PMID: 8943888Dec 1, 1996Paper

Signalling defect in FMLP-induced neutrophil respiratory burst in myelodysplastic syndromes

British Journal of Haematology
C NakasekoY Saito

Abstract

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are clonal haematological disorders and MDS neutrophils have various abnormal functions which cause an increased risk of infective mortality. We examined luminol-dependent chemiluminescence and cytoplasmic Ca2+ increase in order to characterize the mechanisms of a signalling defect in MDS neutrophil respiratory burst. In MDS patients, chemiluminescence stimulated with N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucil-L-phenylalanine (FMLP) and calcium ionophore A23187 was defective (17.2 +/- 13.7 v 44.3 +/- 16.6, P = 0.001; 42.2 +/- 21.3 v 82.0 +/- 23.6, P < 0.05, respectively), but phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) chemiluminescence was normal (73.4 +/- 26.9 v 79.5 +/- 23.8, P = 0.52). There were no statistical significances in cytoplasmic Ca2+ increase stimulated with FMLP and recombinant human interleukin-8 (rhIL-8) compared with controls (251.1 +/- 104.3 v 272.7 +/- 41.2, P = 0.295; 238.6 +/- 65.0 v 253.9 +/- 38.3, P = 0.567, respectively). Flow cytometric analysis of MDS neutrophils disclosed that most MDS patients showed normal neutrophil cytoplasmic Ca2+ response to FMLP and rhIL-8. However, two patients with refractory anaemia with excess of blasts displayed a significant decrease of both chemiluminescen...Continue Reading

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Oct 30, 2014·Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy : CII·Kathleen M WesaBarrie R Cassileth
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