Comparative studies on alveolar macrophages and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. II. The ability of guinea pig alveolar macrophages to produce H2O2.:II. The Ability of Guinea Pig Alveolar Macrophages to Produce H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub>

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Guinea pig alveolar macrophages (A-M∅) were studied with respect to the phagocytic metabolism: the respiratory burst and its KCN sensitivity, the ability to generate H2O2, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity. Only fifty percent of the O2 uptake by A-M∅ samples during phagocytosis was inhibited by the addition of 1mM KCN. Guinea pig A-M∅ released H2O2 amounting to 7.7 and 12.5 nmol/min/107 cells upon addition of E. coli in the absence and presence of anti-E. coli antibody, respectively. Myristic acid, an effective membrane activator, induced a marked release of H2O2 amounting to 16.1 nmol/min/107 cells. We observed a high MPO activity in some alveolar lavage cells which contained a large number of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), but none at all in preparations containing fewer PMN. The MPO activity detected did not seem to be due to A-M∅, but to the PMN contained in the preparations.

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  • J Biochem (Tokyo)

    J Biochem (Tokyo) 88 (4), 1159-1165, 1980

    The Japanese Biochemical Society

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