Endogenous lectins are proteins/glycoproteins which selectively recognize distinct saccharide ligands and are different from immunoglobulins and carbohydrate-utilizing enzymes. Expression of these molecules can be detected immunohistochemically using nonblocking monoclonal antibodies (A1D6: anti-galectin-3, MR-15-2-2: anti-175 kD mannose receptor). Alternatively, biotinylated (neo)glycoconjugates which are recognized by a studied lectin can be employed as convenient probes to demonstrate specific binding of sugar epitopes by carbohydrate recognition domains (CRD) of endogenous lectins. In this study, we describe a new procedure for immunocytochemical visualization of the expression of endogenous lectins and glycochemical visualization of the reactivity of carbohydrate recognition domain(s), performed simultaneously at the single-cell level.

Institute of Anatomy 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic

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