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  • Title: Polymorphonuclear leucocyte (PMN) inhibitory factor prevents PMN-dependent endothelial cell injury by an anti-adhesive mechanism.
    Author: Ohno S, Malik AB.
    Journal: J Cell Physiol; 1997 May; 171(2):212-6. PubMed ID: 9130469.
    Abstract:
    Neutrophil inhibitory factor (NIF), a 41-kD glycoprotein isolated from the canine hookworm, inhibits CD11b/CD18-dependent neutrophil adhesion by binding to CD1lb. We studied the effects of NIF on neutrophil-dependent endothelial cell injury using bovine pulmonary microvessel endothelial cells grown on microporous filters. Endothelial injury was determined as an increase in the transendothelial 125I-albumin clearance rate (a measure of transendothelial permeability). Layering of neutrophils on the endothelial cell monolayer (ratio of 10 neutrophils: 1 endothelial cell) followed by activation of neutrophils with 500 nM of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) increased transendothelial permeability of albumin by 3- to 4-fold over control monolayers. Pretreatment of neutrophils with NIF at concentrations of 100 nM and above prevented the increased permeability. Pretreatment of neutrophils with the anti-CD18 monoclonal antibody (mAb) IB4 similarly prevented the increase of permeability. Pretreatment of neutrophils with OKM-1, a control isotype-matched mAb directed against an irrelevant epitope on CD11b mAb, did not affect the neutrophil-dependent increase in permeability. NIF reduced the adhesion of neutrophils at concentrations of > or = 100 nM and this effect was abolished by an anti-NIF polyclonal Ab. However, NIF did not prevent the generation of superoxide anions following PMA-induced activation of neutrophils layered on endothelial cell. These findings indicate that NIF inhibits the neutrophil-dependent endothelial injury by preventing CD11b/CD18-mediated neutrophil adhesion, but without altering the oxidant generating capacity of neutrophils interacting with the endothelial cell monolayer.
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