title: Oxygen radical generation by polymorphonuclear leucocytes of beige mice.
abstract: Oxygen radical generation was measured using peritoneal exudate polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) from a strain of beige mice, an animal model of the Chediak-Higashi syndrome. These PMN have been shown to exhibit delayed microbial killing and impaired phagosome-lysosome fusion. The amount of superoxide anion released by the PMN of the beige mice was similar to that released by the PMN of the control mice. The PMN of beige mice generated slightly less hydrogen peroxide than the control. Hydroxyl radical (.OH) generation and luminol-dependent chemiluminescence were significantly lowered in beige PMN stimulated with opsonized zymosan (OZ) or phorbol myristate acetate (PMA). Cytochalasin B-treated beige PMN showed a decreased ability to degranulate myeloperoxidase in response to OZ or PMA. We demonstrated the significant decrease in .OH generation and chemiluminescence in beige PMN, which might be one of the reasons to explain delayed microbial killing.
authors.affiliation: First Division of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moriguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kakita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001202:Ascitic Fluid / Q000473:pathology; D002609:Chediak-Higashi Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005609:Free Radicals; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D009195:Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D006878:Hydroxides; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D009195:Peroxidase; D010100:Oxygen