Human peripheral blood hypodense eosinophil proteins are more labeled with 32P than the normodense eosinophil...

Peripheral blood eosinophils from patients with atopic dermatitis and normal healthy controls were isolated on a Percoll gradient and were incubated with [32P]orthophosphoric acid. After stopping the reaction, SDS/PAGE was performed and autoradiographs were prepared to determine the incorporation of 32P into proteins. Eosinophils developed at least 14 protein bands below 66.2 kDa by SDS/PAGE and the differences of the protein staining patterns between hypodense and normodense eosinophils were present. In the autoradiographs five distinct radioactive bands were observed below 31 kDa. 32P incorporation into the bands of hypodense eosinophils was stronger than that of normodense eosinophils, suggesting possible involvement of protein phosphorylation in the activation process of human eosinophils.