Demonstration of circulating immune complexes by the indirect leucocyte phagocytosis test in chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Relation to results of a standard complement consumption assay

TY - JOUR

T1 - Demonstration of circulating immune complexes by the indirect leucocyte phagocytosis test in chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Relation to results of a standard complement consumption assay

AU - Elmgreen, J

AU - Wiik, A

AU - Nielsen, H

AU - Nielsen, O H

PY - 1985

Y1 - 1985

N2 - Circulating immune complexes were studied in untreated Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) by leucocyte phagocytosis. Neutrophils from normal donors took up large immunoglobulin-containing inclusions from 14 of 15 CD sera, 3 of 15 UC sera (p less than 0.002) and from none of 15 reference sera from healthy volunteers (p less than 0.002). In contrast, inclusions could not be demonstrated on direct microscopic investigation. Our study confirms the presence of circulating immune complexes in Crohn's disease. Predominance of IgG-containing complexes in this condition is consistent with a mucosal origin. Discrepant results obtained by direct examination and by incubation of sera from patients with normal test neutrophils suggest a defective immune complex phagocytosis in CD. In consistency with this possibility, control experiments revealed a markedly decreased complex uptake by neutrophils of CD patients in vitro.

AB - Circulating immune complexes were studied in untreated Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) by leucocyte phagocytosis. Neutrophils from normal donors took up large immunoglobulin-containing inclusions from 14 of 15 CD sera, 3 of 15 UC sera (p less than 0.002) and from none of 15 reference sera from healthy volunteers (p less than 0.002). In contrast, inclusions could not be demonstrated on direct microscopic investigation. Our study confirms the presence of circulating immune complexes in Crohn's disease. Predominance of IgG-containing complexes in this condition is consistent with a mucosal origin. Discrepant results obtained by direct examination and by incubation of sera from patients with normal test neutrophils suggest a defective immune complex phagocytosis in CD. In consistency with this possibility, control experiments revealed a markedly decreased complex uptake by neutrophils of CD patients in vitro.

KW - Antigen-Antibody Complex/analysis

KW - Colitis, Ulcerative/immunology

KW - Complement C3/analysis

KW - Crohn Disease/immunology

KW - Humans

KW - Immunoglobulins/analysis

KW - Lymphocyte Culture Test, Mixed

KW - Neutrophils/immunology

KW - Phagocytosis

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 2931950

SN - 0001-6101

VL - 218

SP - 73

EP - 78

JO - Acta Medica Scandinavica

JF - Acta Medica Scandinavica

IS - 1

ER -