Because little is known about eosinophils of the human intestine, we measured their C3b and Fc gamma receptor expression and phagocytic activity in mucosal suspensions from colon resections for large bowel neoplasms. Enzymatically dissociated suspensions were enriched for eosinophils by countercurrent centrifugation. C3b and Fc gamma receptors were measured by immunofluorescent assays with flow cytometry. Phagocytosis of Escherichia coli ON2 was determined by an in vitro microscopic method. Suspensions of normal tissue from neoplasm resections yielded 1.8 X 10(6) eosinophils/g mucosa, and these cells were more numerous than either macrophages or neutrophils. Fivefold enrichment was achieved by countercurrent centrifugation, and 75% of these cells expressed C3b receptors and 90% expressed Fc gamma receptors. Sixty-seven percent of mucosal eosinophils were phagocytic for E. coli ON2 and ingested a mean of 4.7 bacteria per cell. Eosinophils accounted for more overall phagocytic activity than either neutrophils or macrophages.
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