Superoxide Generation by Nonadherent Murine BM Cells
Mouse Group . | N . | Vmax (nmol O−2/min/ . | Cumulative O−2 . |
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. | . | 107 cells) . | (nmol/30 min/107 cells) . |
Wild-type mice | 7 | 21 ± 10 | 352 ± 83 |
X-CGD mice | 5 | 0 | 0 |
X-CGD mice after transplantation with MSCV-m91Neo–transduced BM | 5 | 5.4 ± 2.8 | 67 ± 35 |
Mouse Group . | N . | Vmax (nmol O−2/min/ . | Cumulative O−2 . |
---|---|---|---|
. | . | 107 cells) . | (nmol/30 min/107 cells) . |
Wild-type mice | 7 | 21 ± 10 | 352 ± 83 |
X-CGD mice | 5 | 0 | 0 |
X-CGD mice after transplantation with MSCV-m91Neo–transduced BM | 5 | 5.4 ± 2.8 | 67 ± 35 |
Superoxide dismutase-inhibitable superoxide production was measured in nonadherent BM cells (which contain ≈50% to 60% mature neutrophils) using a continuous cytochrome c reduction assay, as described in Materials and Methods. Data are the mean ± SD. Greater than 95% of wild-type nonadherent BM neutrophils were NBT+, whereas the percentage of NBT+ neutrophils in X-CGD mice after transplantation with MSCV-m91Neo–transduced BM ranged from 62% to 82% (mean, 68% ± 7%). Two of the transplanted X-CGD mice had been challenged with A fumigatus 10 weeks after transplantation; the remaining three were studied 6 weeks after transplantation and were not challenged with A fumigatus.