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Histochemical demonstration of sugar residues by lectin and immunocytochemical techniques for blood group antigens in human colon

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Goblet cell mucin in 39 human colons was studied by methods specific for various sugar residues, including staining with three lectins,Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA, specific for blood group A antigen),Griffonia simplicifolia agglutinin-I (GSA-I, B) and peanut agglutinin (PNA, T antigen), and immunostaining for A, B, H and T. Isoantigens A, B or H were found only in the right colon. GSA-I reactive goblet cells occurred in the right colon of both blood group A and B patients and possibly contained isoantigens. However DBA reactive cells were found in all cases. Prior neuraminidase digestion imparted anti-A, GSA-I and DBA reactivities to the cells lining the lower crypts in all cases. This pretreatment also imparted PNA and anti-T reactivities to goblet cells, only the latter reactivity being eliminated by galactose oxidase. Goblet cell mucin in transitional mucosa revealed decreased A and B, and increased H antigens. Enhanced galactose oxidase—Schiff (GOS) and anti-T reactivities were also noted. The present results revealed that some lectin reactions of goblet cells might be related to blood group antigens but others were not, and that different techniques for demonstrating reputedly the same sugar residues produced different results, indicating a need for proper evaluation of their specificity.

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  1. Department of Laboratory Medicine and 1st Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 390, Matsumoto, Japan

    Jun Nakayama & Tsutomu Katsuyama

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    Masao Ota & Takayuki Honda

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Nakayama, J., Ota, M., Honda, T. et al. Histochemical demonstration of sugar residues by lectin and immunocytochemical techniques for blood group antigens in human colon. Histochem J 19, 454–464 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01675757

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