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P Cornillot

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[Comparison of the survival of desialylated erythrocytes and demonstration of the presence of T-agglutinin in rabbits and ducks].

Rabbit as well duck erythrocytes desialization leads to a dramatic decrease of their survival time. Rabbit erythrocytes are trapped transiently by the liver ; in contrast splenic uptake is gradual. Serum from the two species contains a T-agglutinin directed against autologous desialyated erythrocytes. In the two cases, this T-agglutinin is from the IgM class and its immunodominant sugar is galactose in the beta configuration.

Agglutinins↗

Effects of ageing, surface sialic acid and glycopeptides of erythrocytes on auto-rosettes in man.

Human red blood cells can bind in vitro to autologous peripheral blood lymphocytes forming auto-rosettes. The percentage of rosett-forming cells (A-RFC) depends on erythrocyte ageing in vivo. Old untreated cells given an A-RFC percentage lower as compared with the young ones. The same age groups of cells treated with neuraminidase show a parallel increase of A-RFC as compared with untreated cells. No significant difference is found between young and old cells with high concentrations of neuraminidase. The rosetting formation is inhibited by the pre-treatment of lymphocytes with erythrocyte glycopeptides released by trypsin. This suggests that auto-rosetting is mediated by erythrocyte surface glycopeptides in which sialic acid plays a role directly or not.

ABO Blood-Group System↗

Carbohydrate content of human red cell membrane in patients with cirrhosis of the liver.

The protein and carbohydrate contents of red cell membranes from 12 patients with liver cirrhosis were compared to those from 12 normal donors. Protein content was significantly higher and surface sialic acid and neutral hexoses were similar, whereas surface fucose and hexosamine were significantly lower in the cirrhotic red cells. The role of these membrane modifications is discussed.

Blood Proteins↗

Application of affinity electrophoresis to the study of antigen-immunoadsorbent association equilibrium.

Affinity electrophoresis is used to study the interaction of complementary biological molecules. Using Scatchard plots, this method gives a partition ratio between immunoadsorbent and soluble antigen or antibody. In the present work, affinity electrophoresis, used to study the interaction between human serum albumin and its insolubilized antibodies, allows a measure of the system's affinity under specific conditions, in particular, the electric field.

Antigen-Antibody Reactions↗

[Example of the use of affinity electrophoresis for the determiniation of antigens].

In this paper, affinity electrophoresis is employed to obtain a quantitative evaluation of an antigen using biospecific immunoadsorbant. As an example it is shown that human serum albumin reacts with its specific antibodies linked to agarose beads forming "rockets" in the gel. The height of these "rockets" corresponds to the quantity of albumin in the medium. This method assumes the immobilization of the antibodies in the gel with all the buffers employed.

Antigens↗

Changes in carbohydrate content of surface membranes of human erythrocytes during ageing.

The carbohydrate content (neutral hexoses, fucose, sialic acid, and hexosamine) of human erythrocytes is significantly higher in young than in old erythrocytes. The differences observed in the carbohydrate content of surface glycopeptides, obtained after incubation with either Pronase or trypsin, is still more striking, suggesting important modifications of the carbohydrate moeties of the erythrocyte membrane during in vivo ageing.

Carbohydrates↗

Antibodies against myoid thymic cells and striated muscle, and monoclonal gammapathy in myasthenia gravis.

The serum of a patient with myasthenia gravis contained a particularly high titer of antistriated muscle antibodies, as well as a monoclonal IgM Kappa immunoglobulin. The antibody activity was only associated with IgG fractions and not with the monoclonal IgM, when these immunoglobulins were separated by chromatography. The association of these two immunological disorders is discussed.

Aged↗

Significance of spontaneous autorosettes in rats.

Between 10(3) and 10(4) auto-rosette-forming cells (RFC) per 10(6) lymphocytes are observed in lymphoid organs of normal rats in vitro. Counts are significantly higher in the thymus than in other organs. Contrary to what has been previously described in mice, auto-RFC are not inhibited by fresh normal rat serum. The data presented are compatible with the hypothesis that auto-RFC differ from the lymphocytes which recognize only alloerythrocytes according to histocompatibility differences. There is evidence which suggests that autorosette formation is linked to the expression of new determinants on ageing erythrocyte membranes.

Age Factors↗

Ageing in vivo and neuraminidase treatment of rabbit erythrocytes: influence on half-life as assessed by 51Cr labelling.

Old and young rabbit erythrocytes, separated by centrifugation, contained different respective activities of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, pyruvate kinase and acetylcholinesterase, and different quantities of stromal sialic acid. A systematic study of the survival rate of young and old erythrocytes incubated with different amounts of Vibrio cholerae neuraminidase is described. The half-life of intact old erythrocytes is significantly shorter than that of young erythrocytes with a similar sialic acid content.

Animals↗