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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Contrasting roles for RANTES and macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α) in a murine model of allergic peritonitis |
Other Titles: | Contrasting roles for RANTES and macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha) in a murine model of allergic peritonitis |
Author: | Das, A. Ajuebor, M. Flower, R. Perretti, M. McColl, S. |
Citation: | Clinical and Experimental Immunology, 1999; 117(2):223-229 |
Publisher: | WILEY |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
ISSN: | 0009-9104 1365-2249 |
Abstract: | Cell accumulation and CC chemokine production were assessed in the peritoneal cavity of ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized mice following antigen challenge. Intraperitoneal challenge with OVA induced a significant eosinophil influx from 6 h post-challenge with increased numbers persisting at 24 h. At 6 h there was also a marked presence of neutrophils. Messenger RNA expression and protein levels for the chemokines RANTES and MIP-1 alpha were measured in the cell pellets and supernatants, respectively, from peritoneal washes following OVA challenge. RANTES mRNA was detected from 2 h to 4 h following OVA injection, whereas mRNA for MIP-1 alpha was only detectable at 4 h. RANTES protein was first detected from 4 h after OVA injection and by 24 h the protein levels had increased further. Basal levels of MIP-1 alpha were detected in peritoneal washes. These levels peaked at 2 h after OVA challenge and rapidly declined to basal levels by 6 h. A functional role for the chemokines was assessed using neutralizing polyclonal antibodies. Co-injection of OVA with anti-RANTES antibodies resulted in a significant inhibition of eosinophil infiltration into the cavity at 6 h and 24 h (63% and 52% inhibition, respectively) without significantly influencing the number of neutrophils present. In contrast, injection of anti-MIP-1 alpha antibodies only inhibited neutrophil migration at the 6 h time point by 44% without significantly affecting the accumulation of eosinophils. These results demonstrate an important role for RANTES in mediating eosinophil influx in allergic inflammation and a contrasting role for MIP-1 alpha in mediating neutrophil recruitment. |
Keywords: | Peritoneal Cavity Eosinophils Neutrophils Animals Mice, Inbred BALB C Mice Peritonitis Hypersensitivity Disease Models, Animal Ovalbumin Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins Immune Sera Injections, Intraperitoneal Cell Movement Time Factors Female Chemokine CCL5 Chemokine CCL4 |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00978.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00978.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Microbiology and Immunology publications |
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