Los mastocitos de la lengua del sapo Bufo marinus L: caracterizacion histoquimica de glicoconjugados con tecnicas convencionales y con lectinas / The tongue mast cells of Bufo marinus L. toad: characterization of glycoconjugates with conventional and lectin methods
Acta cient. venez
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53(3): 183-194, 2002. ilus, tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-331336
RESUMO
Mast cell populations in mammals have been recognized as morphologically and functionally heterogeneous. In situ characterization of these cell type carbohydrates with conventional histochemical techniques and with lectin histochemistry has not been afforded in amphibian species. Different conventional staining methods for complex carbohydrates and 18 different, biotin or peroxidase conjugated, lectins were used in paraffin embedded Rossman fluid-fixed sections of mid-central region of the toad tongue. Conventional carbohydrate histochemistry showed a single type of mast cells with a variable concentration of highly sulphated glycosaminoglycans. Lectin histochemistry showed partial heterogeneity in the mast cell population. Most cells contain N-linked and O-linked oligosaccharides with variable quantities of Man but high of GlcNAc and terminal Gal-beta (1,3)-GaINAc residues. A considerable number of mast cells showed proteins or oligosaccharides with terminal sialic acid residues but only few mast cells contain terminal fucose. Discussion is made comparing these results with similar histochemical studies and with functional experimental studies performed in human and rat mast cells
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Main subject:
Tongue
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Bufo marinus
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Carbohydrates
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Glycoconjugates
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Mast Cells
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Acta cient. venez
Journal subject:
Science
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Venezuela
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad Central de Venezuela/VE
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Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado/VE
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