The phagocytosis of ROS by RPE cells is not inhibited by mannose-containing ligands.
We have examined the ability of mannose and the mannose-rich ligands, mannan and mannosylated BSA, to inhibit the phagocytosis of rod outer segments (ROS) by cultured rat retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells. Mannose, at concentrations up to 0.25 M, had no effect on either the binding or the ingestion of ROS. At concentrations above 0.25 M, the cells were rounded and showed detachment from the substrate, and phagocytosis was markedly inhibited. Neither mannan (2 mg ml-1), nor mannosylated BSA(0.8 mg ml-1), affected the phagocytosis of ROS. These results suggest that the phagocytosis of ROS is probably not mediated by a mannose receptor on the surface of the RPE cells.
Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Medical Center 90024-7008.
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D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008351:Mannans / Q000494:pharmacology; D008358:Mannose / Q000494:pharmacology; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D010857:Pigment Epithelium of Eye / Q000276:immunology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology; D012374:Rod Cell Outer Segment / Q000276:immunology*
D037181:Lectins, C-Type; D008351:Mannans; D000090323:Mannose Receptor; D037241:Mannose-Binding Lectins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D008358:Mannose