MIGRATION RESPONSES OF HUMAN MONOCYTIC CELL LINES TO α- AND β-CHEMOKINES

doi:10.1006/cyto.1996.0196

Cytokine

Volume 9, Issue 7, July 1997, Pages 521-528

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The β-chemokines monocyte chemotactic protein 1 (MCP-1), macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha (MIP-1α), MIP-1β and regulated on activation, normal T cells, expressed and secreted (RANTES) induced the in vitro migration of the monocytic cell line MonoMac-6. MCP-1 exhibits the most potent chemotactic effect on this cell line while MIP-1α, RANTES and to a lesser extent MIP-1β were more moderate inducers of cell migration. MonoMac-6 migration in response to chemokines was shown to be a chemotactic and not a chemokinetic response, which was inhibited by pertussis and cholera toxins suggesting a role for G proteins in chemokine receptor-mediated signalling in these cells; chemotaxis of MonoMac-6 cells in response to MCP-1 was abrogated by the addition of anti-MCP-1 antibody. The response of MonoMac-6 cells to the α-chemokines IL-8, IP-10, growth-related peptide (Gro) α and MIP-2β was substantially weaker than to the β-chemokines. MCP-1 caused an alteration in cellular morphology by increasing ruffling at the cell membrane and the number of cells exhibiting extended pseudopodia. The chemotactic response of MonoMac-6 cells to β-chemokines was compared with less well-differentiated myelomonocytic cell lines. THP-1 showed a similar, but weaker response to the β-chemokines while both HL60 and U937 failed to respond to any member of this subfamily when tested under the same conditions. These results suggest that the differentiation status of cells of monocytic lineage may affect their response to β-chemokines.

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^f1: Correspondence to: R. C. Rees, Department of Life Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton Lane, Notingham NG11 8NS, UK

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