Studies on Anti-B Specificity and Heterogeneity of Some Invertebrate Hemagglutinins

Abstract

Hemolymph from Charybdis japonica and Lymantria dispar, and saline extract from Eunice kobiensis agglutinated human group B erythrocytes specifically. Multiple agglutinins were identified, and independent agglutinins were separated from hemolymph of Charybdis japonica (anti-B_CJ+anti-X_CJ) and Lymantria dispar (anti-B_LD+anti-R_LD) by absorption experiments. By the agglutination and agglutination-inhibition experiments with simple sugars, the specificities of the anti-B agglutinins in these invertebrates were found to differ from each other.