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Disease relevance of Ricinus

 

High impact information on Ricinus

  • The localization of fluorescein-labeled lectins, i.e., concanavalin A (Con A), Ricinus communis-120 (RCA), and wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA), were studied histologically in F344 rat epithelial lesions produced in the course of chemical carcinogenesis [6].
  • Binding of 125I-FVIII/vWF to platelets can be competitively inhibited by unlabeled human or bovine FVIII/vWF, but not by human thrombin, fibrinogen, alpha 2-macroglobulin, equine collagen, or a lectin of Ricinus communis [7].
  • Tubulovesicles were heavily stained by wheat germ, Helix pomatia, and Ricinus communis I lectins, indicative of N-acetylhexosamine- and galactose-containing glycoconjugates [8].
  • After proximal resection or transposition of intestinal segments, the small intestinal mucosa of rats was examined with fluorescein-conjugated lectins derived from Ricinus communis and Triticum vulgare (wheat germ) [9].
  • The binding of HPA was weakly inhibited by a beta-D-galactose-reactive lectin isolated from Ricinus communis (designated RCA1) [10].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Ricinus

  • Ecchordosis physaliphora and eight chordomas were stained with Ricinus communis type I, Canavalia ensiformis, Triticum vulgaris, and Limax flavus [11].
  • To determine the location of some sulfate esters on respiratory mucins, an unambiguous sequencing strategy was developed for a crude, monosulfated oligosaccharide fraction derived from tracheobronchial mucous glycoproteins, isolated from sputum from a patient with cystic fibrosis, and which possessed Ricinus communis-I lectin affinity [12].
  • During natural exposure on grazing heavily infested with Ixodes ricinus, seven out of 42 cattle with no previous exposure to tick-borne diseases were injected every four days with a long acting preparation of oxytetracycline at a dose rate of 20 mg/kg [13].
  • The effects of testosterone on acquired resistance to ticks, Ixodes ricinus, in their natural rodent hosts (voles, Clethrionomys glareolus, and wood-mice, Apodemus sylvaticus) were investigated by manipulating testosterone levels and exposing the hosts to repeated tick infestations [14].
  • However, the molecules exclusively reacting with anti-HMFG III D 5, a monoclonal antibody previously shown to detect antigen(s) positively correlating with the expression of estrogen receptors in mammary and gynaecological carcinomas, could only be stained with peanut agglutinin and Ricinus communis-lectins [15].
 

Biological context of Ricinus

  • To unravel the structure of PLD and further the investigation of its modes of regulation and cellular function, we have isolated a PLD cDNA from castor bean (Ricinus communis L. var. Hale) by using oligonucleotide probes based on the N-terminal amino acid sequence of purified PLD protein [16].
  • The antibody specificity indicates that structural differences exist in the galactose-binding sites of the Ricinus communis lectins [17].
  • Comparison of residues at position 148 of FAD2, LFAH, and the Ricinus oleate hydroxylase prompted us to rationally engineer LFAH-N149I, a variant with approximately 1.9-fold increase in hydroxylation specificity compared with that of wild-type LFAH [18].
  • Plasmid omega-3 fatty acid desaturase cDNA from Ricinus communis [19].
  • Female mouse recipients of male bone marrow grafts showed co-localization of Y-chromosomes and tubular epithelial markers Ricinus communis and Lens culinaris, and a specific cytochrome P450 enzyme (CYP1A2) indicating an appropriate functional capability of clustered newly formed marrow-derived tubular epithelial cells [20].
 

Anatomical context of Ricinus

  • This lectin, along with wheat germ, soybean, Helix pomatia, and Ricinus communis I lectins, bound to oxyntic cell basolateral membranes, indicating mannose, N-acetylhexosamine, and galactose residues [8].
  • Labeling of aldehyde-prefixed cultures with wheat-germ agglutinin or with the galactose-specific lectin of Ricinus communis is consistently dense near the distal end of the neurites [21].
  • Two different lectin--glycolipid combinations [Ricinus communis agglutinin I-lactosylcerebroside and concanavalin A-tetradecyl- (or hexadecyl-) maltobionamide] were used to promote attachment of lipid vesicles before polyethylene glycol-induced fusion with BG-9 human fibroblasts, NIL-8M2 hamster cells, or L-929 mouse cells [22].
  • Injection of (rhodamine-labeled) Ricinus communis I lectin showed focal spots of exposed basement membrane in the alveolar capillaries and in some larger pulmonary vessels [23].
  • By contrast, lectins that require exposed non-reducing galactose residues for binding (Ricinus communis agglutinin1 and Bauhinia purpurea agglutinin) preferentially labeled the mucin of less-differentiated goblet cells located in the lower portion of the colonic crypt [24].
 

Associations of Ricinus with chemical compounds

  • These intracellular capsid-binding membranes (ICBMs) were not stained by cytochemical markers for endoplasmic reticulum (ER) (glucose-6-phosphatase) or trans Golgi cisternae (thiamine pyrophosphatase, acid phosphatase) but were labeled by Ricinus communis agglutinin I (RCA) in thin, frozen sections [25].
  • An oleate 12-hydroxylase from Ricinus communis L. is a fatty acyl desaturase homolog [26].
  • The lectin of another slime mold, Polysphondylium pallidum (pallidin) and the lectin of Ricinus communis (RCA-I) were also more potent agglutinins of fixed differentiated D. discoideum cells than of fixed vegetative D. discoideum cells [27].
  • Chromatography of glycopeptides on concanavalin A-Sepharose, Ricinus communis agglutinin I-agarose, and Bio-Gel P-4 columns excluded a higher degree of branching but suggested addition of extra terminal sialic acid residues as the major cause of the observed alterations [28].
  • The molecule isolated by immunoaffinity from HOON is a glycoprotein since it bound to Ricinus communis agglutinin, wheat germ agglutinin, and peanut agglutinin lectins [29].
 

Gene context of Ricinus

  • Most of the asymmetric and G(A)4 AChE species were bound to Triticum vulgaris (WGA) or Ricinus communis (RCA) agglutinins [30].
  • All together, these results indicate that I. ricinus nymphal ticks antigens are able to elicit expression of IFN-gamma, IL-2 mRNA and to a lesser extent IL-4 mRNA in both skin and draining lymph nodes [31].
  • Most of the AChE in brain and CSF was associated to concanavalin A (Con A), Lens culinaris (LCA) and Triticum vulgaris (WGA) agglutinins, but little activity was adsorbed to Ricinus communis agglutinin I (RCAI) [32].
  • Infiltration of CD4+ CD8+ T cells, and expression of ICAM-1, Ia antigens, IL-1 alpha and TNF-alpha in the skin lesion of BALB/c mice undergoing repeated infestations with nymphal Ixodes ricinus ticks [33].
  • However, Ricinus communis agglutinin-I lectin blot analysis revealed that the enhanced beta1,4-GT1 activity did not increase the Galbetal-->4GlcNAc groups on most of the membrane proteins in p58GTA/7721 cells [34].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Ricinus

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