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Distribution of lectin-bindings in the testis of the lesser mouse deer, Tragulus javanicus


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Agungpriyono, Srihadi and Kurohmaru, Masamichi and Kimura, Junpei and Haron, Abd Wahid and Sasaki, Motoki and Kitamura, Nobuo and Yamada, Junzo and Fukuta, Katsuhiro and Abu Bakar @ Zakaria, Md Zuki (2009) Distribution of lectin-bindings in the testis of the lesser mouse deer, Tragulus javanicus. Anatomia, Histologia, Embryologia, 38 (3). pp. 208-213. ISSN 0340-2096; ESSN: 1439-0264

Abstract

The distribution of lectin bindings in the testis of the smallest ruminant, lesser mouse deer (Tragulus javanicus), was studied using 12 biotinylated lectins specific for d-galactose (peanut agglutinin PNA, Ricinus communis agglutinin RCA I), N-acetyl-d-galactosamine (Dolichos biflorus agglutinin DBA, Vicia villosa agglutinin VVA, Soybean agglutinin SBA), N-acetyl-d-glucosamine and sialic acid (wheat germ agglutinin WGA, s-WGA), d-mannose and d-glucose (Lens culinaris agglutinin LCA, Pisum sativum agglutinin PSA, Concanavalin A Con A), l-fucose (Ulex europaeus agglutinin UEA I), and oligosaccharide (Phaseolus vulgaris agglutinin PHA-E) sugar residues. In Golgi-, cap-, and acrosome-phase spermatids, lectin-bindings were found in the acrosome (PNA, RCA I, VVA, SBA, WGA and s-WGA), and in the cytoplasm (PNA, RCA I, VVA, SBA, WGA, LCA, PSA, Con A and PHA-E). s-WGA binding was confined to the spermatid acrosome, but other lectins were also observed in spermatocytes. In spermatogonia, VVA, WGA, Con A, and PHA-E bindings were observed. Sertoli cells were intensely stained with DBA and Con A, and weakly with PHA-E. In interstitial Leydig cells, RCA I, DBA, VVA, Con A, PSA, LCA, WGA and PHA-E were positive. UEA I was negative in all cell types including spermatogenic cells. Unusual distribution of lectin-bindings noted in the testis of lesser mouse deer included the limited distribution of s-WGA only in the spermatid acrosome, the distribution of DBA in Sertoli cells, Leydig cells and lamina propria, and the absence of UEA I in all type cells. The present results were discussed in comparison with those of other animals and their possible functional implications.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0264.2008.00923.x
Publisher: Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Keywords: Lectin-bindings; Testis; Lesser mouse deer; Tragulus javanicus
Depositing User: Azizan Arshad
Date Deposited: 20 Jan 2014 09:15
Last Modified: 18 Nov 2016 02:09
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14112
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