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Storage of glycoprotein in NCTR-Balb/C mouse

Lectin histochemistry, and biochemical studies

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Virchows Archiv B

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A strain of Balb/C mice carrying a lysosomal storage disorder exhibits metabolic and phenotypic abnormalities similar to patients with sphingomyelin-cholesterol lipidoses type II (i.e., Niemann-Pick C and D). Their foamy cells, which belong to the reticuloendothelial system, stained intensely by periodate-Schiff (PAS) reagent and were resistant to predigestion with diastase. To identify the chemical nature of the PAS-positive storage material, we applied lectin histochemistry and biochemical methods. Paraffin embedded sections, and delipidated frozen tissue sections, were treated with biotinylated lectins and localized with avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex. Araldite-embedded semithin sections were incubated with biotinylated lectins followed by avidin-gold and were enhanced with silver. By both histochemical methods the affected foamy cells stained positively as follows:Concanavalia ensiformis agglutinin,Datura stramonium agglutinin,Griffonia simplicifolia- I,Lens culinaris agglutinin, peanut agglutinin,Ricinus communis agglutinin-I, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), and succinylated-WGA. Biochemical analysis of liver extracts complemented the histochemical data and demonstrated accumulation of glycoproteins containing polylactosaminoglycans in affected mice. Our findings indicate that the storage material in NCTR-Balb/C mice is heterogeneous. The lipids that are extracted by organic solvents during the histologic preparations mask the occurrence of polylactosaminoglycan containing glycoproteins in native frozen sections.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel

    Hana Weintraub & Ehud Skutelsky

  2. Department of Pathology, Tufts University Schools of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, 136 Harrison Avenue, 02111, Boston, MA, USA

    Joseph Alroy & Vibha Goyal

  3. Carbohydrate Unit, Lovett Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital and Departments of Biological Chemistry and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts

    Rita DeGasperi & Christopher D. Warren

  4. Developmental and Metabolic Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    Peter G. Pentchev

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Weintraub, H., Alroy, J., DeGasperi, R. et al. Storage of glycoprotein in NCTR-Balb/C mouse. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol 62, 347–352 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02899702

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