title: Cytological immunodetection of yeast glycoprotein secretion.
abstract: Expression of antigenic epitopes shared by secreted yeast glycoproteins was studied using specific immunological probes. Application of cytological and ultrastructural methods of immunodetection, employing monoclonal antibodies, permitted us to localize these glycoproteins in the cytoplasm, through the cell wall and at the yeast cell surface. Importance of glycosylation-secretion relationships were evaluated in the secretion process of these molecules. The cell wall crossing and the cell surface distribution of antigenic glycoproteins was described in immunoelectron microscopy and immunofluorescence. Some preferential secretion "ways" were suspected through the yeast cell wall leading to an heterogenous distribution of cell surface glycoproteins destined to be excreted into the medium. Antigenic variability of cell wall glycoproteins expression was discussed in relation with the glycoprotein secretion.
authors.affiliation: Unité 42 INSERM, Domaine du CERTIA, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cailliez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Poulain
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Mackenzie
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polonelli
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D000939:Epitopes / Q000378:metabolism; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006031:Glycosylation; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins