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Oxidative metabolism and release of myeloperoxidase from polymorphonuclear leukocytes obtained from blood sedimentation in a ficoll‐hypaque gradient
Author(s) -
Rebecchi Ivanise M. M,
Ferreira Novo Neil,
Julian Yara,
Campa Ana
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
cell biochemistry and function
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1099-0844
pISSN - 0263-6484
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0844(200006)18:2<127::aid-cbf865>3.0.co;2-v
Subject(s) - ficoll , myeloperoxidase , chemistry , dextran , reactive oxygen species , chemiluminescence , granulocyte , biochemistry , luminol , oxygen , population , respiratory burst , biophysics , immunology , biology , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , in vitro , inflammation , chromatography , medicine , organic chemistry , environmental health
Polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) have an important role in the host defence response to infection. These cells produce large amounts of reactive oxygen species (O 2 · − , H 2 O 2 and ONOO − ) with microbicidal activity. PMN are commonly isolated from peripheral blood by sedimentation through a gradient of density (Ficoll‐Hypaque gradient and dextran), yielding a highly homogeneous cellular population. However, some cellular activation due to membrane perturbation is also expected. We studied how the production of reactive oxygen species and release of myeloperoxidase (MPO) from blood PMN are affected by the use of the Ficoll‐Hypaque density gradient. PMN isolated by spontaneous sedimentation and total blood were used for comparisons. Lucigenin‐ and luminol‐enhanced chemiluminescence was used to estimate the production of reactive oxygen from intact cells and shown to be higher for cells isolated by density gradient both in the absence and presence of added stimuli. The release of MPO, estimated by the chemiluminescence of the luminol/H 2 O 2 reaction in the supernatant of PMN incubated in the absence and presence of stimuli and absence and presence of cytochalasin B, was also higher for PMN isolated by a density gradient. In conclusion, it was shown that the PMN isolation procedure affects reactive oxygen species production and MPO release and in some cases may cause a misinterpretation of results. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.