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Copyright © 1980 The Biophysical Society. All rights reserved.
Biophysical Journal, Volume 30, Issue 1, 41-50, 1 April 1980
doi:10.1016/S0006-3495(80)85075-2
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Alterations of the electrophoretic mobility distribution of rat mast cells after immunologic activation
H.R. Petty, B.R. Ware and S.I. Wasserman
Abstract
Changes in the electrophoretic mobility distributions of rat serosal mast cells after immunologic activation have been measured using the laser Doppler technique of electrophoretic light scattering. Rat serosal mast cells of 98% purity isolated by isopycnic and velocity gradient sedimentation had a highly negative electrophoretic mobility which was unaffected by incubation with normal rabbit serum or, at 4 degrees C or in the absence of Ca+2, with rabbit anti-rat E(ab')2 antiserum. Immunologic activation of the cells with this antiserum in the presence of Ca+2 at 37 degrees C resulted in a dose- and time-dependent increase in the electrophoretic mobility. Thus at a 1:25 dilution of anti-F(ab')2 the mean and mode electrophoretic mobilities of the mast cell population increased 25 and 21%, respectively. The width of the electrophoretic mobility distribution also increased with activation, indicating a heterogeneous response of the mast cells in the population. The increase in electrophoretic mobility after immunologic activation is not diminished by treatment of the cells with 1 M NaCl to solubilize adsorbed mast cell granule or heparin.
