title: Assessment of neutrophil leukocyte secretory response to fMLP in whole blood in vitro.
abstract: A simple, precise method has been developed for assessing neutrophil secretory responses (release of vitamin B12 binding protein from specific granules) to challenge of aliquots of whole blood with the bacterial chemotactic peptide N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP). Dose-response studies performed on blood from normal healthy volunteers showed higher maximal secretory responses in males than females (33.3 +/- SEM 2.2 vs. 27.4 +/- 2.5, P less than .005) a left shift in dose-response curves after feeding compared to fasting (P less than .005), spontaneous up-regulation of responses in blood incubated at 37 degrees C for 1 h, and marked upregulation in response to preincubation with endotoxin. This whole blood challenge method may be used to study neutrophil responses in groups of individuals or patients without the confounding effects of changes in cell responses resulting from cell isolation procedures. The method may also be used as a bioassay for neutrophil-activating factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Chadwick
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Ferry
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Butt
mesh_terms: D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D014155:Transcobalamins / Q000378:metabolism; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D014155:Transcobalamins; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine