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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 23(2): 191-4, 1990. tab, ilus
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-85157

ABSTRACT

A mitogenic lectin for human lymphocytes is present in the marine sponge Desmapsama anchorata. The protein hemagglutinates red blood cells irrespective of ABO group antigens. We now report the isolation of this lectin, by affinity chromatography on a column of raffinose conjugated to epoxy-activated Sepharose 6B, in 8.3% yield and with a purification index of 27 based on hemagglutinating activity. The isolated lectin is a glycoprotein with two subunits with molecular weights of about 18 and 36 kDa which display carbohydrate combining sites of similar specificities and can be associated in different forms


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Chromatography, Affinity , Lectins/isolation & purification , Porifera/analysis , Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel , Hemagglutination
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Braz. j. med. biol. res ; 22(3): 379-85, 1989. ilus, tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-70699

ABSTRACT

1. A D-galactose-specific lectin was isolated from crude extracts of the marine sponge Cinachyrella alloclada by affinity chromatography on sepharose 4B. 2. The lectin agglutinated human erythrocytes irrespective of ther ABO group antigens. 3. Hemagglutination inhibition tests indicated that the lectin binds D-galactose or carbohydrates having a terminal nonreducing D-galactosyl group. 4. C. alloclada lectin was mitogenic for human periheral blood lymphocytes when AB serum was omitted during the first 24 h of culture. 5 Human serum apparently contains substances which bind or inactivate this lectin


Subject(s)
Humans , Galactose/isolation & purification , Lectins/isolation & purification , Porifera/analysis , Blood Proteins , Chromatography , Erythrocytes/drug effects , Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
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Rev. cuba. oncol ; 4(1): 85-94, ene.-abr. 1988. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-61522

ABSTRACT

En el presente trabajo, en el marco del programa de búsqueda de nuevas drogas antitumorales que desarrolla el Instituto Nacional de Oncología y Radiobiología, se estudiaron los extractos totales hidroalcohólicos obtenidos de 15 especies de esponjas del sublitoral cubano, en las que se encontró marcada citotoxicidad en las especies aplisina crassa (HS-5 y KB) y aplisina gigante (KB), así como actividad antileucémica (P-388) en 8 de las especies estudiadas. También fue estudiada la actividad citotóxica y antitumoral de algunos metabolitos bromados obtenidos de las especies estudiadas, en los que se encontró actividad citotóxica (KB y HS-5) y antileucémica (P-388 y/o L-1210), y no se manifestó ningún efecto sobre los tumores trasplantables sólidos estudiados


Subject(s)
Antineoplastic Agents , Porifera/analysis
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