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Volume 46, Issue 4

GM-CSF-modulated phagocytosis of by human neutrophils No Access

Abstract

has emerged as a lethal opportunist pathogen in granulocytopenic and corticosteroid-treated patients. Little is known of the host defence mechanisms against this yeast. The interaction between human neutrophils and serum-opsonised and the effect of GM-CSF on binding and ingestion of the yeast by neutophils were investigated by a microscopic analysis of neutrophil monolayers stained with FITC-Concanavalin A. Positive staining with FITC-Concanavalin A distinguished between intracellular and extracellular yeast cells. Binding of to neutrophils was an energy- and complement-dependent process involving movement of actin in the neutrophil cytoskeleton. The mean percentage binding of was 37.5% and the mean binding index (BI) was 1.30 whereas the mean percentage ingestion was 3.5% and the mean phagocytic index (PI) was 1.34. GM-CSF increased percentage ingestion of from 2.8% to 30.5% and the PI was increased from 1.3 to 1.86. The percentage binding was 36.8% and the mean BI was 1.3 in control experiments compared with 49.3% and 1.6, respectively, in the presence of GM-CSF. In conclusion, GM-CSF significantly increased percentage ingestion of opsonised by neutrophils, but its effect on percentage binding of the yeast was not statistically significant.

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GM-CSF-modulated phagocytosis of Trichosporon beigelii by human neutrophils
J. Med. Microbiol. 46, 321 (1997); https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-46-4-321
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