Dextran sulfate-induced peritoneal lysophospholipase activity varies among mouse strains.

Lysophospholipase (LPL) activity resulting from the intraperitoneal injection of dextran sulfate (DS) was studied in different mouse strains. AKR/J and BALB/cByJ mouse strains showed decreased LPL levels when a low molecular weight DS was injected but increased LPL activity when high molecular weight DS was injected intraperitoneally. C57BL/6 mice had increased LPL activity with low molecular weight DS but decreased LPL activity with high molecular weight DS. All three mouse strains showed increased peritoneal-cell changes when injected with DS of a molecular weight of 79,000.