Comparative Studies on Alveolar Macrophages and Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes

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Abstract
Guinea pig alveolar macrophages (A-MØ) were studied with respect to the phagocytic metabolism: the respiratory burst and its KCN sensitivity, the ability to generate H2O2 and myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity. Only fifty percent of the O2, uptake by A-MØ samples during phagocytosis was inhibited by the addition of 1 mM KCN. Guinea pig A-MØ released H amounting to 7.7 and 12.5 nmol/min/107 cells upon addition of E. coli in the absence and presence of anti-E. coli antibody, respectively. Myristic acid, an effective membrane activator, induced a marked release of H amounting to 16.1 nmol/min/107 cells. We observed a high MPO activity in some alveolar lavage cells which contained a large number of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN), but none at all in preparations containing fewer PMN. The MPO activity detected did not seem to be due to A-MØ, but to the PMN contained in the preparations.

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