Abstract
To determine whether cytoplasmic motility relates to phagocytic activity of alveolar macrophages (AM), we measured the remanent field strength (RFS) from the AM containing Fe 3O 4 particles (5 × 10 6 cells) and the number of phagocytized fluorescent latex spheres in the AM without having Fe 3O 4 particles (10 6 cells) harvested by broncho-alveolar lavage from dog lungs in vitro. Cytoplasmic motility was estimated from the relaxation rate ( λ o ; min −1) calculated from the decay curve of RFS and the number of phagocytized latex spheres was counted using fluorescent microscopy after the addition of latex spheres (5 × 10 7). The tumor necrosis factor increased both λ o and the number of phagocytized latex spheres, and cytochalasin D and colchicine decreased them in a concentration-dependent fashion. Increases and decreases in λ o induced by drugs paralleled the number of phagocytized latex spheres. These results suggest that cytoplasmic motility reflects phagocytic activity of AM and both cytoplasmic movement and phagocytosis may be regulated by a similar mechanism in the cytoskeletal system.
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