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The reactivity was examined of horseradish peroxidase labelledUlex europaeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I) andGriffonia simplicifolia agglutinin I-B4 (GSAI-B4) with red blood cells and vascular endothelium in formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissues from 18 primate species. The expression of blood group ABH antigens in these cells as well as secretions from other tissues was also examined by the indirect immunoperoxidase method using monoclonal anti-ABH antibodies as primary antibodies. In Prosimians and New World monkeys which lack ABH antigens on both red blood cells and endothelial cells, but produce these antigens in other tissue secretions, GSAI-B4 always reacted with both red blood cells and endothelial cells. In Old World monkeys, which express blood group antigens on endothelial cells but not on red blood cells, neither GSAI-B4 nor UEA-I reactivity were observed, except the endothelial cells from blood group B or O individuals occasionally reacted with GSAI-B4 or UEA-I, respectively. Although UEA-I reactivity was not observed in the endothelial cells of gibbon, it reacted with these cells from chimpanzees. In these two anthropoid apes, both endothelial cells and red blood cells expressed ABH antigens as in humans. These results suggest the close evolutionary relationship between the expression of blood group ABH antigens and lectin binding properties of red blood cells and endothelial cells in primate species.
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Ito, N., Nishi, K., Nakajima, M. et al. Relationship between lectin binding properties and the expression of blood group ABH antigens in vascular endothelia and red blood cells from 18 primate species. Histochem J 22, 113–118 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01885790
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