Activated neutrophils secrete stored alpha 1-antitrypsin

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
P PääkköR G Crystal

Abstract

Neutrophil elastase (NE), a potent serine protease, is stored in primary granules of neutrophils and released following neutrophil activation. Alpha-1-antitrypsin (alpha 1-AT), the major inhibitor of NE, is synthesized by mature neutrophils. In the context of the maintenance of tissue homeostasis, we hypothesized that neutrophils may be able to store alpha 1-AT, thus having it available for release concordantly with NE. Immunofluorescence and quantitative flow-cytometric studies of neutrophils and monocytes labeled with fluorescein-conjugated alpha 1-AT-antibody demonstrated larger amounts of cytoplasmic alpha 1-AT in neutrophils than in monocytes. [35S]methionine-labeling and anti-alpha 1-AT immunoprecipitation analysis showed that although both neutrophils and monocytes synthesize alpha 1-AT, the proportion of newly synthesized intracellular alpha 1-AT was much higher in neutrophils than in monocytes. Flow-cytometric analysis showed that in the presence of surface stimulation with cytochalasin B followed by formyl-methionyleucylphenylalanine (fMLP), mean intracellular alpha 1-AT was decreased in stimulated neutrophils compared with that in resting cells, suggesting that the stored alpha 1-AT was rapidly released following sur...Continue Reading

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