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Human eosinophils and neutrophils have the capacity to generate leukotriene C4 (LTC4) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4) respectively when stimulated by calcium ionophore A23187. Leukotriene production by mixtures of these cell types was measured by radioimmunoassay for LTC4 and LTB4, and the specificities of the assays determined by assessing cross-reactivities with a number of other arachidonic acid metabolites. The IC50S for LTC4 and LTB4 in their respective assays were 1.76 +/- 0.04 nmol and 3.00 +/- 0.08 nmol. Cross-reactivity for anti-LTC4 was shown by leukotriene D4 (LTD4) (70%) and leukotriene E4 (LTE4) (8%), when compared to LTC4, whereas in the radioimmunoassay for LTB4, only the 5(S), 12(R) 6-trans isomer of LTB4 showed appreciable interaction (12%). LTC4 production by eosinophil enriched cell fractions obtained from metrizamide gradients was inhibited in a dose-dependent fashion by the prostacyclin analogue, 6,9-deepoxy-6,9-phenylimino-delta 6,8-prostaglandin I, (U60257) and by 3-amino-1-(3-trifluoromethyl phenyl)-2-pyrazole (BW755C). The ID50 values for U60257 and BW755C were 2 X 10(-6) and 5 X 10(-6) M respectively. This demonstration of LTC4 production by human eosinophils, which are known to be important cells in clinical asthma, provides an in vitro model to assess 5-lipoxygenase inhibitors in human tissue.
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