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Cytochemical and biochemical characterization of glycoproteins in forming and maturing enamel of the rat incisor
A Nanci, JP Ahluwalia, S Zalzal and CE Smith
Department of Anatomy, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Biochemical and histochemical studies have shown the presence of various carbohydrates in enamel. Using lectin-gold cytochemistry, we have examined the distribution of glycoconjugates containing N-acetyl-D- galactosamine (GalNAc) and/or N-acetyl-glucosamine (GlcNAc)/N-acetyl- neuraminic acid (NeuNAc) residues in rat incisor ameloblasts and in forming and maturing enamel embedded in Lowicryl K4M, LR Gold, and LR White resins. The enamel proteins that contain these carbohydrate moieties were further characterized by lectin blotting. All three resins allowed, albeit to a variable degree, detection of the binding sites for Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA) and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) GalNAc, and GlcNAc/NeuNAc, respectively. In general, Lowicryl K4M permitted more intense reactions with both lectins. Lectin binding was observed over the rough endoplasmic reticulum (weak labeling with WGA), the Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, secretory granules, and the enamel matrix. These compartments were shown by double labeling with WGA and anti-amelogenin antibody, and by previous immunocytochemical studies, to contain enamel proteins. Furthermore, WGA binding was more concentrated at the growth sites of enamel. Lectin blotting showed that several proteins in the amelogenin group were glycosylated and contained the sugars GalNAc and GlcNAc/NeuNAc. Fewer proteins were stained by HPA than by WGA, and the staining pattern suggested that the extracellular proteins recognized by these two lectins are processed differently. The HPA-reactive proteins were lost by or during the early maturation stage, whereas many of the WGA-reactive proteins persisted into the mid maturation stage. The heterogeneous staining of certain protein bands observed with WGA suggests that they contain more than one component. Two distinct glycoproteins containing GlcNAc/NeuNAc also appeared during the maturation stage. These results are consistent with the notion that ameloblasts produce an extracellular matrix composed mainly of glycosylated amelogenins which are differently processed throughout amelogenesis.
Volume 37,
Issue 11,
pp. 1619-1633,
11/01/1989
Copyright © 1989 by The Histochemical Society
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