title: Phagocytic and nitroblue tetrazolium reductive properties of mature and immature neutrophils and eosinophils from blood and bone marrow from cows.
abstract: Functional capabilities of morphologically mature (segmented) and immature granulocytes (neutrophils and eosinophils) from bone marrow from cows were studied and compared with similar activities of segmented granulocytes from blood. Phagocytosis of Escherichia coli and postphagocytic oxidative metabolic stimulation, measured by nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction, were evaluated simultaneously. Phagocytosis was observed readily in segmented neutrophils, neutrophilic bands, and metamyelocytes and rarely in myelocytes. Phagocytosis was not seen in promyelocytes and myeloblasts. Neutrophilic bands and metamyelocytes were phagocytically less active than were segmented neutrophils. Washed segmented bone marrow neutrophils possessed phagocytic activity similar to that of blood neutrophils, whereas the activity of unwashed segmented bone marrow neutrophils was markedly less than that of blood neutrophils. Reduction of NBT was observed only in blood segmented neutrophils and bone marrow segmented neutrophils; the magnitude of NBT reduction was significantly (P = less than 0.005) less in bone marrow neutrophils than in blood neutrophils. Eosinophils were phagocytically less competent than were neutrophils. The NBT reduction was observed only in eosinophils from blood, but not in eosinophils from bone marrow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: George
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002417:Cattle / Q000276:immunology*; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010587:Phagocytosis
chemical_list: D009580:Nitroblue Tetrazolium