Autoreactive eosinophils associated with spontaneous autocytotoxicity in bronchial asthma. 1988

W K Podleski

Allergic autocytotoxicity (ACT) assay is extensively investigated as an in vitro equivalent of oral ingestion challenge with food antigens among patients with food hypersensitivity. In direct ACT, food antigenic determinants interact directly with plasma cell membranes of sensitive individuals. Antibody-dependent ACT is also known as antibody-dependent-cell-mediated-cytotoxicity (ADCC) phenomenon, when food antigens combine with specific antibody through cell membranes Fc receptors among normal and sensitive individuals. Spontaneous ACT is a separate mechanism of white blood cells disintegration which does not require in vitro priming of the cells, neither by antigen or antibody. Spontaneous ACT occurs in some individuals as "background noise" in addition to direct and antibody-dependent ACT. The exact cellular nature of ACT phenomena are unknown at the present time with the exception that the common identifying factor for each of them is the disintegration and death of human white blood cells. Electron microscopy studies among four bronchial asthma patients with spontaneous ACT demonstrated eosinophils with atypical crystalloid cores and diffuse autolytic pattern of granular membranes. These ultrastructural characteristics are associated with new functional profiles of eosinophils expressed morphologically as natural killer and/or suicidal potency. At least two subpopulations of eosinophils are mediating ACT. The first subpopulation has normal ultrastructure observed in direct ACT and the second subpopulations has altered morphology of eosinophils granules described in spontaneous ACT. The natural killer-suicidal eosinophils presented in patient with spontaneous ACT illustrate a new pathway of cytodestructive mechanism in anaphylactic injury.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D003602 Cytotoxicity, Immunologic The phenomenon of target cell destruction by immunologically active effector cells. It may be brought about directly by sensitized T-lymphocytes or by lymphoid or myeloid "killer" cells, or it may be mediated by cytotoxic antibody, cytotoxic factor released by lymphoid cells, or complement. Tumoricidal Activity, Immunologic,Immunologic Cytotoxicity,Immunologic Tumoricidal Activities,Immunologic Tumoricidal Activity,Tumoricidal Activities, Immunologic
D004804 Eosinophils Granular leukocytes with a nucleus that usually has two lobes connected by a slender thread of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing coarse, round granules that are uniform in size and stainable by eosin. Eosinophil
D005260 Female Females
D005512 Food Hypersensitivity Gastrointestinal disturbances, skin eruptions, or shock due to allergic reactions to allergens in food. Allergy, Food,Food Allergy,Hypersensitivity, Food,Allergies, Food,Food Allergies,Food Hypersensitivities,Hypersensitivities, Food
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

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