Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Kähler, CM; Schratzberger, P; Kaufmann, G; Hochleitner, B; Bechter, O; Götsch, C; Wöll, E; Marschang, P; Herold, M; Wiedermann, CJ.
Transendothelial migration of leukocytes and signalling mechanisms in response to the neuropeptide secretoneurin.
Regul Pept. 2002; 105(1):35-46
Doi: 10.1016/S0167-0115(01)00379-2
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- Abstract:
- Secretoneurin (SN), a newly discovered neuropeptide, may be implicated in inflammatory responses as it was shown to modulate leukocyte, endothelial and mesenchymal cell functions. Neutrophils placed above pulmonary arterial or venous endothelial monolayers migrated through this cellular barrier in response to apical or basal stimulation with SN in a dose-dependent manner. At optimal concentrations of 10(-6) to 10(-8) M, SN was nearly equally effective in stimulating neutrophil transmigration as was tumor necrosis factor-alpha at 10 ng/ml or a chemotactic gradient of formyl-Met-Leu-Phe (10(-8) M). Stimulation of transendothelial migration appears to be specific, since a trypsin digest of SN was ineffective and excess concentrations of anti-SN antibodies completely abolished the effect. Inhibition of cyclooxygenase or nitric oxide synthase did not affect the action of SN. Preincubation of endothelial cells with pertussistoxin (PTx) or choleratoxin (CTx), and the presence of staurosporine significantly inhibited transmigration, suggesting that SN uses a signalling pathway that is coupled to G-proteins and protein kinase C in endothelium. Moreover, SN treatment resulted in transient elevation of cytoplasmatic calcium concentration in endothelial cells. These data support the hypothesis that SN might contribute to neurogenic inflammation in vivo and reveal signalling mechanisms of SN in endothelial cells.
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