Abstract
Mouse peritoneal macrophages (MPM) elicited by paraffin oil (PO) or thioglycollate (TG) were compared in their capacity to generate oxidative burst (OB) products such as superoxide ion (O2−) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and lyse target erythrocytes. Strong OB stimulants such as 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), opsonized zymosan, and wheat-germ agglutinin (WGA) were found to stimulate O2− and H2O2 production by both PO- and TG-elicited MPM. PO-elicited MPM exhibited a vigorous OB response compared to TG-elicited MPM and showed a higher degree of self iodination in the presence of 125I. Macrophage-mediated cytolysis of 51Cr-labeled red blood cells, following OB stimulation, was revealed by PO-elicited MPM triggered by TPA, opsonized zymosan, WGA, and Concanavalin A. TG-elicited MPM failed to respond to TPA and opsonized zymosan. In the presence of horseradish peroxidase, both PO- and TG-elicited MPM exhibited augmented cytocidal activities upon stimulation with TPA, whereas catalase abrogated the capacity of TPA-stimulated MPM to lyse red blood cells, which may suggest the involvement of H2O2 in the lytic process.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 78-89 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Immunobiology |
Volume | 165 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1983 |
Keywords
- 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate
- BSS
- ConA
- Eagle's minimal essential medium
- Earle's balanced salt solution
- FCS
- FMLPA
- HRP
- MEM
- MMC
- MPM
- PO
- SOD
- TG
- TPA
- WGA
- concanavalin A
- fetal calf serum
- formyl methionyl leucyl phenylalanine
- horseradish peroxidase
- macrophage-mediated cytolysis
- mouse peritoneal macrophages
- paraffin oil
- superoxide dismutase
- thioglycollate
- wheat-germ agglutinin