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. 1984 Jul;52(3):427–435.

Interaction between human polymorphonuclear leucocytes and Staphylococcus aureus in the presence and absence of opsonins.

C M Vandenbroucke-Grauls, H M Thijssen, J Verhoef
PMCID: PMC1454476  PMID: 6086502

Abstract

Phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by human polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN) in the presence and absence of opsonins was studied with an assay which allows interaction between PMN and bacteria on a surface. The kinetics of uptake, the activity of the metabolic burst, and the degranulation during phagocytosis of opsonized and unopsonized bacteria were compared. Uptake of unopsonized S. aureus proceeded at a slower rate, but unopsonized staphylococci induced metabolic activity and degranulation in the PMN to the same extent as opsonized bacteria. Treatment of PMN with a metabolic inhibitor (2-deoxy-D-glucose) or with an inhibitor of microfilament function (cytochalasin B) totally inhibited the capacity of PMN to ingest unopsonized S. aureus, whereas uptake of opsonized bacteria was much less affected. Treatment of the PMN with pronase prevented uptake of unopsonized bacteria, but had no effect on the uptake of opsonized bacteria. Uptake was not inhibited by mannose. Recognition of S. aureus by the PMN was not dependent on the presence of the cell wall components protein A or teichoic acid. The presence of a capsule inhibited uptake.

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