TNF-induced haptoglobin release from human neutrophils: pivotal role of the TNF p55 receptor |
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Authors: | Berkova N Gilbert C Goupil S Yan J Korobko V Naccache P H |
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Institution: | Laboratoire d'endocrinologie de la reproduction and Unité de recherche en genétique humaine et moléculaire, Centre de recherche de St-Fran?oise d'Assise, Québec, Canada. |
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Abstract: | Haptoglobin (Hp), TNF-alpha, and neutrophils are parts of a highly interactive ensemble participating in inflammatory processes. Hp is taken up by neutrophils, stored within a cytoplasmic granular compartment, and is secreted during phagocytosis by those cells. In the present study, the effects of TNF-alpha on the release of Hp from human neutrophils were investigated. Incubation of neutrophils with TNF-alpha induced the release of Hp from cells in a time- and concentration-dependent manner as revealed by Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence. The release of Hp induced by TNF-alpha was not due to nonspecific lysis of the cells. TNF-alpha is a highly pleiotropic cytokine that mediates its effects by binding to two distinct receptors (p55 and p75). Administration of TNF-alpha mutants binding specifically either to the p55 or to the p75 TNF receptors showed that there is a preference of TNF-alpha for the p55 receptor in the mediation of Hp release by neutrophils. A stimulated release of Hp was also induced by the chemotactic tripeptide fMLP. The TNF-alpha-induced release of Hp from neutrophils was inhibited by erbstatin, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor. These findings suggest that TNF-alpha may promptly increase the level of Hp at sites of infection or injury, leading to the modulation of the acute inflammatory response. |
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