Direct cytotoxicity of polymorphonuclear leukocyte granule proteins to human lung-derived cells and endothelial cells.
Direct cytotoxicity of polymorphonuclear leukocyte granule proteins to human lung-derived cells and endothelial cells.
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多形核白细胞颗粒蛋白对人肺源性细胞和内皮细胞的直接细胞毒性。
DOI:
10.1164/ajrccm/141.1.179
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1990
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Ganz,T
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Okrent,DG;Lichtenstein,AK;Ganz,T
Neutrophlls, In the course of defending the host against microbial Invasion, release a potent arsenal of proteins that can potentially damage host tissues. Defenslns are major peptldes of human polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) granules and are both broadly microbicidal and cytotoxic to several tumor cell lines. Todetermine whether these peptldes could play a role In neutrophllmediated lung Injury, we examined the cytotoxicity of defenslns and other PMN granule proteins in a chromium release assay with human lung-derlved cell lines MRC-5 (lung fetal fibroblast), A549 (lung adenocarcinoma with features of alveolar epithelium), and primary cultures of human umblll· cal vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Crude fractionation of an acid extract of human PMNgranules yielded four fractions AD. Only fraction D (containing mostly defenslns) was significantly cytotOXic to all three target cells. In contrast, fraction A (containing myeloperoxldase and lactoferrln) and fraction C (containing lysozyme) had little effect, and fraction B (containing chiefly cathepsin G and elastase) was only injurious to endothelial cells. The cytotoxicity of whole PMNgranule extracts on pulmonary epithelial and fibroblast targeta could be completely accounted for by their defensin content. Fraction D-and defensln-medlated cytotoxicity was concentration dependent, required at least 10 to 12 h to become manifest, and was Inhibited by serum. The role of these peptldes