In vitro functional reactivities of cutaneous mast cells from patients with mastocytosis.

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  • M D Tharp
  • B Chaker
  • M J Glass
  • R Burton
  • L L Seelig
چکیده

Cutaneous mast cells from 3 patients with mastocytosis were evaluated for their morphologic characteristics and in vitro functional reactivities to different secretory agonists. By electron microscopy, mastocytosis mast cells appeared larger than normal skin mast cells, frequently had atypical, highly indented or bilobed nuclei, and each contained numerous, elongated cytoplasmic projections. Suspensions of mastocytosis mast cells were obtained from lesional skin biopsy specimens, and their response to both immunologic and nonimmunologic secretagogues was compared with mast cells from normal skin. Lesional skin mast cells had a net histamine release of 12.3% (+/- 1.3 SEM) and 31.1% (+/- 6.0 SEM) following stimulation with the purified human anaphylotoxin C3a and mouse monoclonal antihuman IgE antibodies, respectively. This specific release was similar to the responses observed in normal skin mast cells (11.5% +/- 4.5 SEM and 16.7% +/- 2.1 SEM, respectively). Mast cells from cutaneous lesions of mastocytosis also responded to the nonimmunologic secretagogues, morphine sulfate and calcium ionophore A23187 with a specific histamine release of 15.1% (+/- 1.2 SEM) and 39.8% (+/- 8.7 SEM), respectively. The results of this study demonstrate that mast cells from lesions of mastocytosis are morphologically atypical, but have a histamine content similar to normal skin mast cells and retain their functional reactivities to clinically relevant secretory stimuli.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of investigative dermatology

دوره 89 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1987