Biosynthesis and secretion of the third component of complement by human endothelial cells in vitro.

Abstract:

:The third component of complement (C3) is synthesized and released by cultured human capillary endothelial cells. After the incubation of cells in a methionine-free medium containing 35S-methionine for 48 hr, culture supernatants were immunoprecipitated with anti-human C3 serum. SDS solubilization and 2-ME reduction of the immunoprecipitates, followed by separation with SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and autoradiography, revealed two major bands comparable to those of the alpha and beta chains of human C3. The content of C3 in the culture medium harvested at different time-intervals was determined by ELISA. The C3 secretion rate was about 250 ng/10(6) cells/5 days in the primary culture medium and 75 ng/10(6) cells/5 days after seven passages. The capillary endothelial cells described here have factor VIIIRAg specific for endothelial cells, and exhibit ring formation resembling capillary lumina, but they lack Weibel-Palade bodies.

journal_name

Immunology

journal_title

Immunology

authors

Ueki A,Sai T,Oka H,Tabata M,Hosokawa K,Mochizuki Y

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1987-05-01 00:00:00

pages

11-4

issue

1

eissn

0019-2805

issn

1365-2567

journal_volume

61

pub_type

杂志文章