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Method for in situ evaluation of superoxide production by pulmonary macrophages in the rat.

In order to investigate superoxide production by pulmonary macrophages in the rat, a route was created by ligating both the inferior and superior venae cavae and resecting the aorta after cannulation through the inferior vena cava into the right atrium of the heart. Lung perfusion was performed via this route with nitro blue tetrazolium. Although there was no formazan deposition throughout the lung, it became detectable in both alveolar and interstitial macrophages when phorbol myristate acetate was added to the perfusate. This deposition was markedly enhanced by previous injection of Corynebacterium parvum. The deposition disappeared after further addition of Cu(Lys)2, a scavenger of superoxide anions. This procedure may be useful for estimating in situ the ability of pulmonary macrophages to produce superoxide in the rat.[1]

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  1. Method for in situ evaluation of superoxide production by pulmonary macrophages in the rat. Mochida, S., Ogata, I., Ohta, Y., Oka, T., Fujiwara, K. Acta Pathol. Jpn. (1991) [Pubmed]
 
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