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- Source :
- Pharmaceutical Research. :65-69
- Publication Year :
- 1991
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1991.
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Abstract
- During the course of a previous investigation, we noticed that the uptake of liposomes by human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) was significantly lower in the presence of heat-inactivated serum compared to that in intact whole serum (Scieszka et al., Pharm. Res. 5:352, 1988). This observation suggested the participation of heat-labile complement components in the phagocytic process. In this report we conclude that complement C3bi is the component responsible for opsonization of the liposome surface. Phagocytosis was not supported by C3-deficient serum, and phagocytosis in whole serum was blocked by the antibody to the receptor for C3bi (CR3) but not by the antibody to the receptor for C3b (CR1). We also found that with C5-deflcient serum the level of uptake was minimal but slightly higher than without any serum. When exogenous C5a was added along with C5-deficient serum, uptake levels similar in magnitude to those observed with intact serum were obtained. We conclude that C5a enhances phagocytosis of opsonized liposomes by activating the phagocytic capacity of CR3 on the PMN.
- Subjects :
- Pharmacology
Complement component 5
Liposome
biology
Phagocytosis
Neutrophile
Organic Chemistry
Pharmaceutical Science
hemic and immune systems
chemical and pharmacologic phenomena
Molecular biology
Microbiology
Antibody opsonization
biology.protein
Molecular Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
Antibody
Receptor
Opsonin
Biotechnology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 07248741
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pharmaceutical Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7efb73cd2b90943227d350dfa94c659f