Localization of NADH oxidase on the surface of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes by a new cytochemical method

The ultrastructural localization of NADH oxidase, a possible enzyme in the increased oxidative activity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) during phagocytosis, was studied. A new cytochemical technique for the localization of H2O2, a product of NADH oxidase activity, was developed. Cerous ions, in the presence of peroxide, form an electron-dense precipitate. Resting and phagocytically stimulated PMN were exposed to cerous ions at pH 7.5 to demonstrate sites of NADH-dependent, cyanide-insensitive H2O2 production. Resting PMN exhibites slight activity on the plasma membrane; phagocytizing PMN had extensive deposits of reaction product localized within the phagosome and on the plasma membrane. Peroxide involvement was demonstrated by the inhibitory effect of catalase on cerium precipitation; the surface localization of the enzyme responsible was confirmed by using nonpenetrating inhibitors of enzymatic activity. A correlative study was performed with an NADH-dependent, tetrazolium-reduction system. As with cerium, formazan deposition on the surface of the cell was NADH dependent, cyanide insensitive, and stimulated by phagocytosis. Superoxide dismutase did not inhibit tetrazolium reduction, as observed cytochemically, indicating direct enzymatic dye reduction without superoxide interposition. These findings, combined with oxygen consumption studies on resting and stimulated PMN in the presence or absence of NADH, indicate that NADH oxidase is a surface enzyme in human PMN. It is internalized during phagocytosis and retains its peroxide-generating capacity within the phagocytic vacuole.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1975

Erschienen:

1975

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

The Journal of cell biology - 67(1975), 3 vom: 10. Dez., Seite 566-86

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Briggs, R T [VerfasserIn]
Drath, D B [VerfasserIn]
Karnovsky, M L [VerfasserIn]
Karnovsky, M J [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

0U46U6E8UK
1HG84L3525
298-83-9
30K4522N6T
53-59-8
BBX060AN9V
Catalase
Cerium
Cyanides
EC 1.11.1.6
EC 1.6.-
Formaldehyde
Glutaral
Hydrogen Peroxide
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharides
NAD
NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases
NADP
Nitroblue Tetrazolium
Potassium
RWP5GA015D
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Sulfhydryl Reagents
T3C89M417N

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.03.1976

Date Revised 08.05.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM000005282