A simple procedure for isolation of tumor-associated antigens by affinity chromatography using fucose-specific Aleuria aurantia lectin

Immunol Invest. 1990 Aug;19(4):319-27. doi: 10.3109/08820139009050773.

Abstract

An affinity column containing L-fucose specific Aleuria aurantia lectin was used for the efficient separation of tumor-associated antigens. Five of six glycoconjugates antigens tested, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), CA19-9, sialyl Lewis X-i, DU-PAN-2 and CA125, bound to the affinity gel and eluted in high yield with 20 mM L-fucose, but alpha-fetoprotein, which is known to contain fucose in the carbohydrate chain, passed through the column. This column was also proved to be useful for group separation of CA19-9, sialyl Lewis X-i and Leb antigens from a serum sample with gastric cancer.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / blood
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / isolation & purification*
  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Chromatography, Affinity / methods*
  • Fucose*
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Lectins*
  • Molecular Sequence Data

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate
  • Lectins
  • lectin, Aleuria aurantia
  • Fucose