title: Generation of leukotriene C4 from a subclass of mast cells differentiated in vitro from mouse bone marrow.
abstract: Bone marrow-derived mast cells, differentiated in vitro, demonstrate surface IgE, receptors and contain histamine in metachromatic granules, which are composed of chondroitin sulfate E proteoglycan rather than heparin proteoglycan. Activation of this subclass of mast cells with calcium ionophore A23187 resulted in generation of immunoreactive C-6-sulfidopeptide leukotriene in a dose- and time-dependent fashion. Isolation of immunoreactive C-6-sulfldopeptide leukotriene by reverse-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) revealed a retention time and a specific biologic activity identical to those of synthetic leukotriene C4 (LTC4). Neither radiolabeled nor immunoreactive conversion products of [3H]LTC4/LTC4 were recognized during RP-HPLC resolution of the supernatants. The failure of fresh bone marrow cultures to generate C-6-sulfidopeptide leukotriene in response to ionophore indicates that leukotriene generation is dependent upon cellular differentiation into a mast cell population. The amount of LTC4 generated during optimal ionophore stimulation, 90.9 +/- 7.5 ng per 10(6) cells, contrasts with the relatively low amounts of C-6-sulfidopeptide leukotriene generated by the conventional heparin-containing rat mast cells or mouse mastocytoma cells.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D012898:Autacoids / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D000001:Calcimycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007700:Kinetics; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D013189:SRS-A / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D012898:Autacoids; D013189:SRS-A; D000001:Calcimycin