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Rantes potentiates human macrophage aggregation and activation responses to calcium ionophore (A23187) and activates arachidonic acid pathways.

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:Regulated on activation, normal T-cell expressed and presumably secreted (RANTES), which generally mediates monocyte-macrophage (MO) activation and recruitment, is a protein of 8-10 kD that chemoattracts eosinophils, monocytes and certain T leukocyte subsets. RANTES is coded for by a gene cluster located on human chromosome 17 and is a human T-cell specific molecule. RANTES is a member of a beta intercrine subfamily reported to be a selective chemoattractant for human monocytes rather than neutrophils, and is also a chemoattractant for memory T lymphocytes, CD4+ cells. RANTES is a modulator of many important macrophage functions in addition to aggregation, such as chemotaxis and phagocytosis. Our investigations focussed on the ability to modulate the aggregation of macrophages induced by calcium ionophore A23187. The ionophore A23187 directly induced potent aggregation of MO which was markedly enhanced when the cells were pretreated with RANTES. However, the addition of RANTES in the absence of other co-stimuli did not directly induce aggregation. Additional cytokines examined for possible induction of macrophage aggregation were interleukin-1 (IL-1), tumor necrosis alpha (TNF-alpha), and IL-6; all proved to be incapable of inducing aggregation directly, nor did they enhance the effects of A23187 on macrophage aggregation. Additionally, we found that RANTES can directly stimulate MO to activate specific pathways of arachidonic acid cascade, inducing a synthesis and release of thromboxane (TxA2) and leukotriene B4 (LTB4). RANTES did not augment the potent ability of A23187 to induce increased production of LTB4 or TxA2 by human MO. These data suggest that RANTES can contribute directly to monocyte-leukocyte-activation during inflammatory responses, resulting in greater cell aggregation, activation, and specific pro-inflammatory arachidonic acid products release, such as TxA2 and LTB4.

journal_name

J Biol Regul Homeost Agents

journal_title

Journal of biological regulators and homeostatic agents

authors

Shanmugham LN,Petrarca C,Castellani ML,Frydas S,Vecchiet J,Conti P,Tete S

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

15-23

issue

1-2

eissn

0393-974X

issn

1724-6083

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Rantes potentiates human macrophage aggregation and activation responses to calcium ionophore (A23187) and activates arachidonic acid pathways.