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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-4-13
pubmed:abstractText
A sensitive and specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for mouse intestinal mast cell proteinase (IMCP). Specificity was demonstrated by the absence of immunoreactivity with extracts of isolated serosal mast cells (SMC), or with high concentrations (50 micrograms/ml) of the antigenically similar rat mast cell proteinases I or II. The small and large intestines in normal mice were the major sources of IMCP, there being little or no IMCP in non-mucosal tissues. Concentrations of IMCP in normal (non-parasitized) mice were low, but were increased 100-1000-fold intestines of mice infected 10 days earlier with Trichinella spiralis. The kinetic response of secreted IMCP into the blood of mice following infection with T. spiralis was also studied. Systemic release of IMCP coincided with the immune expulsion of adult worms from the intestine, and peak concentrations (9.45 micrograms/ml IMCP) occurred 9 days after infection. The tissue distribution of IMCP, its secretion into blood, and its enteric accumulation during parasite infection, are consistent with a mucosal mast cell (MMC) source for IMCP. The results are discussed in the context of similar findings for rat mast cell proteinase II.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0141-9838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
85-95
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Distribution of intestinal mast cell proteinase in blood and tissues of normal and Trichinella-infected mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article