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Ultrastructural visualization of galactose in the glycoprotein of gastric surface cells with a peanut lectin conjugate

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The ultrastructural localization of peanut lectin-binding sites in the gastric surface epithelial cell has been studied using a horseradish peroxidase-labelled peanut lectin (PL-HRP) conjugate and other cytochemical techniques. The PL-HRP procedure has visualized glycoprotein with presumed terminal galactose residues in the apical plasmalemma and secreted mucins and has localized such glycoprotein selectively in the intermediate Golgi cisternaé situated between the saccules of the maturing face and those of the forming face of the Golgi stacks. Other cytoplasmic organelles, including the forming and stored secretory granules, did not reveal glycoprotein with terminal galactosyl residues. These results demonstrate the applicability of the PL-HRP labelling technique at the electron microscopical level to localize not only extra but also intracellular peanut lectin-reactive sites. The observations afford information concerning the possible site in the Golgi apparatus where galactose residues are added to the growing oligosaccharide side-chain of mucous glycoprotein.

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Sato, A., Spicer, S.S. Ultrastructural visualization of galactose in the glycoprotein of gastric surface cells with a peanut lectin conjugate. Histochem J 14, 125–138 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01041135

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