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Heinemann, A; Sturm, GJ; Ofner, M; Sturm, EM; Weller, C; Peskar, BA; Hartnell, A.
Stem cell factor stimulates the chemotaxis, integrin upregulation, and survival of human basophils.
J ALLERG CLIN IMMUNOL. 2005; 116: 820-826.
Doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2005.06.008
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- Heinemann Akos
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- Böhm Eva
- Peskar Bernhard
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- BACKGROUND: Little is known about the mechanisms that regulate the selective recruitment of basophils to sites of allergic inflammation. OBJECTIVE: Here we examine the role of stem cell factor (SCF) in the regulation of basophil function. METHODS: Human basophils were isolated from peripheral blood, and their migration was investigated in chemotaxis assays. Apoptosis was detected by means of annexin V and propidium iodide staining. The expression of cell-surface molecules was measured by means of flow cytometry. RESULTS: SCF amplified the chemotactic responsiveness of human peripheral blood basophils to the chemoattractants eotaxin, monocyte chemotactic protein 2 and macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha, and C5a, without being chemotactic or chemokinetic by itself. SCF synergized with chemoattractants in causing basophil upregulation of the integrin CD11b, and this effect was inhibited by a c-kit antibody, the tyrosine kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate (STI-571), and a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase inhibitor but not by inhibitors of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase or mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase. Basophils bound fluorescence-labeled SCF and expressed its receptor, c-kit, which was markedly upregulated in culture for 24 to 48 hours in the presence of IL-3. Moreover, SCF prolonged basophil survival in concert with IL-3 by delaying apoptosis. These effects of SCF were selective for basophils because chemotaxis and CD11b upregulation of eosinophils or neutrophils were unchanged. CONCLUSION: SCF might be an important selective modulator of basophil function through a phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase-dependent pathway.
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- Antigens, CD11b - metabolism
- Basophils - cytology
- Cell Survival - drug effects
- Chemokines, CC - administration and dosage
- Chemotactic Factors - administration and dosage
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte - drug effects
- Complement C5a - administration and dosage
- Drug Synergism - administration and dosage
- Humans - administration and dosage
- In Vitro - administration and dosage
- Integrins - metabolism
- Interleukin-3 - administration and dosage
- Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 - administration and dosage
- Monocyte Chemoattractant Proteins - administration and dosage
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit - metabolism
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't - metabolism
- Signal Transduction - drug effects
- Stem Cell Factor - administration and dosage
- Up-Regulation - drug effects
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- basophils
- chemoattractants
- allergy
- stem cell factor
- c-kit