title: The effects of lectins on the interaction between macrophages and bone in vitro. A morphological and functional study.
abstract: Recent studies have demonstrated that the attachment of elicited rat macrophages to bone is mediated by specific saccharides located on the cell and/or bone surfaces. We have used a macrophage-bone culture system to study the effects of two lectins, concanavalin A (con A) and soybean agglutinin (SBA), on the morphology of macrophage attachment to a devitalized bone surface and subsequent functional activity. Macrophages were obtained from 3- to 4-week-old rats by peritoneal lavage and the adherent pool was used to prepare cell suspensions. Con A-treated, SBA-treated or control cell suspensions were aliquoted onto the endocranial surface of devitalized rat calvariae. The cells were allowed to attach for 1 h at 37 degrees C, after which, the bone samples were removed from culture and prepared for scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The morphology of con A-treated macrophages attached to bone was markedly different from that of control or SBA-treated cells. Con A altered the attachment and subsequent spreading of macrophages on bone as visualized by SEM. Furthermore, the number of con A-treated cells that attached to bone and the average surface area of cell membrane apposed to the matrix was significantly different from that of control or SBA-treated cells. A 45Ca bone-release assay was performed to evaluate the functional significance of the morphological findings. Lectin-treated or control cell suspensions were allowed to attach to the endocranial surface of 45Ca pre-labeled calvariae for 1 h. Following attachment, the samples were cultured for 72 h.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D003208:Concanavalin A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D037102:Lectins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D037121:Plant Lectins; D051381:Rats; D030262:Soybean Proteins; D013025:Glycine max; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium; D003208:Concanavalin A; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D030262:Soybean Proteins; C028824:soybean lectin; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins