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. 1981 Dec;40(6):605–608. doi: 10.1136/ard.40.6.605

Prolonged reduction in polymorphonuclear adhesion following oral colchicine.

J N Fordham, J Kirwan, J Cason, H L Currey
PMCID: PMC1000839  PMID: 7332382

Abstract

Polymorphonuclear leucocyte (PMN) function was studied in 7 healthy subjects before and after 5 mg of colchicine taken in divided doses over 24 hours. Mean adherence to nylon fibre colums fell from a pretreatment level of 51% to 33.6% by day 1, remained low (31.8%) at day 5, and returned to pretreatment levels only by about day 9. Random motility (agarose plate method) fell from 932 micrometers to 688 micrometers by day 1, but had returned to normal by day 5. Directed migration and the phagocytic index (opsonised Candida albicans method) were not affected by colchicine treatment. In this marked and prolonged reduction in PMN adhesion implies an influence on maturing PMN precursors in bone marrow. Adherence to nylon fibres may reflect in-vivo properties of PMN which are important in the pathogenesis of acute gouty arthritis.

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