Membrane lectins on human monocytes

Abstract
Freshly isolated human monocytes, which do not contain cell‐surface mannose‐specific receptors, bind mannose 6‐phosphate and actively endocytose mannose 6‐phosphate‐bearing neoglycoproteins (6‐P‐Man‐F‐BSA). Three days after isolation, human monocytes endocytose very actively 6‐P‐Man‐F‐BSA as well as Man‐F‐BSA, and the endocytosed neoglycoproteins are rapidly degraded. These results were obtained in quantitative flow cytofluorometry by using a panel of fluoresceinylated sugar‐substituted serum albumins (neoglycoproteins). Thus, in contrast to mannose receptors which appear only after maturation, mannose 6‐phosphate receptors are already present on freshly isolated human monocytes.

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