Role of circulating white blood cells in the enhancement of antigen-induced bronchoconstriction after intravascular complement activation with cobra venom factor.
Role of circulating white blood cells in the enhancement of antigen-induced bronchoconstriction after intravascular complement activation with cobra venom factor.
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眼镜蛇毒因子激活血管内补体后循环白细胞在增强抗原诱导的支气管收缩中的作用。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb37992.x
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Fraser,DG
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作者:
Regal,JF;Fraser,DG
Studies in the isolated heart have demonstrated that complement activation functions as an amplification system in the cardiac anaphylactic event.'Our previous studies have indicated that antigen-induced bronchoconstriction in the guinea pig is significantly more severe if animals are first pretreated with cobra venom factor (CVF) to activate the complement system. 2 The results of these studies suggest that allergic bronchoconstriction may be exacerbated by complement system activation.The purpose of the present study was to determine if the enhancement of antigen-induced bronchoconstriction by intravascular complement activation with CVF was dependent on the presence of circulating white blood cells or platelets. Tracheal airflow and transpulmonary pressure were monitored in pentobarbital anesthetized, mechanically ventilated guinea pigs as previously described. 3 Pulmonary resistance and dynamic lung compliance were calculated as a measure of bronchoconstriction after iv challenge with ovalbumin in animals passively sensitized with IgG antibody to ovalbumin. Guinea pigs were depleted of circulating white blood cells (primarily granulocytes) and/or platelets using specific antisera prepared by previously published method^.^ The effectiveness of the antisera treatment on circulating cell populations is shown in FIGURE 1. Treatment with anti-white blood cell serum drastically reduced the number of circulat-ing granulocytes with a minor effect on the numbers of circulating platelets and mononuclear cells, whereas combined treatment with both anti-white blood cell and anti-platelet serum reduced only the numbers of granulocytes and platelets without significantly altering the numbers of mononuclear cells. After depletion, animals were pretreated with CVF or vehicle and the response to antigen monitored. As shown in FIGURE 2, CVF treatment of a guinea pig with normal numbers of circulating white blood cells and platelets (control) resulted in a significant enhancement of the antigen-induced bronchoconstriction, as previously reported. 2 This CVF enhancement still occurred if animals were first depleted of circulating platelets (data not shown). However, if animals were depleted of circulating white blood cells, primarily granulocytes, the effect of CVF was reversed and the antigen-induced bronchoconstriction was similar to control (FIG. 2). Com-