In vivo particle uptake by airway macrophages in healthy volunteers

Alexis, Neil E; Lay, John C; Zeman, Kirby L; Geiser, Marianne; Kapp, Nadine; Bennett, William D (2006). In vivo particle uptake by airway macrophages in healthy volunteers. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 34(3), pp. 305-13. New York, N.Y.: American Lung Association 10.1165/rcmb.2005-0373OC

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We combined two techniques, radiolabeled aerosol inhalation delivery and induced sputum, to examine in vivo the time course of particle uptake by airway macrophages in 10 healthy volunteers. On three separate visits, induced sputum was obtained 40, 100, and 160 min after inhalation of radiolabeled sulfur colloid (SC) aerosol (Tc99 m-SC, 0.2 microm colloid size delivered in 6-microm droplets). On a fourth visit (control) with no SC inhalation, induced sputum was obtained and SC particles were incubated (37 degrees C) in vitro with sputum cells for 40, 100, and 160 min (matching the times associated with in vivo sampling). Total and differential cell counts were recorded for each sputum sample. Compared with 40 min (6 +/- 3%), uptake in vivo was significantly elevated at 100 (31 +/- 5%) and 160 min (27 +/- 4%); both were strongly associated with the number of airway macrophages (R = 0.8 and 0.7, respectively); and the number and proportion of macrophages at 40 min were significantly (P < 0.05) elevated compared with control (1,248 +/- 256 versus 555 +/- 114 cells/mg; 76 +/- 6% versus 60 +/- 5%). Uptake in vitro increased in a linear fashion over time and was maximal at 160 min (40 min, 12 +/- 2%; 100 min, 16 +/- 4%; 160 min, 24 +/- 6%). These data suggest that airway surface macrophages in healthy subjects rapidly engulf insoluble particles. Further, macrophage recruitment and phagocytosis-modifying agents are factors in vivo that likely affect particle uptake and its time course.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy > Cell Biology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy
UniBE Contributor:	Geiser, Marianne, Kapp, Nadine
ISSN:	1044-1549
ISBN:	16272458
Publisher:	American Lung Association
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:49
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:15
Publisher DOI:	10.1165/rcmb.2005-0373OC
PubMed ID:	16272458
Web of Science ID:	000235663200006
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/20465 (FactScience: 3769)