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  • Title: Inflammatory cell function in young rodents with experimental cholestasis: investigations of functional deficits, their etiology, and their reversibility.
    Author: Roughneen PT, Drath DB, Kulkarni AD, Kumar SC, Andrassy RJ, Rowlands BJ.
    Journal: J Pediatr Surg; 1989 Jul; 24(7):668-73. PubMed ID: 2547052.
    Abstract:
    Children with cholestasis are susceptible to infective complications. This may be attributable to impaired host defense. We postulated that cholestasis affects systemic polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) function by impeding chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and superoxide release, which are all critical in eliciting an adequate immune response. Sprague Dawley rats (225 g) were assigned to three groups: bile duct ligated (BDL), sham (SH), and normal control (NC). On day 21 after operation, PMN and sera were isolated. Chemotactic response to C5a and FMLP (formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine), superoxide release, and phagocytic uptake of 14C-labeled Staphylococcus aureus were performed on pooled PMN samples. Results were expressed as mean +/- SD. Serum bilirubin at day 21 was 6.3 +/- 2.9 v 0.1 +/- 0.1 and 0.1 +/- 0 mg/dL (P less than .01) in BDL, SH, and NC groups, respectively. Kinetic studies of PMN phagocytosis demonstrated impaired 14C S aureus uptake by BDL neutrophils at 60 (P less than .05), 90 (P less than .05), and 120 minutes (P less than .05) compared with SH and NC groups. No differences in PMN chemotactic response to C5a and FMLP was observed in BDL, SH and NC groups (43 +/- 14 v 40 +/- 12 and 33 +/- 1, and 43 +/- 20 v 43 +/- 14 and 28 +/- 1 cell per field, respectively). Zymosan stimulated superoxide release did not differ between groups (14.3 +/- 3.6 (BDL) v 15.1 +/- 8.7 (SH) and 12 +/- 2.0 (NC) nmol/30 min/mg cell protein, respectively. Thus, cholestasis impairs neutrophil phagocytosis in vitro.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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