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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 263: G678-G682, 1992;
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AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 263, Issue 5 678-G682, Copyright © 1992 by American Physiological Society

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Neuropeptides promote neutrophil adherence to endothelial cell monolayers

B. J. Zimmerman, D. C. Anderson and D. N. Granger
Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130.

The objective of this study was to determine whether substance P and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), at physiologically relevant concentrations, affect leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion. Confluent monolayers of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were incubated (40 min) with freshly isolated human neutrophils in the presence or absence of substance P or CGRP (10(-11) M). Both substance P and CGRP caused a significant increase (2-fold) in neutrophil adherence to HUVEC. Monoclonal antibodies (MAb) directed against the leukocyte adhesion glycoproteins CD11/CD18 (MAb IB4) and L-selectin (MAb DREG56) did not attenuate substance P-induced adhesion. Antibodies directed against the endothelial cell adhesion molecules E-selectin (MAb CL2) and ICAM-1 (MAb R6.5) were also without effect on substance P-induced neutrophil adhesion. Similar results were obtained when either MAb IB4, DREG56, CL2, or R6.5 was coincubated with CGRP-stimulated neutrophils and endothelial cells. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-stimulated neutrophil adherence was significantly attenuated by MAb IB4, indicating that CD11/CD18 participates in this adhesion process. The results of this study indicate that 1) the neuropeptides substance P and CGRP promote neutrophil adherence to venular endothelium and 2) the neuropeptide-induced adhesion is not mediated by the adhesion molecules CD11/CD18, L-selectin, E-selectin, or ICAM-1.


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