Human polymorphonuclear leukocyte interaction with cyclosporine A.

AUTOR(ES)

Weinbaum, D L

RESUMO

The effects of cyclosporin A (cyA) on human polymorphonuclear leukocyte function, including phagocytosis, its associated metabolic burst, bacterial killing, and chemotaxis, were evaluated. Both Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus were used as test particles. Polymorphonuclear leukocytes incubated in 10 and 50 micrograms of cyA per ml behaved normally with respect to phagocytosis and hexose monophosphate shunt activity at both high (10:1) and low (2:1) S. aureus/leukocyte ratios. With a small bacterial inoculum, killing of S. aureus was slightly impaired at early times only in the presence of 50 micrograms of cyA per ml. Phagocytosis and killing of P. aeruginosa with both large and small bacterial inocula were unaffected by cyA. Chemotaxis was within normal limits under all conditions. In addition, polymorphonuclear leukocytes from four renal transplant recipients receiving both cyA and prednisone demonstrated normal metabolic bursts and bacterial killing with both small and large inocula of S. aureus.

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