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Human-type blood group activities on chimpanzee erythrocytes with special reference to M and N

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Human-type blood group activities on the red blood cells (RBCs) of three chimpanzees were individually examined with commercial mouse monoclonal antibodies (anti-A, -B, -H, -M, -N, -Lea, and -Leb) as well as lectins (UEA-I and VGA) and conventional polyclonal antisera for the systems ABO, MN, Lewis, Rh-Hr, P, Kell, Kidd, Duffy, and Lutheran. For further analysis of the MN antigens, treatment of the RBCs with sialidase, trypsin, and chymotrypsin were employed. The activities recognized among the three chimpanzees were A, H, M, N, Leb, c, S, k, and Jka. The RBCs of the three individuals possessed the A antigen which showed the same serologic activity as the human A1. Those chimpanzee RBCs showed higher Hactivity than the human A1 RBCs. The Lewis b activity was revealed by the absorption-elution method. The RBCs of the three individuals showed a reactivity to the polyclonal anti-M reagents, which was affected by both the sialidase and trypsin treatment. The RBCs of two individuals were agglutinated with the monoclonal anti-N. The receptor was sensitive to sialidase and chymotrypsin. The RBCs of the three individuals, however, did not react with the monoclonal anti-M or with one of the polyclonal anti-N. These results indicate structural differences in the glycophorins and MN antigens between the human and chimpanzee.

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Die Blutgruppenaktivitäten in humanen Systemen auf den Erythrozyten dreier Schimpansen wurden individuell untersucht mittels kommerziell erwerbbarer monoklonaler Antikörper (Maus IgM, Anti-A,-B, -H, -M, -N, -Lea und -Leb) sowie mittels Lektine (UEA-I und VGA) und polyklonaler Anti-Seren zur Typisierung der Systemen ABO, MN, Lewis, Rh-Hr, P, Kell, Kidd, Duffy und Lutheran. Die Antigene MN wurden durch Behandlung der Erythrozyten mit den Enzymen Sialidase, Trypsin und Chymotrypsin ausführlich untersucht. Die Blutgruppenaktivitäten A, H, M, N, Leb, c, S, k und Jka wurden unter den drei Schimpansen nachgewiesen. Das Antigen A der Schimpansen-Zellen zeigte die gleiche serologische Aktivität wie das humane A1. Die A-positiven Schimpansen-Zellen hatten höhere H-Aktivität als humane A1 Zellen. Die Lewis-Aktivitäten konnten durch die Absorption-Elutions-Methode nachgewiesen werden. Die Schimpansen-Zellen zeigten positive Reaktionen mit den polyklonalen Anti-M Seren; die ‘M’ Aktivität wurde durch die Sialidase- bzw. Trypsin-Behandlung reduziert. Aber die Zellen konnten auf den monoklonalen Anti-M nicht reagieren. Die Erythrozyten von zwei Schimpansen wurden mit dem monoklonalen Anti-N agglutiniert; die ‘N’ Aktivität wurde durch die Sialidase- bzw. Chymotrypsin-Behandlung reduziert. Aus diesen Befunden ergab sich, daß die Glykophorine und MN Antigene von Menschen und Schimpansen sich strukturell unterscheiden.

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Supported in part by the Cooperation Research Program of the Primate Research Institute of Kyoto University. A Part of this work was presented at the 7th Chubu District Medico-Legal Conference (Matsumoto, October 1985) and at the 3rd General Meeting of Primate Society of Japan (Osaka, June 1987).

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Takayasu, T., Ohshima, T., Maeda, H. et al. Human-type blood group activities on chimpanzee erythrocytes with special reference to M and N. Z Rechtsmed 101, 237–246 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200229

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