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The use of acetylated cytochrome c in detecting superoxide anion production in rabbit alveolar macrophages

VN Nasrallah Jr, PS Shirley, Q Myrvik and M Waite

Polymorphonuclear phagocytes have been shown to undergo marked alteration in oxidative metabolism during phagocytosis. These alterations, collectively known as the "respiratory burst", include increased glucose oxidation through the hexose monophosphate shunt (1), increased oxygen consumption (1), and increased superoxide (O-2)3 (2) and H2O2 production (3). Similar metabolic events have also been shown to occur in the rabbit alveolar macrophage (AM). There is consistent evidence that the macrophage undergoes increased oxygen consumption (4- 6) and hexose monophosphate shunt activity (4-9) upon phagocytosis. There are conflicting data, however, concerning the ability of the macrophage to produce O-2. Some studies suggest that macrophages are incapable of producing measurable amounts of O-2 upon phagocytosis (7, 10-12). Other studies, however, suggest that macrophages are indeed capable of producing substantial amounts of O-2 during phagocytosis (8, 13-15). This study was designed to resolve the discrepancies in the literature concerning O-2 production in macrophages.

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