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Title: Production of leukotrienes by macrophage cells irradiated with ultraviolet light

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:7161685

Mouse peritoneal macrophages were cultured, labelled with /sup 14/C-arachidonic acid, and then were irradiated with UV light (254 nm). Also, some /sup 14/C-arachidonic acid labelled macrophages were treated with Ca-ionophore (A-23187). The UV-treated macrophages produced two to three times as much arachidonic acid metabolites as did the Ca-ionophore treated cells, the UV irradiated cells produced about 20 ng of LTC/sub 4/ and 5 ng of LTB/sub 4/ per million cells, whereas the Ca-ionophore treated cells produced 10 ng LTC/sub 4/ and 1 ng LTB/sub 4/ per million cells. The irradiated cultures also exhibited a high degree of aggregation of viable macrophages around the lysed cells. There was little aggregation in the Ca-ionophore treated cultures. In phagocytosis and cell aggregation leukotrienes are produced by the viable macrophage cells. Leukotrienes are arachidonic acid oxygenation products that are thought to be mediators both in the expression of the immune-based and inflammatory responses. This study shows that macrophage cells under stressful conditions produced by a trauma-causing agent (UV light) respond by producing leukotrienes and chemotactic factors. These responses of the macrophage cells are the result of multiple biochemical events that promote the production of leukotrienes in the cultures.

Research Organization:
Texas Woman's Univ., Denton (USA)
OSTI ID:
7161685
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Thesis (Ph. D.)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English