title: Lectin histochemical study of the prostate gland of the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta).
abstract: Glycoconjugates in the secretory epithelial cells of the rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) prostate gland were investigated using lectin histochemistry. The monkey prostate possesses cranial and caudal lobes. Histochemical staining with a battery of 8 lectins demonstrated differences in lectin binding patterns of the secretory epithelial cells between the 2 lobes. BS-1 bound exclusively to the cranial lobe, and PNA bound exclusively to the caudal lobe. DBA bound exclusively to a number of the secretory epithelial cells of the caudal lobe. In addition, both lobes showed binding with Con-A, RCA-1, WGA and S-WGA, but were negative for binding with SBA. Specific lectin binding patterns suggest a differing carbohydrate composition for each region, and a biological difference between the cranial and caudal lobes of the rhesus monkey prostate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Azabu University School of Veterinary Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wakui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furusato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asari
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004848:Epithelium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006001:Glycoconjugates / Q000378:metabolism*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D037102:Lectins; D008253:Macaca mulatta / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D011467:Prostate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011485:Protein Binding
chemical_list: D006001:Glycoconjugates; D037102:Lectins