title: Purification of rat cutaneous mast cells with Percoll density centrifugation.
abstract: The skin is the major site on anaphylaxis, and cutaneous mast cells have an important role in its reactions. The isolation and purification of rat cutaneous mast cells are described here. Rat abdominal skin was digested with collagenase and hyaluronidase, and centrifuged with Percoll. The buoyant density of cutaneous mast cells was high, and relatively pure mast cells were obtained. The purity of cutaneous mast cells was 74% +/- 2.4% before and 50.0% +/- 6.4% after Percoll density centrifugation; peritoneal mast cells revealed 5.8% +/- 1.3% purity before and 61.0% +/-10.6% purity after the same procedure. The isolated cutaneous cells released 21.3% +/- 3.8% histamine and the peritoneal mast cells released 55.5% +/- 3.8% histamine upon stimulation with 10 micrograms/ml compound 48/80. These findings suggest that there are functional subsets of connective tissue mast cells.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Hachisuka
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Kusuhara
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Higuchi
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Okubo
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Sasai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D005260:Female; D006636:Histamine Release; D008297:Male; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology; D011205:Povidone; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: C016039:Percoll; D012822:Silicon Dioxide; D011205:Povidone