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  • Title: Effect of in vivo desensitization to leukotriene B4 on eosinophil infiltration in response to C5a in guinea-pig skin.
    Author: Pettipher ER, Salter ED, Showell HJ.
    Journal: Br J Pharmacol; 1994 Sep; 113(1):117-20. PubMed ID: 7812600.
    Abstract:
    1. The effect of in vivo desensitization to leukotriene B4 (LTB4) on eosinophil infiltration in response to recombinant C5a was examined in guinea-pig skin. 2. LTB4 (10-300 ng) and C5a (1-10 micrograms) caused a dose-dependent increase in the levels of eosinophil peroxidase activity (a measure of eosinophil infiltration) 4 h after injection into guinea-pig skin. Leukotriene B4 and C5a were approximately equipotent on a molar basis. Platelet activating factor (0.01-10 micrograms) also caused eosinophil accumulation but was much less active than LTB4 or C5a. 3. 20-Hydroxy-LTB4 caused a dose-dependent desensitization of eosinophil responses to LTB4 (ED50 = 1.6 micrograms kg-1, s.c.) and partially reduced responses to C5a. At a dose of 20-hydroxy-LTB4 (10 micrograms) which inhibited responses to LTB4 completely, responses to C5a were reduced by 56.5 +/- 1.8% (n = 5). The structurally related metabolite of 20-hydroxy-LTB4, 20-carboxy-LTB4, which does not cause desensitization to the effects of LTB4, did not inhibit eosinophil infiltration in response to C5a. 4. The LTB4 receptor antagonist, SC-41,930 (10 mg kg-1, p.o.), also inhibited eosinophil accumulation in response to C5a by 63.0 +/- 3.9% (n = 5) at a dose which inhibited responses to LTB4 by 86.5 +/- 1.9% (n = 5). 5. These data indicate that eosinophil infiltration in response to C5a may, in part, be mediated by the generation of secondary chemotactic factors such as LTB4.
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