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MC Benyunes and R Snyderman
The study of chemoattractant receptors on human monocytes had been limited
by the lack of a radioligand suitable for use with the small numbers of
cells routinely available from human donors. A new synthetic oligopeptide
radioligand f[35S]met-leu-phe, with a higher specific radioactivity than
was available with the tritiated compound, was used to characterize a
chemoattractant receptor on freshly isolated human blood monocytes. These
cells bind f[35S]met-leu-phe with a dissociation constant (KD) of 30.2 +/-
5.6 nM and contain 84,000 +/- 11,300 receptors per cell. f[35S]met-leu-phe
does not bind specifically to blood lymphocytes. The specificity of the
oligopeptide receptor on monocytes is indistinguishable from the
oligopeptide chemoattractant receptor on human polymorphonuclear
leukocytes. Using f[35S]met-leu- phe, it will now be feasible to study the
chemotactic peptide receptor on small numbers of partially purified
peripheral blood monocytes from patients with defects of immune function.
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