Pestean A, Krizbai I, Böttcher H, Párducz A, Joó F, Wolff J R
Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary.
Neurosci Lett. 1995 Aug 4;195(2):117-20. doi: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)11795-x.
Histochemical localization of two lectins, Ulex europaeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I) and Tetragonolobus purpureus (TPA), was studied in the olfactory bulb of adult rats. In contrast to TPA, UEA-I detected a fucosylated glycoprotein that is only present in the surface membranes of olfactory sensory cells including the whole course of their neurites up to the final arborization in glomeruli. Immunoblotting revealed that UEA-I binds specifically to a protein of 205 kDa, while TPA stains several other glycoproteins. Affinity chromatography with the use of a UEA-I column identified the 205 kDa protein as a glycoform of neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM), specific for the rat olfactory sensory nerves.
