Influence of Rhodococcus equi on the respiratory burst of resident alveolar macrophages from adult horses
1990
Brumbaugh, G.W. | Davis, L.E. | Thurmon, J.C. | Savage, D.C.
Opsonized Rhodococcus equi activated the respiratory burst of resident alveolar macrophages (AM) from adult horses in a logarithmic-linear, mass-related manner. The effect of R equi was not significantly different from that of equal masses of opsonized zymosan A. Therefore, R equi does not appear to attenuate the respiratory burst of equine AM. The stimulatory effect of R equi was not reflected by increased production of superoxide anion (O2-), but increased activity of the hexose monophosphate shunt was observed. These results suggest a similarity between the respiratory burst of Am from horses and that of AM from rabbits. We concluded that resident AM from adult horses do not produce O2- concurrently with an increase in activity of the hexose monophosphate shunt when stimulated with either opsonized zymosan A or opsonized R equi. This suggests that O2- is not an important component of the antibacterial defenses of equine AM. Whether equine AM are incapable of producing O2- or require different stimuli to produce it was not determined.
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