Search results for "Adhesion"

Erythromycin exertsin vivoanti-inflammatory activity downregulating cell adhesion molecule expression

2005

1. Macrolides have long been used as anti-bacterial agents; however, there is some evidence that may exert anti-inflammatory activity. Therefore, erythromycin was used to characterize the mechanisms involved in their in vivo anti-inflammatory activity. 2. Erythromycin pretreatment (30 mg kg(-1) day(-1) for 1 week) reduced the lipopolysaccharide (LPS; intratracheal, 0.4 mg kg(-1))-induced increase in neutrophil count and elastase activity in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung tissue myeloperoxidase activity, but failed to decrease tumor necrosis factor-alpha and macrophage-inflammatory protein-2 augmented levels in BALF. Erythromycin pretreatment also prevented lung P-selectin,…

A small molecule, orally active, α 4 β 1 /α 4 β 7 dual antagonist reduces leukocyte infiltration and airway hyper-responsiveness in an experimental m…

2006

α4β1 and α4β7 integrins are preferentially expressed on eosinophils and mononuclear leukocytes and play critical roles in their recruitment to inflammatory sites. We investigated the effects of TR14035, a small molecule, α4β1/α4β7 dual antagonist, in a rat model of allergic asthma. Actively sensitized rats were challenged with aerosol antigen or saline on day 21, and the responses evaluated 24 and 48-h later. TR14035 (3 mg kg−1, p.o.) was given 1-h before and 4-h after antigen or saline challenge. Airway hyper-responsiveness to intravenous 5-hydroxytryptamine was suppressed in TR14035-treated rats. Eosinophil, mononuclear cell and neutrophil counts, and eosinophil peroxidase and protein con…

Cyclic AMP elevating agents and nitric oxide modulate angiotensin II-induced leukocyte-endothelial cell interactionsin vivo

2001

Angiotensin (Ang-II) is a key molecule in the development of cardiac ischaemic disorders and displays proinflammatory activity in vivo. Since intracellular cyclic nucleotides elevating agents have proved to be effective modulators of leukocyte recruitment, we have evaluated their effect on Ang-II-induced leukocyte-endothelial cell interactions in vivo using intravital microscopy within the rat mesenteric microcirculation. Pretreatment with iloprost significantly inhibited (1 nM) Ang-II-induced increase in leukocyte rolling flux, adhesion and emigration at 60 min by 96, 92 and 90% respectively, and returned leukocyte rolling velocity to basal levels. Pretreatment with salbutamol or co-superf…

Effects of hydrocortisone on binding of IgG or C3b-coated erythrocytes to human monocytes and polymorphonuclear leucocytes.

1979

Control of cellular phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate levels by adhesion signals and Rho GTPases in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts

2000

The involvement of small GTPases of the Rho family in the control of phosphoinositide metabolism by adhesion signals was examined in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. Abrogation of adhesion signals by detachment of cells from their substratum resulted in a time-dependent decrease in the cellular level of PtdIns(4,5)P2 by approximately 50%. This effect could be mimicked by treatment of adherent cells with Clostridium difficile toxin B and toxin B-1470, which inhibit specific subsets of Rho and Ras GTPases. Detachment of cells that had been pretreated with the clostridial toxins did not cause a further reduction in PtdIns(4,5)P2 levels, suggesting that the target GTPases are integrated into the control of…

Differential gene expression in p53-mediated G(1) arrest of human fibroblasts after gamma-irradiation or N-phosphoacetyl-L-aspartate treatment.

2000

In human fibroblasts, N:-phosphoacetyl-L-aspartate (PALA) and gamma-radiation induce reversible and irreversible p53-mediated G(1) cell cycle arrest, respectively. By coupling the premature chromosome condensation technique to fluorescence in situ hybridization, we found no evidence of DNA damage after PALA treatment. We used representational difference analysis (cDNA-RDA) to study changes in gene expression after PALA treatment and gamma-radiation in normal human fibroblasts. The mammary-derived growth inhibitor (MDGI) gene was expressed in PALA-treated cells. Ectopic MDGI expression arrested PALA-treated but not irradiated RKO cells. Expression of an antisense RNA against MDGI resulted in…

Integrin cytoplasmic domain and pITAM compete for spleen tyrosine kinase binding

2019

ABSTRACTIn hematopoietic tissues cell-cell communication involves immunoreceptors and specialized cell adhesion receptors that both mediate intracellular signals. Spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) is a non-receptor tyrosine kinase involved in the downstream signaling of both immunoreceptors tyrosine activation motif (ITAM) receptors and integrin family cell adhesion receptors. Both phosphorylated ITAM (pITAM) and integrins bind to the regulatory domain of Syk composed of two Src homology 2 (SH2) domains. The interaction with pITAM is mediated by binding of a specific phosphotyrosine to each of the SH2 domains, leading to conformational changes and Syk kinase activation. Integrins bind to the int…

Establishment of a pulmonary epithelial barrier on biodegradable poly-L-lactic-acid membranes

2019

Development of biocompatible and functional scaffolds for tissue engineering is a major challenge, especially for development of polarised epithelia that are critical structures in tissue homeostasis. Different in vitro models of the lung epithelial barrier have been characterized using non-degradable polyethylene terephthalate membranes which limits their uses for tissue engineering. Although poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) membranes are biodegradable, those prepared via conventional Diffusion Induced Phase Separation (DIPS) lack open-porous geometry and show limited permeability compromising their use for epithelial barrier studies. Here we used PLLA membranes prepared via a modification of the…

Review: How was metazoan threshold crossed? The hypothetical Urmetazoa.

2001

The origin of Metazoa remained — until recently — the most enigmatic of all phylogenetic problems. Sponges [Porifera] as ‘living fossils’, positioned at the base of multicellular animals, have been used to answer basic questions in metazoan evolution by molecular biological techniques. During the last few years, cDNAs/genes coding for informative proteins have been isolated and characterized from sponges, especially from the marine demosponges Suberites domuncula and Geodia cydonium. The analyses of their deduced amino acid sequences allowed a molecular biological resolution of the monophyly of Metazoa. Molecules of the extracellular matrix/basal lamina, with the integrin receptor, fibronec…

Pollen-stigma adhesion in Brassica spp involves SLG and SLR1 glycoproteins.

1999

The adhesion of pollen grains to the stigma is the first step of pollination in flowering plants. During this step, stigmas discriminate between pollen grains that can and cannot be permitted to effect fertilization. This selection is operated by various constituents of the cell walls of both partners. Several genes structurally related to the self-incompatibility system that prevents self-pollination in Brassica spp are known to target their products into the stigma cell wall. We proposed previously that one of these genes, the one encoding the S locus glycoprotein (SLG)-like receptor 1 (SLR1), which is coexpressed with that encoding SLG, may participate in pollen-stigma adhesion. Here, we…