Lectins from the Red Marine Algal Species Bryothamnion seaforthii and Bryothamnion triquetrum as Tools to Differentiate Human Colon Carcinoma Cells

Table 1

Interaction of PITC-lectin complexes (expressed in fluorescence units, FU*) with human colon cancer cells.

Cell variant	PITC-BSA^** (10 𝜇g/mL)	PITC-BTL^*** (10 𝜇g/mL)	PITC-BSL^*** (10 𝜇g/mL)
LS 180	18.4 ± 0.9	6397.4 ± 287.8	5839.1 ± 280.3
EB3	21.1 ± 1.05	6904.7 ± 345.2	6599.3 ± 283.7
3LNLN	15.1 ± 0.75	3831.9 ± 180.1	4319.8 ± 215.9
5W	19.3 ± 0.96	3490.2 ± 143.1	3079.4 ± 141.6
8W	12.5 ± 0.68	6139.1 ± 288.5	5484.2 ± 213.9

* Fluorescence detected by FACSort for a total of 5000 events (mean ± s.d.), corrected using standardization with Immuno-Brite (GIBCO).
^**BSA-PITC was used as negative control.
^*** P < .05.