Effect of vinblastine, vincristine, and vindesine on neutrophil phagocytosis and iodination
Chohan, V.; Lowenthal, R.M.
Cancer Treatment Reports 66(3): 505-508
1982
ISSN/ISBN: 0361-5960 PMID: 7037181 Document Number: 185966
The ability of neutrophils to phagocytose Saccharomyces cerevisiae and iodinate Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans was evaluated when the neutrophils were incubated with therapeutic and above-therapeutic concentrations of vinblastine, vincristine or vindesine. The phagocytic capacity, but not the phagocytic rate, was decreased in the presence of vincristine but not the other drugs. Above-therapeutic concentrations of vinblastine and vincristine reduced the iodination of C. albicans when compared with the control. Therapeutic doses of these drugs apparently were not detrimental to important neutrophil functions.