Abstract
A method for exact determination of phagocytic activity of alveolar macrophage (Mϕ) cells toward synthetic microspheres (MS) by optical microscopy was developed. We examined the effectiveness of the treatment of Mϕ samples with trypsin, acid or xylene to remove the polystyrene latex microspheres (PSL MS) attached to Mϕ cell membranes during their phagocytosis by Mϕ cells. We found that centrifugation, which was employed to collect Mϕ samples after incubation with MS, affected significantly the efficiency of the various treatments. Of the three treatments, xylene treatment without centrifugation was the most effective to determine the phagocytic activity of Mϕ cells, as xylene dissolved the PSL MS on the cell surface almost completely. This treatment was also effective in the case of poly(lactic- co-glycolic acid) MS (PLGA MS), which have been commonly used as an efficient vehicle for drug delivery system.
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