THE ROLE OF BETA-GLUCAN RECEPTORS ON BLOOD AND TISSUE LEUKOCYTES IN PHAGOCYTOSIS AND METABOLIC-ACTIVATION
THE ROLE OF BETA-GLUCAN RECEPTORS ON BLOOD AND TISSUE LEUKOCYTES IN PHAGOCYTOSIS AND METABOLIC-ACTIVATION
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10.1159/000157022
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1986-01-01
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CZOP, JK
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CZOP, JK
The phagocytic receptor for unopsonized particulate activators of the alternative com plement pathway [1] is a nonimmune cellu lar host defense mechanism present on pe ripheral blood leukocytes and extravascular tissue macrophages. The classical particulate activator, zymosan, is a yeast cell wall prod uct of Saccharomyces cerevisiae [2] com posed almost exclusively of two types of glycans (carbohydrate polymers), ß-D-glucans and aD-mannans [3, 4], whereas yeast glucan particles are composed solely of the ß-D-glucan constituents [4, 5], A variety of non-yeast-derived ß-D-glucans which are chemically and structurally similar to those present in zymosan and glucan particles acti vate proteins of the alternative complement pathway [6] and selectively inhibit phagocy tosis of particulate activators [7]. Thus, in the absence of adaptive immunity, the pres ence of a particulate activator can rapidly initiate assembly and amplification of a host defense system involving humoral and cellu lar interactions with p-glucans. Studies with laboratory animals reveal that the P-glucan constituent of zymosan ini tiates immunologic reactivity in the nonimmune host [8], Animals pretreated with purified glucan particles are subsequently more resistant to bacterial [9, 10], viral [10], fungal [11], and protozoan [12] challenge, reject antigenically incompatible grafts more rapidly [13, 14], and produce higher titers of serum antibodies to specific antigens [10, 15-17], In light of the unrelatedness of such test materials, glucan particles accentuate the capacity of the host to distinguish foreign from self by mechanisms in which macro phages play a major role. Administration of glucan particles to rodents stimulates expan sion of reticuloendothelial cellular elements in liver, spleen and lung [18], proliferation of macrophages [19, 20] and increases in phagocytic [8, 21] and secretory [19, 21] activities by macrophages. These biological responses occur rapidly and are likely to