Effects of Anaphylactic Shock and Compound 48/80 on the Mast Cells of the Guinea Pig Lung

Nature ◽  
1956 ◽  
Vol 177 (4505) ◽  
pp. 427-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
IVAN MOTA ◽  
ITAMAR VUGMAN
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Anaphylactic Shock

The histamine content of guinea pig mast cells

1960 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
pp. 192-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. O. Boréus ◽  
N. Chakravarty
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Histamine Content

scholarly journals VI. —Anaphylaxis and anaphylatoxins

1923 ◽  
Vol 211 (382-390) ◽  
pp. 273-315 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Anaphylactic Shock ◽  
The Body ◽  
Muscle Fibres ◽  
Direct Stimulation ◽  
Fundamental Conception ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Stimulation Of

In the study of the phenomena of anaphylaxis there are certain points on which some measure of agreement seems to have been attained. In the case of anaphylaxis to soluble proteins, with which alone we are directly concerned in this paper, the majority of investigators probably accept the view that the condition is due to the formation of an antibody of the precipitin type. Concerning the method, however, by which the presence of this antibody causes the specific sensitiveness, the means by which its interaction with the antibody produces the anaphylactic shock, there is a wide divergence of conception. Two main currents of speculation can be discerned. One view, historically rather the earlier, and first put forward by Besredka (1) attributes the anaphylactic condition to the location of the antibody in the body cells. There is not complete unanimity among adherents of this view as to the nature of the antibody concerned, or as to the class of cells containing it which are primarily affected in the anaphylactic shock. Besredka (2) himself has apparently not accepted the identification of the anaphylactic antibody with a precipitin, but regards it as belonging to a special class (sensibilisine). He also regards the cells of the central nervous system as those primarily involved in the anaphylactic shock in the guinea-pig. Others, including one of us (3), have found no adequate reason for rejecting the strong evidence in favour of the precipitin nature of the anaphylactic antibody, produced by Doerr and Russ (4), Weil (5), and others, and have accepted and confirmed the description of the rapid anaphylactic death in the guinea-pig as due to a direct stimulation of the plain-muscle fibres surrounding the bronchioles, causing valve-like obstruction of the lumen, and leading to asphyxia, with the characteristic fixed distension of the lungs, as first described by Auer and Lewis (6), and almost simultaneously by Biedl and Kraus (7). But the fundamental conception of anaphylaxis as due to cellular location of an antibody, and of the reaction as due to the union of antigen and antibody taking place in the protoplasm, is common to a number of workers who thus differ on details.

Guinea Pig Mast Cells: Comparative Study on Morphology, Fixation and Staining Properties

1988 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.S. Ghanem ◽  
E.S.K. Assem ◽  
K.B.P. Leung ◽  
F.L. Pearce
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Comparative Study

scholarly journals Immunocytochemical localization of histamine in secretory granules of rat peritoneal mast cells with conventional or rapid microwave fixation and an ultrastructural post-embedding immunogold technique.

1992 ◽  
Vol 40 (9) ◽  
pp. 1247-1256 ◽  
Author(s):  
G R Login ◽  
S J Galli ◽  
A M Dvorak
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Fixation Method ◽  
Structural Localization ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Aldehyde Fixation ◽  
Peritoneal Mast Cells ◽  
Rat Peritoneal Mast Cells

We used a post-embedding immunogold labeling approach to define the fine-structural localization of histamine in rat peritoneal mast cells that were fixed using either standard aldehyde fixation or a fast microwave-aldehyde fixation method. Specimens were processed routinely for electron microscopy. Thin sections were exposed first to guinea pig antihistamine antiserum and then to gold-conjugated goat IgG directed against guinea pig IgG. By transmission electron microscopy, gold particles were localized to the matrix of cytoplasmic granules. Control sections treated with non-immune sera did not show labeling of mast cells. Adsorption of antihistamine antiserum with purified histamine or histamine bound to agarose showed a significant reduction (p less than 0.005) in granule staining. We also confirmed that our isolation procedures yielded functionally competent mast cells which released histamine when stimulated with sheep anti-rat IgE antiserum or with compound 48/80. These studies define the conditions of fixation for electron microscopy that are appropriate for the localization of histamine in the granule matrix of rat peritoneal mast cells.

Isolation and some properties of mast cells from the mesentery of the rat and guinea pig

1980 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 124-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick L. Pearce ◽  
Madeleine Ennis
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig

scholarly journals DEMONSTRATION OF PEROXIDASE ACTIVITY IN TISSUE SECTIONS

1964 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 538-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAX WACHSTEIN ◽  
ELIZABETH MEISEL
Keyword(s):  
Salivary Gland ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Peroxidase Activity ◽  
Striated Muscle ◽  
Acinar Cells ◽  
Hair Follicles ◽  
Tissue Sections ◽  
Pig Skin ◽  
Mammalian Tissues

By using an improved benzidine technique, peroxidase activity can be demonstrated in various locations in mammalian tissues. A relatively formalin resistant enzyme is found in hemoglobin and is also associated with mitochondria of striated muscle and heart. A somewhat less formalin resistant peroxidase occurs in the granules of myeloid and mast cells. A relatively formalin sensitive peroxidase is present in a number of additional locations, e.g. the acinar cells in thyroid and salivary gland, the medulla of the kidney, in hair follicles of the guinea pig skin and Kupffer cells of the liver.

scholarly journals Histamine-containing peripheral neuronal and endocrine systems.

1985 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 933-941 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Panula ◽  
M Kaartinen ◽  
M Mäcklin ◽  
E Costa
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cells ◽  
Guinea Pig ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Endocrine Cells ◽  
Ganglion Cell Layer ◽  
Cell Layer ◽  
Nerve Fibers ◽  
Immunohistochemical Method ◽  
Rat Stomach ◽  
Rat Ileum

An immunohistochemical method was developed to detect histamine in tissues. The aim of this study was to reveal the cellular stores of histamine in the gastrointestinal tract, pituitary, and adrenal gland. Histamine-containing nerve fibers were found in both rat and guinea pig gut. The origin of at least some of these fibers in the rat ileum was the submucous ganglion cell layer. In the rat stomach, numerous enterochromaffin-like cells exhibited histamine immunofluorescence, and endocrine cells in the ileum and jejunum contained histamine. Only mast cells contained histamine in the neurohypophysis. A large number of process-bearing cells in the guinea pig but not in the rat adrenal medulla contained histamine. The study shows that histamine is present in peripheral nerves and endocrine cells in addition to mast cells, and may function as a neurotransmitter or hormone.

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