Concanavalin-a-mediated thymocyte agglutination: a model for a quantitative study of cell adhesion
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- 1 August 1982
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Cell Science
- Vol. 56 (1), 21-48
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.56.1.21
Abstract
This report describes a quantitative study of the agglutination of rat thymocytes with concanavalin A (ConA). The probability that two ConA-coated cells remain bound after centrifugation was determined over a wide range of lectin concentrations. The minimal force required to separate agglutinated cells and the number of ConA molecules bound per cell were measured in similar experimental conditions. Agglutinated cells were examined by electron microscopy to estimate the area of membrane involved in adhesion. The dependence of agglutination on cell metabolism was studied: cold (4 °C), sodium azide (15 mM) and cytochalasin B (10μg/ml) inhibited thymocyte adhesion. The importance of lateral movements of ConA molecules was assayed by measuring the adhesion of ConA-coated glutaraldehyde-fixed thymocytes to untreated cells: substantial binding occurred, but at a reduced level relative to untreated cells. A mathematical analysis of experimental data allowed the following conclusions. It was possible to fit the above data into a physically consistent quantitative model of cell adhesion.Keywords
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