| Literature DB >> 9537040 |
B Vray1, J Hoebeke, M Saint-Guillain, R Leloup, A D Strosberg.
Abstract
We describe a new quantitative fluorimetric assay for phagocytosis of bacteria. A suspension of fluorescein-labelled bacteria (Micrococcus lysodeikticus) is mixed and incubated with phagocytes. After fixation with paraformaldehyde, the excess non-phagocytosed and adsorbed bacteria are lysed with a solution of lysozyme in phosphate-buffered saline. After washing of the phagocytes, the fluorescence of those that have ingested the labelled bacteria is measured with a spectrofluorimeter. We report results obtained with different types of phagocytes which show that this method allows sensitivity, saturation and kinetic studies and the calculation of a phagocytic index.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 9537040 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1980.tb00220.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Scand J Immunol ISSN: 0300-9475 Impact factor: 3.487