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Partial purification of a monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor

Conference · · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6906960
The movement of neutrophils (PMN's) into a wound site is believed to be regulated by the presence of various chemoattractants secreted during the wound repair process. They have now identified and partially characterized a new PMN chemoattractant obtained from human peripheral blood monocyte conditioned medium. The conditioned medium was tested for PMN chemotactic activity using Boyden chambers containing /sup 51/Cr-labeled human PMN's. A biphasic dose response curve with maximal activity at 8 ..mu..g/ml was obtained from concentrated serum-free conditioned medium. Fast protein liquid chromatography (FPLC) using a Mono Q ion exchange resin revealed that the chemotactic activity could be eluted as a single peak between 0.13 and 0.14M NaCl. These active fractions were then pooled and chromatographed on a Superose-12 column. A single peak of activity was recovered which corresponded to a molecular weight of 3-5000 da. Checkerboard analysis indicated that the activity was indeed due to chemotaxis rather than chemokinesis. These results suggest that monocytes are capable of secreting a powerful chemoattractant for PMN's.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Texas Medical Branch and Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston
OSTI ID:
6906960
Report Number(s):
CONF-8604222-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Journal Volume: 45:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English