title: Attempt to visualize an endogenous lectin recognizing alpha-L-fucose immunohistochemically in the rabbit oviduct.
abstract: An immunohistochemical study was conducted in order to visualize an endogenous lectin, having specificity for alpha-L-fucose residues, in the ampullary and isthmic tracts of the rabbit oviduct. 2 different sequences (S1 and S2) were tested using antilectin UEA I antibody. Reactive sites towards S2 sequence were localized at ciliated cell level in the ampulla; in the isthmus, instead, the staining was present both in ciliated and secretory cells. A role in the sugar immobilization and gamete and zygote protection was postulated for the endogenous lectin evidenced.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Biologia Cellulare, Università di Camerino, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Menghi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scocco
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Accili
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bondi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Materazzi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002923:Cilia / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000166:cytology*; D005260:Female; D005643:Fucose / Q000032:analysis*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D037102:Lectins / Q000032:analysis*; D009439:Neuraminidase; D011817:Rabbits; D005644:alpha-L-Fucosidase
chemical_list: D037102:Lectins; D005643:Fucose; D009439:Neuraminidase; D005644:alpha-L-Fucosidase