THE RESPIRATORY BURST OF PHAGOCYTES
THE RESPIRATORY BURST OF PHAGOCYTES
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DOI:
10.1172/jci111249
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
15.9
通讯作者:
BABIOR, BM
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BABIOR, BM
occur by more than one route, since depending upon the stim-ulus, it is or is not associated with a lag (19), does or does not require exogenous calcium (20), and is or is not accompanied by an increase in cytosolic calcium or the release into the cy-toplasm of a poorly understood" membrane-bound calcium pool"(21-23). It is not surprising that little has been concluded from this confusing welter of findings beyond the idea that biochemical pathways for activating the oxidase are multiple and complex.On the other hand, a number of biochemical events have been seen to occur on exposure of various types of cells to external stimuli, and some of these may provide clues to the molecular basis for respiratory burst activation. Nishizuka and associates, for instance, have shown that the powerful respiratory burst activator, phorbol myristate acetate, binds and activates a membrane-associated phosphorylating enzyme known as pro-tein kinase C (24), raising the possibility (sought but not yet found) that the activation of the oxidase might be the consequence ofa change in the state ofphosphorylation ofan activator protein. Rapid and extensive alterations in membrane phos-pholipids which are induced by stimulation in many kinds of cells (25-27) suggest additional biochemical mechanisms by which the oxidase might be activated. Still other ways to vary activity have emerged from studies with cell-free systems: in-terconversion between 3-Fe and 4-Fe iron-sulfur centers (28), ADP-ribosylation of arginine residues (29), and complex formation between catalytic and regulatory subunits (30) are only a few examples. A clearconnection, however, between any of these biochemical activating mechanisms and the onset of the respiratory burst has yet to be established. There is a second meaning to the term" activation" as applied to phagocytes that pertains solely to mononuclear phagocytes." Activation" in this second sense refers to a series of changes leading to a generalized increase in destructive power that are elicited in these cells by exposure to endotoxin or the lymphokine, y-interferon. Included among these changes are alterations in the respiratory burst activity ofmaximally stimulated phagocytes. These alterations are most clearly seen with resident peritoneal macrophages, which exhibit almost no respiratory burst when freshly isolated but acquire a substantial capacity to make O2 after 2 or 3 days of culture in the presence ofa suitable activator (31), only to lose this capacity on further culture (32). The mechanism of this second form of activation has received little attention; in all likelihood, it will turn out to involve major changes in gene expression induced by the activating agent.