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Detection of Blood Group Differences in Human Corneal Epithelium Using a Monoclonal Antibody and Lectins
Hitoshi Watanabe, MD;
Ilene K. Gipson, PhD
Arch Ophthalmol. 1994;112(5):667-673.
Abstract
Objective
To determine if blood group variation in corneal epithelial glycoconjugates can be detected with the use of a monoclonal antibody and sugar-specific lectins.
Methods
Monoclonal antibodies were developed to isolated corneal epithelial cells using conventional hybridoma techniques. Hybridoma screening and studies of antibody binding to cryostat sections of human corneas of blood groups A, B, and O were performed with immunofluorescence microscopy. Correlation of lectin binding to antibody and blood group binding was done immunohistochemically with lectins conjugated to fluorochromes.
Results
Monoclonal antibody designated 1B3.29.36 binds to corneal epithelium of humans of blood group A only. The epitope of the antibody appears to be, in part, N-acetylgalactosamine. The lectins Dolichos biflorus agglutinin (DBA), Griffonia simplicifolia lectin-I isolectin-B4 (GSL-IB4), and Ulex europeus agglutinin-I (UEA-I) bind to epithelium of subjects with blood groups A, B, and O, respectively, and soybean agglutinin binds to all three groups.
Conclusion
Variations in corneal epithelium of subjects with different blood groups can be detected with the use of a monoclonal antibody and the lectins DBA, GSL-IB4, and UEA-I. Previous reports of lectin binding to ocular surface epithelium should be reevaluated since they did not take into account blood-group-specific binding.
Author Affiliations
From the Cornea Unit, Schepens Eye Research Institute, Boston, Mass, and the Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
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