title: Kinetics of enzymes released from polymorphonuclear leucocytes in a skin chamber.
abstract: Ten healthy volunteers were investigated with a skin chamber technique developed for leucocyte migration studies. Chambers, filled with autologous serum, were harvested at 4, 8, 12, 22, and 30 hours. A marked increase was found both in the concentration of elastase in chamber serum as measured by RIA, and of lysozyme as measured both with lysoplate and electroimmuno assays. The immuno-reactive elastase was shown to consist exclusively of elastase-alpha 1-proteinase-inhibitor complexes. During the first 22 hours the concentrations of elastase and lysozyme were roughly proportional to the number of cells in the skin chamber (r = 0.92 and 0.85). At longer incubation times there was a decrease of relative concentration of elastase but not of lysozyme. Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) was measured as a marker of the lysis of chamber leucocytes. Lysis was less than 1.5% at all incubation times. The present study shows a release of elastase from primary granules and of lysozyme when polymorphonuclear leucocytes migrate into a skin chamber.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009113:Muramidase / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology*; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000097:blood* / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values; D012867:Skin
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D009113:Muramidase; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase