title: Activated polymorphonuclear cells increase sickle red blood cell retention in lung: role of phospholipids.
abstract: This study investigates the role of the activated polymorphonuclear cell (APMN) products on sickle red blood cell (SRBC) retention/adherence in the pulmonary circulation. Isolated rat lungs were perfused with (51)Cr-labeled normal RBCs (NRBC) or SRBCs (10% hematocrit) suspensions +/- PMNs. Specific activities of lung and perfusate were measured and retention (the number of SRBC/g lung) was calculated. SRBC retention was 3.5 times greater than NRBC retention. PMN activation was required to increase SRBC retention. Supernatants from APMN increased SRBC retention, which suggested soluble products such as oxidants, PAF, and/or leukotriene (LTB(4)) are involved. Heat inactivation of PMN NADPH oxidase had no effect on retention. Whereas neither platelet-activating factor (PAF) nor LTB(4) (secreted by APMN) increased SRBC retention, PAF+LTB(4) did. The PAF antagonist, WEB-2170, attenuated SRBC retention mediated by PAF+LTB(4) and APMNs. Similarly, zileuton (5-lipoxygenase inhibitor) attenuated APMN-mediated SRBC retention. We conclude the concomitant release of PAF and LTB(4) from APMN is involved in the initiation of microvascular occlusion by SRBCs in the perfused rat lung.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Medical Center, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, 2451 Fillingim St., Mobile, AL 36688, USA. jhaynes@usamail.usouthal.edu
authors.forename: Johnson
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haynes
authors.forename: Boniface
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Obiako
mesh_terms: D000755:Anemia, Sickle Cell / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D019255:NADPH Oxidases / Q000097:blood; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010477:Perfusion; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000502:physiology*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013990:Tidal Volume
chemical_list: D002860:Chromium Radioisotopes; D010743:Phospholipids; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D007975:Leukotriene B4; D019255:NADPH Oxidases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate