scholarly journals Histochemical Demonstration of Non-specific Esterase in Mast Cells of the Albino Rat with Properties Similar to Mast Cell Enzyme activated in Anaphylaxis

Nature ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 196 (4851) ◽  
pp. 281-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. KELLER
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Histochemical Demonstration ◽  
Albino Rat ◽  
Cell Enzyme

scholarly journals Molecular mechanism of mast cell–mediated innate defense against endothelin and snake venom sarafotoxin

2007 ◽  
Vol 204 (11) ◽  
pp. 2629-2639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars A. Schneider ◽  
Susan M. Schlenner ◽  
Thorsten B. Feyerabend ◽  
Markus Wunderlin ◽  
Hans-Reimer Rodewald
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Molecular Mechanism ◽  
Snake Venom ◽  
Single Amino Acid ◽  
Peptide Substrates ◽  
Innate Defense ◽  
Cell Enzyme ◽  
Peptide Family ◽  
Single Protease

Mast cells are protective against snake venom sarafotoxins that belong to the endothelin (ET) peptide family. The molecular mechanism underlying this recently recognized innate defense pathway is unknown, but secretory granule proteases have been invoked. To specifically disrupt a single protease function without affecting expression of other proteases, we have generated a mouse mutant selectively lacking mast cell carboxypeptidase A (Mc-cpa) activity. Using this mutant, we have now identified Mc-cpa as the essential protective mast cell enzyme. Mass spectrometry of peptide substrates after cleavage by normal or mutant mast cells showed that removal of a single amino acid, the C-terminal tryptophan, from ET and sarafotoxin by Mc-cpa is the principle molecular mechanism underlying this very rapid mast cell response. Mast cell proteases can also cleave ET and sarafotoxin internally, but such “nicking” is not protective because intramolecular disulfide bridges maintain peptide function. We conclude that mast cells attack ET and sarafotoxin exactly at the structure required for toxicity, and hence sarafotoxins could not “evade” Mc-cpa's substrate specificity without loss of toxicity.

scholarly journals AN ENZYME IN MAST CELLS WITH PROPERTIES LIKE CHYMOTRYPSIN

1959 ◽  
Vol 110 (3) ◽  
pp. 451-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earl P. Benditt ◽  
Margaret Arase
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Methyl Ester ◽  
Enzymatic Activity ◽  
Differential Centrifugation ◽  
Cell Enzyme ◽  
Sucrose Solutions ◽  
Naphthoic Acid ◽  
Activity Curve ◽  
Chymotrypsin A

Mast cells contain an enzyme which hydrolyzes 3-chloroacetoxy-2-naphthoic acid anilide. By using highly purified mast cells isolated by differential centrifugation in high density sucrose solutions we have been able to study this enzymatic activity in more detail. The enzyme has properties similar to those of chymotrypsin: Chymotrypsin will hydrolyze the histochemical substrate, and the chymotrypsin and mast cell activities with this substrate are similarly inhibited by diisopropylfluorophosphate. The mast cell enzyme is capable of hydrolyzing the N-acetyl esters of tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine, the relative rates of hydrolysis being similar to those seen with chymotrypsin. A characteristic trypsin substrate, p-toluenesulfonyl arginine methyl ester, is not acted upon by the mast cell enzyme or chymotrypsin. The pH activity curve of the new cell enzyme is similar to that of chymotrypsin as determined with N-acetyl-L-tryptophan ethyl ester as substrate.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE STUDY OF HISTOLOGICAL AND HISTOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PERITONEAL MAST CELLS OF ALBINO RAT USING TWO TYPES OF FIXATIVES

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-72
Author(s):  
KAMTA PRASAD NIRALA ◽  
SUBHASH GUPTA
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Toluidine Blue ◽  
Active Form ◽  
Similar Reaction ◽  
Main Constituent ◽  
Albino Rat ◽  
Glass Slides ◽  
Peritoneal Mast Cells

Objectives: To make a comparative study of histological and histochemical properties of peritoneal mast cells in albino rat using neutral buffered formalin and formal alcohol as fixatives. Methods: The stretch preparation from Albino rat peritoneum was made on chemically clean glass slides and immediately placed into the fixatives. Results: With toluidine blue (pH 4.4), the mast cells stained deep purple and similar reaction was obtained with toluidine blue at pH 2. These staining reactions indicate the presence of substantial amount of heparin trisulfate, small amount of heparin monosulfate, and neutral mucopolysaccharide. Conclusion: Heparin trisulfate is an active form of heparin and is the main constituent of the mast cell granules of the albino rat.

Cytochemical analysis of mast cell granules after poly-dl-lysine action

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-279
Author(s):  
R. Courtoy ◽  
L.J. Simar ◽  
J. Christophe
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Chemical Compounds ◽  
Cellular Membrane ◽  
Thin Sections ◽  
Organic Bases ◽  
Ferric Thiocyanate ◽  
Cytochemical Analysis ◽  
Mast Cell Granule ◽  
Amine Liberation

Several chemical compounds induce amine liberation from mast cells but do not necessarily provoque the granule expulsion. For example, poly-dl-lysine induces modifications of the cellular membrane permeability which promotes ion exchange at the level of mast cell granules. Few of them are expulsed but the majority remains in the cytoplasm and appears less dense to the electrons. A cytochemical analysis has been performed to determine the composition of these granules after the polylysine action.We have previously reported that it was possible to demonstrate polyanions on epon thin sections using a cetylpyridinium ferric thiocyanate method. Organic bases are selectively stained with cobalt thiocyanate and the sulfhydryle groups are characterized with a silver methenamine reaction. These techniques permit to reveal the mast cell granule constituents, i.e. heparin, biogenic amines and basic proteins.

Magnesium and sulfur in mast cell and basophil granules of lower vertebrates in relation with histamine

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 1596-1597
Author(s):  
Kenichi Takaya
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Tree Frog ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
Fresh Frozen ◽  
Ultrathin Sections

Mast cell and basophil granules of the vertebrate contain heparin or related sulfated proteoglycans. Histamine is also present in mammalian mast cells and basophils. However, no histamine is detected in mast cell granules of the amphibian or fish, while it is shown in those of reptiles and birds A quantitative x-ray microanalysis of mast cell granules of fresh frozen dried ultrathin sections of the tongue of Wistar rats and tree frogs disclosed high concentrations of sulfur in rat mast cell granules and those of sulfur and magnesium in the tree frog granules. Their concentrations in tree frog mast cell granules were closely correlated (r=0.94).Fresh frozen dried ultrathin sections and fresh air-dried prints of the tree frog tongue and spleen and young red-eared turtle (ca. 6 g) spleen and heart blood were examined by a quantitative energy-dispersive x-ray microanalysis (X-650, Kevex-7000) for the element constituents of the granules of mast cells and basophils. The specimens were observed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) (80-200 kV) and followed by scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) under an analytical electron microscope (X-650) at an acceleration voltage of 40 kV and a specimen current of 0.2 nA. A spot analysis was performed in a STEM mode for 100 s at a specimen current of 2 nA on the mast cell and basophil granules and other areas of the cells. Histamine was examined by the o-phthalaldehyde method.

Mast cell-nerve fiber interaction: Ultrastructural studies

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 428-429
Author(s):  
E.Y. Chi ◽  
M.L. Su ◽  
Y.T. Tien ◽  
W.R. Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Substance P ◽  
Nerve Fiber ◽  
Sensory Nerves ◽  
Ultrastructural Studies ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
Granulocyte Infiltration ◽  
Intracutaneous Injection ◽  
Recent Attention

Recent attention has been directed to the interaction of the nerve and immune systems. The neuropeptide substance P, a tachykinnin which is a neurotransmitter in the central and peripheral nervous systems produces tissue swelling, augemntation of intersitial fibrin deposition and leukocyte infiltration after intracutaneous injection. There is a direct correlation reported between the extent of mast cell degranulation at the sites of injection and the tissue swelling or granulocyte infiltration. It has previously been demonstrated that antidromic electrical stimulation of sensory nerves induces degranulation of cutaneous mast cells, cutaneous vasodilation and augmented vascular permeability. Morphological studies have documented a close anatiomical association between mast cells and nonmyelinated nerves, that contain substance P and other neuropeptides. However, the presence of mast cells within nerve fasicles has not been previously examined ultrastructurally. In this study, we examined ultrastructurally the distribution of mast cells in the nerve fiber bundles located in the muscular connective tissue of rat tongues (n=20).

Ultrastructural evidence for mast cell-macrophage interrelationships in the dura mater of the rat: Infrequent mast cell-nerve associations

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 352-353
Author(s):  
Ruth V.W. Dimlich
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Dura Mater ◽  
Spatial Relationship ◽  
Potassium Phosphate ◽  
Plasma Extravasation ◽  
Close Spatial Relationship ◽  
Male Wistar Rats ◽  
Headache Pain ◽  
Relationship Of

Mast cells in the dura mater of the rat may play a role in cerebral pathologies including neurogenic inflammation (vasodilation; plasma extravasation) and headache pain . As has been suggested for other tissues, dural mast cells may exhibit a close spatial relationship to nerves. There has been no detailed ultrastructural description of mast cells in this tissue; therefore, the goals of this study were to provide this analysis and to determine the spatial relationship of mast cells to nerves and other components of the dura mater in the rat.Four adult anesthetized male Wistar rats (290-400 g) were fixed by perfusion through the heart with 2% glutaraldehyde and 2.8% paraformaldehyde in a potassium phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) for 30 min. The head of each rat was removed and stored in fixative for a minimum of 24 h at which time the dural coverings were removed and dissected into samples that included the middle meningeal vasculature. Samples were routinely processed and flat embedded in LX 112. Thick (1 um) sections from a minimum of 3 blocks per rat were stained with toluidine blue (0.5% aqueous).

scholarly journals Anaphylactic Degranulation of Mast Cells: Focus on Compound Exocytosis

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ofir Klein ◽  
Ronit Sagi-Eisenberg
Keyword(s):  
Mast Cell ◽  
Mast Cells ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
Secretory Granules ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Secretory Cells ◽  
Regulated Exocytosis ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Conflicting Evidence ◽  
Compound Exocytosis

Anaphylaxis is a notorious type 2 immune response which may result in a systemic response and lead to death. A precondition for the unfolding of the anaphylactic shock is the secretion of inflammatory mediators from mast cells in response to an allergen, mostly through activation of the cells via the IgE-dependent pathway. While mast cells are specialized secretory cells that can secrete through a variety of exocytic modes, the most predominant mode exerted by the mast cell during anaphylaxis is compound exocytosis—a specialized form of regulated exocytosis where secretory granules fuse to one another. Here, we review the modes of regulated exocytosis in the mast cell and focus on compound exocytosis. We review historical landmarks in the research of compound exocytosis in mast cells and the methods available for investigating compound exocytosis. We also review the molecular mechanisms reported to underlie compound exocytosis in mast cells and expand further with reviewing key findings from other cell types. Finally, we discuss the possible reasons for the mast cell to utilize compound exocytosis during anaphylaxis, the conflicting evidence in different mast cell models, and the open questions in the field which remain to be answered.

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