PMID: 6401249Jan 1, 1983Paper

Characterization of the IgE Fc receptors on monocytes and macrophages

Federation Proceedings
H L SpiegelbergF M Melewicz

Abstract

Subpopulations of human monocytes (15%) and alveolar macrophages (AM phi, 8%) and rat and mouse AM phi (89%) and peritoneal M phi (57%) bear Fc receptors for IgE (Fc epsilon R) as shown by IgE-specific rosette formation. Cells from M phi-like cell lines of human, rat, and mouse origins also express Fc epsilon R. Monomeric IgE binds to Fc epsilon R on M phi with an equilibrium association constant Ka congruent to 10(7) M-1. The Fc epsilon R on human monocytes and M phi are antigenically similar to Fc epsilon R on lymphocytes but differ from Fc epsilon R on basophilic granulocytes. The Fc epsilon R on human and mouse M phi promote phagocytosis and lysis of IgE-coated erythrocytes. Patients with active IgE-mediated allergic diseases have elevated percentages of Fc epsilon R(+) monocytes (56%) that show allergic increased lytic activity against IgE-coated erythrocytes as compared to monocytes from normal humans. M phi from rats infested with Nippostrongylus brasiliensis parasites express more Fc epsilon R than normal M phi. The data indicate that Fc epsilon R expressed on M phi differ from those on mast cells and basophils, increase in number during IgE immune responses, and are likely to play an important role in the host's defens...Continue Reading

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