LEUKOTRIENE-B4 INDUCES INVITRO FIBROBLAST CHEMOTAXIS
LEUKOTRIENE-B4 INDUCES INVITRO FIBROBLAST CHEMOTAXIS
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DOI:
10.1111/1523-1747.ep12258678
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
CZARNETZKI, BM
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作者:
MENSING, H;CZARNETZKI, BM
In vitro fibroblast chemotaxis was studied in the presence of synthetic leukotriene B4 (LTB4) and of supernatants from ionophore-stimulated lymphocytes, monocytes and basophils (LMB-S). LTB4 and LMB-S induced a dose-related, directed migration of human and rat embryonic fibroblasts. By checkerboard analysis, this response was chemotactic and not chemokinetic. Optimal migration toward LTB4 occurred at 10-8 M concentrations, while higher concentrations were inhibitory. The LMB-S contained 2 types of fibroblast chemotactic factors, one that corresponded to LTB4 and one additional, heat labile, non-dialyzable substance of > 10 kilodaltons. LTB4 and LMB-S were inactive against transformed human connective tissue cells ([sarcoma] HT 1080, [synovial fluid] McCoy) while these cells moved well in response to conditioned medium derived from confluent fibroblast monolayer cultures. LTB4 is a specific chemoattractant for fibroblasts and it acts in concert with other chemotactic factors derived from inflammatory leukocytes to regulate the influx of fibroblasts to tissue sites.