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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
As previous studies have suggested a hormone dependence of binding sites for peanut agglutinin in mammary neoplasm, this feature has been thought to be correlated to steroid receptor status. The present investigation was undertaken on a well-established ovarian-dependent cancer model in order to check this hypothesis. Sections of primitive tumor transplants as well as of tumors induced in vivo by injection of cell clones were analyzed with the use of three fluorescent lectins. The lectin binding sites were evaluated semi-quantitatively and compared with estrogen and progesterone receptor levels. Using non-parametric statistical tests, the results revealed a strong correlation between the expression of peanut agglutinin (PNA) binding sites and steroid receptor status, but only in primitive tumor transplants. No such correlation was observed in tumors induced in vivo, by injection of cell clones. No correlation between the steroid receptor status and the two other lectins (Concanavalin A and Dolichos biflorus) was observed. These data suggest that PNA can be used as a valuable histochemical tool in steroid hormone dependence study.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0250-7005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
209-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Binding of fluorescein isothiocyanate conjugated lectins to MXT mouse mammary neoplasm and their relation to steroid receptor status.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't