The Role of IgE in the Release of Histamine from Human Gingival Mast Cells

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Twelve gingival samples removed from 6 human volunteers were sectioned in small pieces, parts of which served as uncultured pieces. The remaining pieces were organ cultured for 5 hours in control, compound 48/80, and antihuman IgE media. Uncultured tissues, cultured tissues, and cultured spent media were analyzed spectrofluorometrically for histamine content. The uncultured tissues contained a mean (plus or minus SE) of 5.41 plus or minus 0.60 mug/g of histamine and were considered to contain 100 percent total histamine. The percentage of the total histamine released into the medium was 8.24 percent for cultured control, 56.7 percent for antihuman IgE, and 66.7 percent for compound 48/80. Significant histamine release into medium was noted for antihuman IgE (P less than 0.0005) and for compound 48/80 (P equals 0.005), but these two were not significantly different from each other (P greater than 0.25). Significant tissue histamine reduction was recorded for tissues cultured in compound 48/80 (P less than 0.025), whereas a significant tissue histamine synthesis was demonstrated for tissues cultured in antihuman IgE (P less than 0.05). The control tissues revealed neither significant histamine release into the medium nor significant tissue histamine reduction or synthesis. The results demonstrate IgE in clinically healthy human gingiva, show its association with gingival mast cell histamine release, and establish an in vitro model system for further human mast cell study. Thus, the concept of an association between IgE antibodies and human gingival mast cells is supported.

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