title: Chemiluminescence properties of human, canine and rat polymorphonuclear cells.
abstract: Human as well as canine and rat polymorphonuclear cells (PMN) were separated from whole blood by centrifugation. Two-step discontinuous Percoll gradients with distinct different densities were used. The chemiluminescence properties of the isolated PMN and of phagocytes in small quantities of whole blood were compared in luminol-enhanced assays after stimulation with various agents: non-opsonized zymosan (3.5 g/l), phorbol myristate acetate (PMA, 2.8 x 10(-6) mol/l), calcium ionophore A 23187 (10(-5) mol/l) and N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP, 3.5 x 10(-6) mol/l). The isolated cells of the three species responded to all of the various stimuli. Species-related sensitivity could be ordered: human greater than canine greater than rat. Response to the various agents in the human cells can be ranked: PMA greater than or equal to A 23187 greater than zymosan greater than FMLP; for the dog: A 23187 greater than PMA greater than zymosan greater than FMLP; and for the rat: zymosan greater than or equal to PMA greater than FMLP greater than or equal to A 23187. Time course and peak maximum response were different upon stimulation in the absence and presence of autologous plasma. Distinct soluble stimuli resulted in maximum responses below the baseline in the whole blood assays with canine (FMLP) and rat (FMLP, A 23187) phagocytes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Clinical Biochemistry, Medical School Hannover, FRG.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindena
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Burkhardt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008165:Luminol; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D013045:Species Specificity; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D015054:Zymosan / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000001:Calcimycin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D008165:Luminol; D015054:Zymosan; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate