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  • Title: N-Formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine: Different releasing effects on human neutrophils and rat mast cells.
    Author: Fantozzi R, Brunelleschi S, Soldaini GB, Blandina P, Masini E, Raimondi L, Mannaioni PF.
    Journal: Agents Actions; 1983 Apr; 13(2-3):218-21. PubMed ID: 6191552.
    Abstract:
    N-Formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) is a synthetic chemotactic peptide which induced beta-glucuronidase and lysozyme release from human neutrophils treated with cytochalasin B. FMLP-releasing effects were rapid and dose dependent. Unlike other secretagogues of neutrophils (e.g., zymosan and immune complexes), FMLP secretory activity was not modulated by acetylcholine, which by itself did not release lysosomal enzymes from human neutrophils. Isolated rat mast cells did not respond to FMLP, which has been demonstrated to release histamine from human neutrophils. Two markers of rat mast cell secretory granules, histamine and beta-glucuronidase, were assayed, but the results were negative for both. In the same experimental conditions, 48/80 released histamine and the enzyme: the ratio of the net percentage release of beta-glucuronidase to the net percentage release of histamine was congruent 0.4.
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