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Evaluation of flow cytometric methods for diagnosis of chronic granulomatous disease variants under routine laboratory conditions.

Abstract
Neutrophils from 50 pediatric patients with normal phagocyte functions, from 150 healthy adults, from 10 chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)-patients (4 CGD+), and from 18 X-linked carriers for CGD have been tested for their production of H2O2 using staining with dihydrorhodamine 123 and subsequent flow cytometry. Additionally, neutrophils from three patients with myeloperoxidase deficiency were assessed. Cells were activated to produce H2O2 by the phorbol ester phorbol-myristate-acetate (PMA) and by phagocytosis of Escherichia coli bacteria. To evaluate the sensitivity of the method, H2O2-production by neutrophils which was inhibited by different concentrations of diphenyljodonium (DPI) was measured. The results were compared to those from other methods (NBT-testing, cytochrome c-reduction, and especially chemiluminescence). Normal values and ranges of scatter profile were evaluated in terms of peak channel fluorescence: 97% > 700, x = 840 +/- 59 (S.D.), 97% < 890, for pediatric patients. Normal quantitative values also resulted from small blood samples of infants (< 1 year, n = 6, x = 830 +/- 52). For CGD+ (n = 4) the results were clearly far below the normal range. In indicating decreased production of reactive oxygen intermediates the method was at least as sensitive as lucigenin enhanced chemiluminescence. Cytochrome b558-expression of neutrophils from patients and healthy controls was established by flow cytometry following staining with the monoclonal antibody 7D5. The normal range was 97% > 485, 97% < 680, peak channel fluorescence. We conclude that flow cytometric routine diagnostics of CGD can easily enhance the reliability of recognition and the yield of information about this disease compared to conventional methods.
AuthorsA Emmendörffer, M Nakamura, G Rothe, K Spiekermann, M L Lohmann-Matthes, J Roesler
JournalCytometry (Cytometry) Vol. 18 Issue 3 Pg. 147-55 (Sep 15 1994) ISSN: 0196-4763 [Print] United States
PMID7813334 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Peroxidase
Topics
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Female
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Genetic Carrier Screening
  • Genetic Linkage
  • Genetic Variation
  • Granulomatous Disease, Chronic (blood, diagnosis, genetics)
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Neutrophils (physiology)
  • Peroxidase (deficiency)
  • Phagocytosis (genetics)
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • X Chromosome

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