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Increased hypodense eosinophils after activation with PAF-acether and calcium ionophore in asthmatic subjects.

Eosinophils play a major role in the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma. In this study, we examined the density characteristics of blood eosinophils from 9 normal healthy individuals and 9 allergic asthmatic patients. Furthermore, the effect of platelet-activating factor, a potent mediator of inflammation, and calcium ionophore, A23187, on the density of normodense eosinophils (density > 1.085 g/ml) has also been examined. Initially, asthmatic patients had 27.0 +/- 1.1% eosinophils of lighter density (density < or = 1.081 g/ml), significantly greater than that in the normal individuals (7.5 +/- 0.5%). After exposure to platelet-activating factor (1 microM) or calcium ionophore (A23187, 1 microgram/ml), the normodense eosinophils switched to hypodense in both groups: 16.7 +/- 2.1% and 54.2 +/- 3.7%, respectively, in normal individuals, and 30.6 +/- 5.7% and 77.4 +/- 2.3%, respectively, in asthmatic patients. These data demonstrated that a certain percentage of normodense eosinophils from asthmatics and normal subjects switched to hypodense after activation with platelet-activating factor or calcium ionophore. Furthermore, eosinophils from asthmatics switched to a greater degree than in normal subjects, suggesting that the normodense eosinophils in asthmatics become primed probably by endogenously released mediators.