title: Enhanced attachment and elastase-releasing capacity of neutrophils after surgery.
abstract: Perioperative changes in neutrophil attachment level and neutrophil elastase-releasing capacity were examined in patients who underwent surgery for either esophageal or gastric cancer. The neutrophil attachment level was significantly increased in both groups to approximately three times that of the preoperative value. The elastase-releasing capacity of nonstimulated neutrophils was not significantly changed, but it was significantly increased in neutrophils stimulated by N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (FMLP). Moreover, both neutrophil attachment and elastase-releasing capacity of FMLP-stimulated neutrophils were more enhanced in patients with postoperative complications than in patients without complications. Peak levels of serum interleukin 6, serum alpha 1 proteinase inhibitor, and plasma neutrophil elastase were also significantly higher in patients with postoperative complications than in patients without. These results suggest that during the postoperative period, neutrophils may be primed and activated in response to inflammatory mediators such as cytokines, and that such an alteration of neutrophil functions may reflect the extent of inflammation and may, at times, be implicated in postoperative complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery II, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishijima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hiraoka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohmachi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D019272:Leukocyte Elastase; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology / Q000502:physiology*; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase; D019272:Leukocyte Elastase