357
50. A High Molecular Weight Mitogenic Factor in Culture supernatant Fluids of Pokeweed Mitogen-Stimulated Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells 365
51. Morphological Studies of the Interaction of Human White Blood Cells with Mistletoe Lectin I 375
52. Mitogenicity of A-Chain of Mistletoe Lectin I 383
53. Dolichos lablab Agglutinin: A Potent T Lymphocyte Mitogen and a High Interleukin-2 Promoter 391
54. Activated PNA⁺ Peripheral Immunocytes in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 399
55. The Con A Conjugate of Bowman-Birk Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor is an Anticarcinogen 409
56. Part 6. Histochemistry with Lectins
57. Light and Electron Microscopial Localisation of Cellular Glycoconjugates with Lectin-Gold Complexes 419
58. Lectins and Cancer. Characterization of Hodgkin-derived Cell Lines by Lectins 433
59. Histochemical Investigations on Lectin Binding in Normal and Neoplastic Endometrial Tissue and in Cell Cultures of Endometrial Carcinomas 441
60. Lectin Histochemistry of Colorectal Cancer combined with Localisation of Carcinoembryonic Antigen and Mucopolysaccharides 449
61. Histochemical Features of Renal Oncocytomas as Studied with Labelled Lectins 457
62. Lectin Binding to Neoplastic Human Urothelium 463
63. Lectin Histochemical Features of Middle Ear Epithelium in Chronic Secretory Otitis Media 469
64. The Effect of Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) on the Lectin Binding Pattern in Rat Gastric Mucosa Injured by Ethanol or Sodium- Taurocholate 475
65. Lectin Binding Patterns of the Golgi Apparatus 485
66. Binding of PHA, WGA and SBA to the Surface of Rat Intestinal Epithelial Cells in Vitro 493
67. The Distribution of Carbohydrate Components as revealed by Lectin Histochemistry in the Alimentary Tract of Turtles 499
68. Binding of Dolichos Biflorus Agglutinin (DBA) to Endothelial Cells during the Embryonal Period is Restricted to the NMRI-Mouse 507
69. Maturation of Cellular Saccharides in Fetal Mouse Kidneys 515
70. A Histological Study of the Alimentary Tract of four African Fishes. Fluorescein Isothiocyanate Labelled (FITC) Lectins 521
71. Lectin Histochemistry of the Cuticle of the Antarctic Krill (Euphausia Superba) 529
72. Part 7. Lectins as Tools
73. Heterogeneity of the Monocyte-Macrophage-System (MPS) Demonstrated by the Use of Lectins and Monoclonal Antibodies 537
74. Dual Parameter Flowcytometric Measurement of DNA-Content and Lectin Binding in Human Bladder Tumors 545
75. Sugar-Mediated Mechanisms in Glomerular Endothelium of Mice 551
76. Phenotype of SBA⁺ T Cells in Human Bone Marrow 557
77. Initial Studies on a Novel Lectin-Affinity Method for the Purification of Plasmamembrane from Soybean 565
78. Microelectrophoretic Mobility Test for Lectin Binding to Purple Membrane Fragments 573
79. Limax Flavus Lectin: A New Taxonolectin for the Identification of the Agent Chagas' Disease, Trypanosoma Cruzi 579
80. Use of Lectins for the Characterization of Untransformed and Transformed Amphibian Cell Lines 587
81. Myelin-Associated Glycoprotein of the Developing Rabbit Optic Nerve. Separation by Micro-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis and Identification by Concanavalin A Binding 593
82. Precipitation Reactions of Human Serum Glycoproteins with Lectins 599
83. Human Tear Glycoproteins. SDS-Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis, Blotting and Lectin Binding 609
84. Acid Phosphatase from Grass Tissues II, Con A-Binding, Acid Phosphatase, Isoenzymes of Grass Root and their Immunological Relationship 617
85. Microheterogeneic Forms of Alpha-1-Acid Glycoprotein, Alpha-1-Antichymotrypsin and Alpha-1-Antirypsin in Rheumatoid Arthritis 623
86. A Study of Heparin-Fibronectin Interactions by Affinity Electrophoresis 631
87. A New Quantitative and Highly Specific Assay for Lectin-Binding Activity 637
88. Appendix
89. Standardization of Lectins 647
90. Characterization of Different Con A Precipitations by Means of their Histamine Releasing Activity from Human Basophilic Granulocytes 651
91. Hydrazidated Histochemical Markers. Alternatives to Lectins for the Detection of Sialic Acid in Neoplastic Tissue 659
92. Quantification of Soybean Seed Lectin in Soybean Tissues during the Life-Cycle of the Plant, by an Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) 667
93. Serum and Hemocyte-Associated Lectins of the Oyster Crassostrea Virginca 677
94. Author Index 687
95. Accumulated Subject Index for Volumes 1-5 691
96. Backmatter 715