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Abstract

Highly purified lectins with specificities for receptor molecules containing sialic acid, -acetylglucosamine (-GlcNAc), -acetylgalactosamine (-GalNAc), galactose (-Gal), mannose-like residues (-Man) or -fucose (-Fuc), were used to determine changes in cell-surface carbohydrates of the protozoal parasite during metacyclogenesis under chemically defined conditions. Of the -GalNAc-binding lectins, BS-I selectively agglutinated metacyclic trypomastigotes, MPL was selective for replicating epimastigotes, whereas SBA strongly agglutinated all developmental stages of . . WGA (sialic acid and/or -GlcNAc specific) was also reactive with differentiating epimastigotes and metacyclic trypomastigotes but displayed a higher reactivity with replicating epimastigote forms. A progressive decrease in agglutinating activity was observed for jacaline (specific for D-Gal) during the metacyclogenesis process; conversely, a progressive increase in affinity was observed for RCA-I (-Gal-specific), although the reactivity of other -Gal-specific lectins (PNA and AxP) was strong at all developmental stages. All developmental stages of . were agglutinated by Con A and lectins (specific for -Man-like residues); however, they were unreactive with the -fucose-binding lectins from and . These agglutination assays were further confirmed by binding studies using I-labelled lectins. Neuraminidase activity was detected in supernatants of cell-free differentiation medium using the PNA hemagglutination test with human A erythrocytes. The most pronounced differences in lectin agglutination activity were observed between replicating and differentiating epimastigotes, suggesting that changes in the composition of accessible cell-surface carbohydrates precede the morphological transformation of epimastigotes into metacyclic trypomastigotes.

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