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Granulytes play an important role in increasing the infarct size after ischemia and reperfusion by the release of oxygen-derived free radicals (ODFR) and lysosomal enzymes. It has been shown that the number of granulocytes adhering to the vascular endothelium increases after occlusion of the coronary artery, and that the area of myocardial damage can be reduced by preventing granulocyte adherence with monoclonal antibodies directed against adhesion receptors. The underlying mechanism of granulocyte activation under these conditions is not yet known. We have investigated whether granulocytes can be activated directly by reduced oxygen tensions. Granulocytes were suspended in a hypoxic buffer and incubated on fibronectin and gelatin coated microtitre plates at 1–3% ambient oxygen to study their ability to adhere to these matrices. The results showed that the adherence of granulocytes to fibronectin was dependent on the duration of hypoxia. After 30 min of incubation under hypoxia granulocyte adherence increased 1.3 to 1.8 fold compared to the normoxic control. The adherence to fibronectin could be inhibited partially by anti-CD18 antibody, a monoclonal antibody to the common beta chain of a class of extracellular matrix receptors. This direct activation of granulocytes due to hypoxic conditions may have implications for the interaction of these cells with the vascular endotheliumin vivo, (Mol Cell Biochem116: 197–202, 1992)
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Pietersma, A., de Jong, N., Sluiter, W. et al. Studies on the interaction of leucocytes and the myocardial vasculature. Mol Cell Biochem 116, 197–202 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01270588
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