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Purified human eosinophils were challenged with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine, leukotriene B4, platelet-activating-factor, valyl-glycyl-seryl-glutamic acid, phorbol myristate acetate, zymosan, opsonized zymosan and the calcium ionophore A23187 to induce leukotriene synthesis. Reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography analysis demonstrated the almost exclusive synthesis of leukotriene C4 by eosinophils of 11 healthy donors after challenge with opsonized zymosan [(22 +/- 4) X 10(6) molecules LTC4/cell, mean +/- SE] or the calcium ionophore A23187 [(54 +/- 7) X 10(6) molecules LTC4/cell, mean +/- SE]. The other agents were not capable of inducing leukotriene formation. When in addition to opsonized zymosan N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine or platelet-activating factor were added a significant increase of the leukotriene C4 synthesis by eosinophils was observed. These results suggest that eosinophils might be triggered to produce considerable amounts of the spasmogenic leukotriene C4 in vivo by C3b- and/or IgG-mediated mechanisms e.g. phagocytosis.
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