RELEASE OF PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR (PAF-ACETHER) FROM ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES BY THE CALCIUM IONOPHORE A 23187 AND PHAGOCYTOSIS
RELEASE OF PLATELET-ACTIVATING FACTOR (PAF-ACETHER) FROM ALVEOLAR MACROPHAGES BY THE CALCIUM IONOPHORE A 23187 AND PHAGOCYTOSIS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2362.1980.tb02082.x
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
5.5
通讯作者:
BENVENISTE, J
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作者:
ARNOUX, B;DUVAL, D;BENVENISTE, J
Platelet-activating factor (PAF-acether) was recovered from rabbit, rat and human alveolar macrophages stimulated with the Ca2+ ionophore A23187. PAF-acether release was also obtained from rat and rabbit macrophages in the presence of zymosan, but not from human alveolar preparations in spite of the phagocytic activity exhibited by the latter cells. Observed releases were active, Ca2+ dependent, and plateaued at 45 min. No PAF-acether was released from lungs washed out of their macrophages, another argument against the mastocyte origin of this mediator. Given the potent bronchoconstrictive activity of PAF-acether, its release from alveolar macrophages may provide an alternative explanation for non IgE-dependent asthmas and the implication of platelets in pulmonary diseases.