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Subcompartment sugar residues of gastric surface mucous cells studied with labeled lectins

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We examined the intracellular localization of sugar residues of the rat gastric surface mucous cells in relation to the functional polarity of the cell organellae using preembedding method with several lectins.

In the surface mucous cells, the nuclear envelope and rough endoplasmic reticulum (rER) and cis cisternae of the Golgi stacks were intensely stained with Maclura pomifera (MPA), which is specific to α-Gal and GalNAc residues. In the Golgi apparatus, one or two cis side cisternae were stained with MPA and Dolichos biflorus (DBA) which is specific to terminal α-N-acetylgalactosamine residues, while the intermediate lamellae were intensely labeled with Arachis hypogaea (PNA) which is specific to Galβ 1,3 GalNAc. Cisternae of the trans Golgi region were also stained with MPA, Ricinus communis I (RCA I) which is specific to β-Gal and Limax flavus (LFA) which is specific to α-NeuAc. Immature mucous granules which are contiguous with the trans Golgi lamellae were weakly stained with RCA I, while LFA stained both immature and mature granules.

The differences between each lectin's reactivity in the rough endoplasmic reticulum, in each compartment of the Golgi lamellae and in the secretory granules suggest that there are compositional and structural differences between the glycoconjugates in the respective cell organellae, reflecting the various processes of glycosylation in the gastric surface mucous cells.

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    K. Ihida, S. Tsuyama, N. Kashio & F. Murata

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Ihida, K., Tsuyama, S., Kashio, N. et al. Subcompartment sugar residues of gastric surface mucous cells studied with labeled lectins. Histochemistry 95, 329–335 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00266959

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