title: CD11b expression on neutrophils in human crevicular fluid collected from clinically healthy gingivae.
abstract: This study investigated the cell surface expression of CD11b (Mo 1, Mac-1, CR 3) by neutrophils (PMNs) from human crevicular fluid (CF-PMNs). CD11b expression on CF-PMNs was compared, using flow cytometry, to that on peripheral blood PMNs (PB-PMNs) isolated simultaneously from the same subjects. CD11b expression by CF-PMNs was also compared to that on PB-PMNs stimulated with formylmethionylleucylphenylalanine (fMLP) or crevicular fluid supernatant (cell-free portion of CF diluted with buffer) (CFS). Crevicular PMNs consistently expressed more CD11b than unstimulated PB-PMNs (p less than 0.001). The level of CD11b expressed on these CF-PMNs was significantly greater than that expressed by PB-PMNs stimulated with 10(-8) M fMLP (p less than 0.05). The level of CD11b surface expression on CF-PMNs was not statistically different from that expressed on PB-PMNs stimulated with CFS or 10(-6) M fMLP. However, CFS significantly stimulated upregulation of surface CD11b expression on PB-PMNs relative to that achieved with 10(-8) M fMLP (0.01 less than p less than or equal to 0.025). Thus it is concluded that CF-PMNs express a high level of CD11b and CFS can upregulate CD11b expression on PB-PMNs to a level that is at least as great as that achieved with 10(-8) M fMLP.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois, Chicago.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hagen
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology*; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology*; D018845:CD11 Antigens; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005881:Gingiva / Q000276:immunology*; D005883:Gingival Crevicular Fluid / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology*; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D018845:CD11 Antigens; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine