In Vitro Assay of Endotoxin by the Inhibition of Macrophage Migration
AUTOR(ES)
Heilman, Dorothy H.
RESUMO
A quantitative in vitro technique was used to compare the ability of different endotoxins to inhibit the migration of macrophages from explants of rabbit spleen cultured in a coagulated plasma medium. The order of potency was different from that observed in chick embryo assays, and in assays with mice, of the same endotoxins. In general, however, the sensitivity of the macrophage inhibition test was comparable to that of other bioassay methods. A highly purified endotoxin from Salmonella enteritidis (Ribi) in a concentration of 0.004 μg/ml regularly inhibited macrophage migration. The in vitro method was used to detect a progressive loss of biological activity in fractions obtained during acid hydrolysis of the purified endotoxin. The selective toxicity of very low concentrations of endotoxin for mammalian macrophages was important in estimating the degree of specificity of the reaction. The pattern of cellular response in explant cultures made it possible to differentiate endotoxic damage from the specific cytotoxic action of antigen associated with delayed hypersensitivity.
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