title: Ligand-specific cross-inhibition of monocyte phagocytosis.
abstract: Human monocytes exposed to particles reacting with receptors of one specific type demonstrate a markedly reduced phagocytosis of particles reacting with receptors of another type. The phagocytosis of yeast particles (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) coated with C3 fragments and of uncoated ones by monocytes can inhibit the subsequent endocytosis of sheep erythrocytes sensitized with IgG antibody and vice versa. The erythrocytes were labelled with 51Cr and the yeast particles with 125I. The dependence of the receptor-ligand reaction on temperature and time of preincubation, as well as on ratio of cell and particle, suggests that this cross-inhibition may be associated with plasma membrane modulations beginning with the attachment of ligands to a receptor and followed by their endocytosis. The differences between the functions of temperature, time, and concentration in inhibition caused by different receptor-ligand reactions suggest that these membrane modulations are probably ligand-specific processes.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Medicine, University Medical School of Debrecen, Hungary.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kávai
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sándor
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Szegedi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gergely
mesh_terms: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D009000:Monocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D009895:Opsonin Proteins; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D011961:Receptors, Fc / Q000502:physiology*; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; D013696:Temperature; D013997:Time Factors; D015003:Yeasts / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D003176:Complement C3; D009895:Opsonin Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011961:Receptors, Fc; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic; C045268:beta-glucan receptor