Involvement of intracellular cyclic GMP and cyclic GMP-dependent protein kinase in alpha-elastin-induced macrophage chemotaxis

Journal of Biochemistry
S KamisatoK Okamoto

Abstract

alpha-Elastin with an average molecular mass of 70 kDa, an oxalic acid fragmentation product of highly purified insoluble elastin, induced the migration of macrophages, with maximum activity at 10(-1) microg/ml. Relative to the positive control of 10(-8) M N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP), the responsiveness of macrophages to alpha-elastin was nearly the same. Checkerboard analysis demonstrated that the cell movement is chemotaxis and not chemokinesis. A homologous deactivation test showed the possibility of the existence of alpha-elastin-recognizing sites on macrophages. In connection with macrophage chemotaxis in response to alpha-elastin, the intracellular signaling pathway was examined. The guanosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) level was enhanced in macrophages stimulated by alpha-elastin, whereas the adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) level was not. Chemotaxis assaying of macrophages treated with 8-Br cGMP- and dibutyryl cAMP-loaded macrophages indicated that cGMP promotes cell movement and cAMP suppresses cell locomotion. The possible involvement of protein kinases in the alpha-elastin signaling pathway was explored by use of inhibitors specific for cGMP-dependent protein kinase (PKG), cAMP-de...Continue Reading

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