TY - JOUR
T1 - Normal and deficient neutrophils can cooperate to damage aspergillus fumigatus hyphae
AU - Rex, John H.
AU - Bennett, John E.
AU - Gallin, John I.
AU - Malech, Harry L.
AU - Melnick, David A.
PY - 1990/8
Y1 - 1990/8
N2 - Using a metabolic test of hyphal viability, the interaction between neutrophils and Aspergillus hyphae was investigated over a broad range of hyphae-to-neutrophil ratios. Normal neutrophils were found to damage hyphae whereas neutrophils from patients with both chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) deficiency did not. Further, both azide and catalase + superoxide dismutase inhibited the ability of normal neutrophils to damage hyphae, suggesting that this damage is mediated by products of the respiratory burst and by the MPO-halide system. Also, mixtures of small numbers of normal neutrophils with larger numbers of CGD neutrophils (range, 1:5 to 1:15) damaged hyphae more efficiently than either population of cells alone. Further, mixtures ofCGD and MPO-deficient neutrophils, neither of which alone could efficiently damage hyphae, were able to damage the hyphae almost as well as a comparable number of normal neutrophils. These data demonstrate that intact neutrophils can cooperate to synergistically damage Aspergillus hyphae, possibly by extracellular mixing of hydrogen peroxide and MPO.
AB - Using a metabolic test of hyphal viability, the interaction between neutrophils and Aspergillus hyphae was investigated over a broad range of hyphae-to-neutrophil ratios. Normal neutrophils were found to damage hyphae whereas neutrophils from patients with both chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) deficiency did not. Further, both azide and catalase + superoxide dismutase inhibited the ability of normal neutrophils to damage hyphae, suggesting that this damage is mediated by products of the respiratory burst and by the MPO-halide system. Also, mixtures of small numbers of normal neutrophils with larger numbers of CGD neutrophils (range, 1:5 to 1:15) damaged hyphae more efficiently than either population of cells alone. Further, mixtures ofCGD and MPO-deficient neutrophils, neither of which alone could efficiently damage hyphae, were able to damage the hyphae almost as well as a comparable number of normal neutrophils. These data demonstrate that intact neutrophils can cooperate to synergistically damage Aspergillus hyphae, possibly by extracellular mixing of hydrogen peroxide and MPO.
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U2 - 10.1093/infdis/162.2.523
DO - 10.1093/infdis/162.2.523
M3 - Article
C2 - 2165113
AN - SCOPUS:0025293810
SN - 0022-1899
VL - 162
SP - 523
EP - 528
JO - Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 2
ER -