title: Purification of human blood basophils by negative selection using immunomagnetic beads.
abstract: A simple and rapid method for isolating highly purified and functionally intact basophils from normal human blood is described. Blood from healthy volunteers was centrifuged through a two layer Percoll density gradient. The majority of the basophils were recovered between Percoll layers with densities of 1.070 and 1.080, constituting 45.6% of total leukocytes. Lymphocytes, monocytes and neutrophils were extracted from this fraction using a panel of mabs in a direct or indirect selection procedure using immunomagnetic beads (Dynabeads) coated with sheep anti-mouse IgG. These negative immunoselection procedures produced a high yield of basophils with a mean purity of 97.8% (range 93.0-99.5%) and 97.0% (range 96.2-99.0%) using the direct and indirect method, respectively. The cells isolated by this method are viable, release histamine to various stimuli in a normal manner, and appear morphologically normal in transmission electron microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bjerke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Helgestad
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Schiøtz
mesh_terms: D001491:Basophils / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods*; D006636:Histamine Release; D006801:Humans; D008280:Magnetics