TY - JOUR
T1 - Platelet-activating factor in the inflammatory exudate in the anaphylactic phase of allergic inflammation in rats
AU - Watanabe, Masako
AU - Ohuchi, Kazuo
AU - Sugidachi, Atsuhiro
AU - Hirasawa, Noriyasu
AU - Hayashi, Yasuhiro
AU - Tsurufuji, Susumu
PY - 1987/1/1
Y1 - 1987/1/1
N2 - Using a model of allergic inflammation of air pouch type in rats, the platelet-activating factor (PAF) in the pouch fluid in the anaphylactic phase was analyzed. Anaphylactic reaction was induced by injecting an antigen (azobenzene-arsonate-conjugated acetyl bovine serum albumin) solution into a subcutaneous air pouch preformed on the dorsum of immunized rats. The pouch fluid was collected 30 min after the antigenic challenge, and chloroform extract was subjected to normal phase high-performance liquid chromatography to isolate two fractions, PAF and lyso-PAF. In the pouch fluid, however, there was little activity of PAF as examined by the aggregation of guinea pig platelets. The lyso-PAF fraction obtained was acetylated to PAF chemically with pyridine and acetic anhydride. This acetylated lyso-PAF fraction induced the aggregation of guinea pig platelets, which was inhibited dose-dependently by a PAF antagonist, CV-3988. The amount of lyso-PAF in the pouch fluid of the immunized group in the anaphylactic phase was significantly higher than that of the nonimmunized group. When (3H-)PAF was incubated with the supernatant fraction of the pouch fluid it was metabolized into lyso-PAF time-dependently. The significance of the higher level of lyso-PAF in the pouch fluid in the anaphylactic phase of allergic inflammation is discussed.
AB - Using a model of allergic inflammation of air pouch type in rats, the platelet-activating factor (PAF) in the pouch fluid in the anaphylactic phase was analyzed. Anaphylactic reaction was induced by injecting an antigen (azobenzene-arsonate-conjugated acetyl bovine serum albumin) solution into a subcutaneous air pouch preformed on the dorsum of immunized rats. The pouch fluid was collected 30 min after the antigenic challenge, and chloroform extract was subjected to normal phase high-performance liquid chromatography to isolate two fractions, PAF and lyso-PAF. In the pouch fluid, however, there was little activity of PAF as examined by the aggregation of guinea pig platelets. The lyso-PAF fraction obtained was acetylated to PAF chemically with pyridine and acetic anhydride. This acetylated lyso-PAF fraction induced the aggregation of guinea pig platelets, which was inhibited dose-dependently by a PAF antagonist, CV-3988. The amount of lyso-PAF in the pouch fluid of the immunized group in the anaphylactic phase was significantly higher than that of the nonimmunized group. When (3H-)PAF was incubated with the supernatant fraction of the pouch fluid it was metabolized into lyso-PAF time-dependently. The significance of the higher level of lyso-PAF in the pouch fluid in the anaphylactic phase of allergic inflammation is discussed.
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U2 - 10.1159/000234456
DO - 10.1159/000234456
M3 - Article
C2 - 3119503
AN - SCOPUS:0023616899
VL - 84
SP - 396
EP - 403
JO - International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
JF - International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
SN - 1018-2438
IS - 4
ER -