caa a22 4500 477084044 CHVBK 20180405111457.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01924000 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01924000 Effects of plant lectins on cellular defense reactions of ascidian hemocytes [Elektronische Daten] [K. Azumi, H. Takahashi, R. Ishimoto, H. Yokosawa] The effects of plant lectins on the three cellular defense reactions of hemocytes of the solitary ascidian,Halocynthia roretzi (hemocyte aggregation, phagocytosis, and an allogenic reaction), were investigated. Concanavalin A inhibited aggregation, while wheat germ agglutinin and ricin inhibited the allogenic reaction. Neither of the lectins showed inhibitory effects on phagocytosis, but ricin promoted phagocytosis. These effects of the lectins were diminished by the addition of sugars specific for the respective lectins. These results strongly suggest that different surface carbohydrates are involved in the recognition mechanisms of threeH. roretzi cellular defense reactions. Birkhäuser Verlag Basel, 1996 Lectin nationallicence ascidian hemocyte nationallicence hemocyte aggregation nationallicence phagocytosis nationallicence allogenic reaction nationallicence Halocynthia roretzi nationallicence Azumi K. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, (Japan) aut Takahashi H. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, (Japan) aut Ishimoto R. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, (Japan) aut Yokosawa H. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, (Japan) aut Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/8(1996-08-01), 839-842 0014-4754 52:8<839 1996 52 18 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01924000 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01924000 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Azumi K. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, (Japan) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Takahashi H. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, (Japan) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ishimoto R. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, (Japan) aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yokosawa H. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, 060, Sapporo, (Japan) aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Experientia Birkhäuser-Verlag 52/8(1996-08-01), 839-842 0014-4754 52:8<839 1996 52 18 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer