title: Lack of evidence for liver lectins functioning as IgM or IgG-Fc-receptors.
abstract: We have tested whether mannose- and galactose-specific lectins on liver cells are able to bind antibody-antigen complexes and thus function as Fc-receptors. Rat hepatocytes and liver sinusoidal cells were isolated by collagenase perfusion and differential centrifugation. Rat erythrocytes were coated with purified IgM or IgG from rabbits immunized with rat erythrocytes. Both IgM and IgG coated erythrocytes bound to liver macrophages but not to hepatocytes. The binding of IgM and IgG coated red blood cells to liver macrophages could not be blocked by potent inhibitors for mannose- and galactose-specific macrophage lectins such as mannan, D-mannose-bovine serum albumin, N-acetyl-D-galactosamine, D-galactose-bovine serum albumin, or asialofetuin. Although lectin activity is calcium dependent and trypsin sensitive neither condition blocked rosette formation between liver macrophages and opsonized erythrocytes. Thus mannose- and galactose-specific lectins are not involved in the sequestration of IgM- or IgG-antibody-erythrocyte complexes in the liver.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsagurnis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Heininger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlepper-Schäfer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D037102:Lectins / Q000276:immunology*; D008099:Liver / Q000276:immunology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011961:Receptors, Fc / Q000378:metabolism*; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism*; D012397:Rosette Formation; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D037102:Lectins; D011961:Receptors, Fc; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C035311:immunoglobulin M receptor