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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 141, Issue 1 228-233, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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Pertussis toxin inhibits human neutrophil responses mediated by the 42- kilodalton IgG Fc receptor

AJ Feister, B Browder, HE Willis, T Mohanakumar and S Ruddy
Department of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond 23298.

The effects of pertussis toxin (PT) on human neutrophil responses mediated by the 42-kDa IgG Fc R (Fc gamma R42) were compared with its effects on responses mediated by the FMLP receptor. Pre-treatment of neutrophils with PT completely inhibited FMLP stimulation of superoxide production and blocked over 95% of FMLP-stimulated degranulation. PT inhibited superoxide production stimulated by Fc gamma R42 cross- linking by 92%. In contrast, degranulation stimulated by Fc gamma R42 was only partially inhibited, with beta-glucuronidase release inhibited by 54%, lysozyme by 33%, and lactoferrin by 78%. With either stimulus, PT inhibition was maximal in the range from 1.8 to 2 micrograms/ml. Responses to both stimuli declined in a parallel fashion with increasing time of exposure to PT with maximal inhibition occurring after 2 h of exposure. Inhibition of FMLP responses and Fc gamma R42- mediated superoxide production, but not degranulation, correlated with ADP-ribosylation of a 45-kDa membrane protein. Inhibition by PT of Fc gamma R42-mediated responses was not due to a change in receptor number. These data suggest that activation of polymorphonuclear neutrophils via Fc gamma R42 proceeds through two pathways, only one of which is regulated by a PT-sensitive G protein.


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