Differential role of neurokinin receptors in human lymphocyte and monocyte chemotaxis |
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Authors: | Hood V C Cruwys S C Urban L Kidd B L |
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Affiliation: | William Harvey Research Institute, St Bartholomew's & Royal London School of Medicine, Charterhouse Square, EC1M 6BQ, London, UK. |
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Abstract: | The precise nature of neurokin receptor involvement in human immune cell chemotaxis is unclear. This study therefore sought to directly compare the chemotactic effects of neurokinins on human T lymphocytes and monocytes. Substance P was found to have a similar dose-dependent chemotactic action on T lymphocyte and monocyte populations. In contrast, T lymphocytes were found to be more responsive than monocytes both to the highly selective NK-1 agonist, [Sar(9)Met O(2)(11)]-substance P, and also to the NK-2 selective agonist, beta-alanine neurokinin A((4-10)). Consistent with these findings, substance P-induced chemotaxis of both T lymphocyte and monocytes was attenuated by the selective NK-1 antagonist LY303870. However, the selective NK-2 antagonist MEN 10,376 was only effective in inhibiting the T lymphocyte response. The study confirms that neurokinins have chemotactic actions on immune cells and indicates important functional differences between human T lymphocyte and monocyte responses. This provides a potential mechanism by which the nervous system can selectively influence cellular recruitment in inflammatory disease. |
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