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  • Title: Comparison of lavaged and intrapulmonary alveolar macrophages in respect to lysozyme content and size in the rat.
    Author: Kimura A, Goldstein E, Donovan RM, Verwoerd NP, Ploem JS.
    Journal: Am Rev Respir Dis; 1984 Jan; 129(1):149-54. PubMed ID: 6703473.
    Abstract:
    Lavaged and in situ rat alveolar macrophages were compared with respect to lysozyme content and size in order to assess the extent to which macrophages from pulmonary lavages reflect the in situ cell population. This relationship was studied in normal rats and in rats with pulmonary granulomas induced by glucan stimulation (10 mg/kg given intravenously on Days 5, 3, and 1 before being killed). Alveolar macrophages in pulmonary lavages and histologic sections were stained for lysozyme by the immunoperoxidase method using rabbit antiserum to rat lysozyme. Enzyme content and cell size were measured with a conventional scanning cytospectrophotometer and an automated image analysis system (LEYTAS). Scanning cytospectrophotometry measurements showed that 26% of in situ alveolar macrophages from glucan-treated rats contained more lysozyme than did control cells and that 31% possessed larger areas. Fewer large alveolar macrophages containing increased amounts of lysozyme were detected in lavages of glucan-treated rats. Frequency histograms of lysozyme content and cell size were similar for lavaged and in situ macrophages from control rats. Measurements with LEYTAS confirmed the results. These experiments demonstrate that alveolar macrophages obtained by lavage are representative of their in situ counterparts in normal but not in glucan-treated rats.
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