REPRODUCTION OF EOSINOPENIA OF ACUTE INFECTION BY PASSIVE TRANSFER OF A MATERIAL OBTAINED FROM INFLAMMATORY EXUDATE
REPRODUCTION OF EOSINOPENIA OF ACUTE INFECTION BY PASSIVE TRANSFER OF A MATERIAL OBTAINED FROM INFLAMMATORY EXUDATE
复制标题
DOI:
10.1128/iai.15.2.410-416.1977
复制
发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
BASS, DA
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
BASS, DA
Studies of the eosinopenic effect of acute inflammation were conducted in mice previously rendered eosinophilic with trichinosis [caused by Trichinella spiralis]. Exudate removed from a pneumococcal abscess contained material (eosinopenic factor [EF]) capable of causing eosinopenia of 4-24th duration when injected i.p. into eosinophilic mice. The material passed through a 0.045 .mu.m filter, but was retained by a dialysis membrane capable of retaining protein molecules of greater than approximately 30,000 MW. EF was soluble in 7% perchloric acid, was not destroyed by pneumococcal proteolytic enzymes in the presence of Trasylol, but was inactivated by heating to 56.degree. C for 30 min. EF was detectable in the exudate after 10 h and had reached its highest concentration after 20 h. When the effect of EF was expressed as a percent suppression of control eosinophil levels there was a geometric dose response. Eosinopenia could not be ascribed to steroids present in the preparation and the EF was effective in adrenalectomized animals. Eosinopenia was not induced by transfer of similarly treated heat-killed pneumococci, pneumococcal culture filtrate or normal serum. The eosinopenia of acute infection may be the direct effect of a substance present at the site of acute inflammation.