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ArticleJournal of clinical pathology1993

Distribution of O-acetylated sialomucin in the normal and diseased gastrointestinal tract shown by a new monoclonal antibody.

J D Milton, D Eccleston, N Parker, A Raouf, C Cubbin, J Hoffman, C A Hart, J M Rhodes

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Article in Journal of clinical pathology, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exploration of the Sialic Acid World.Advances in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry · 2018
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  5. Sialic acids in molecular and cellular interactions.International review of cytology · 1997
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  6. Mucin staining.Journal of clinical pathology · 1996
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

J D MiltonDepartment of Medicine, University of Liverpool.
D Eccleston
N Parker
A Raouf
C Cubbin
J Hoffman
C A Hart
J M Rhodes
University of Liverpool · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTo produce and characterise a monoclonal antibody specific for O-acetylated sialomucin and to assess its use in immunohistochemistry on a panel of normal and diseased intestinal tissue samples.

methodsMouse monoclonal antibodies were developed following immunisation with highly purified human colonic mucin. One of these (MMM-17) showed strong binding to mucin throughout the normal colon with relative lack of binding to colon cancer tissue. The binding epitope of MMM-17 was then characterised by screening for agglutination activity against a panel of human and animal erythrocytes and by assessment of its binding to a range of normal and chemically treated slot blotted mucins. Further immunohistochemical studies were then performed on formalin fixed, normal, and diseased human intestinal samples.

resultsBinding of MMM-17 to slot blotted human colonic mucin was reduced by 38 (SD 14%) (n = 4) by alkali treatment of the mucin, sequential alkali and sialidase treatment completely abolished binding. Sialidase treatment alone, however, caused only an 11 (11%) reduction in binding. MMM-17 failed to agglutinate any human, rabbit, rat or mouse erythrocytes. These findings were compatible with specificity of MMM-17 for sialomucins O-acetylated at the C-7 or C-8 positions on the sialic acid. Strong staining by MMM-17 was found in all goblet cells throughout all 40 normal colonic and rectal samples studied, but staining was absent in seven of 13 colorectal carcinomas. Normal duodenum (n = 16) and normal ileum (n = 3) all showed occasional positive goblet cells. The normal gastric antral mucosa was generally negative B MMM-17, but in all of 15 cases of gastritis with intestinal metaplasia the metaplastic glands were strongly positive for MMM-17.

conclusionMonoclonal antibody MMM-17 has specificity for O-acetylated sialomucins and its binding depends both on the position of O-acetylation and on the adjacent oligosaccharide structure. Preliminary studies using the antibody on archival tissue samples support the previous reports of reduced O-acetylation in colon cancer demonstrated by indirect histochemistry and show the neo-formation of O-acetylated sialomucin in intestinal metaplasia in the stomach.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibody SpecificityColonic NeoplasmsDigestive SystemEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayGastric MucosaGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesMetaplasiaMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMucinsSialomucinsAntibodies, MonoclonalMucinsSialomucins

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PMID8496389
PMCPMC501212
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