In situ effector pathways of allograft destruction. 3. Plasminogen activator activity in rat renal allografts |
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Authors: | Pál Alföldy Hans Lindroos Anu Soots Arto Nemlander Pekka Häyry |
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Affiliation: | Transplantation Laboratory, Fourth Department of Surgery, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
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Abstract: | The question of which cell components in a rejecting rat renal allograft secrete plasminogen activator (PA) has been analyzed. Although normal renal parenchymal cells also secreted PA, most of the PA in a renal allograft (and to a lesser extent also in an autograft) was produced by the inflammatory leukocytes. Fractionation at 1 g demonstrated that the inflammatory cell population responsible for the PA production in the allograft sedimented together with the large mononuclear phagocytes (macrophages). Fractions purified for small blast cells and large lymphocytes did not contain any PA activity but they were able to induce resting peritoneal macrophages to produce PA when cocultured in vitro. The results demonstrate that the allograft-infiltrating mononuclear phagocytes are "activated" in the sense that they secrete PA and that the activation of mononuclear phagocytes at the site of inflammation may be partially regulated by the inflammatory lymphoid cells. |
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Keywords: | To whom all correspondence should be addressed at: Transplantation Laboratory University of Helsinki Haartmaninkatu 3 SF 00290 Helsinki 29 Finland. |
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