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In human neutrophils, superoxide is generated primarily within specialized oxidant-producing intracellular compartments. The present study employs a simple methodological approach to evaluate the intracellular movement of these structures in living human neutrophils. Using a CCD camera system, we monitored fluorescence in cells loaded with the succinimidyl ester of dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate, which is non-fluorescent until oxidized by reactive oxygen species. Fluorescence-positive intracellular compartments became detectable after neutrophils were stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate for 1 min. Further stimulation increased the intracellular compartments in both number and size in a time-dependent manner. Upon stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate, no fluorescence was seen in intracellular compartments of neutrophils isolated from patients with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease lacking gp91-phox, a membrane component of NADPH oxidase. The method enables tracking of the movement of a single oxidant-producing intracellular compartment following cell stimulation and visualization of the intracellular structures formed by fusion of oxidant-producing intracellular compartments with endocytotic vesicles and phagosomes. Therefore, it is considered to be an informative tool for evaluation of the intracellular dynamics of oxidant-producing intracellular compartments in living human neutrophils and may have a diagnostic value.
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Kobayashi, T., Zinchuk, V., Okada, T. et al. A simple approach for the analysis of intracellular movement of oxidant-producing intracellular compartments in living human neutrophils. Histochem Cell Biol 113, 251–257 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004180000132
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s004180000132