Abstract
Leukocyte adhesion to kidney cells is an early event in renal inflammation, such as glomerulonephritis. We developed an experimental model of monocyte adhesion to cultured human mesangial cells. U-937 myelomonocytic leukaemia cells, similar to peripheral blood human monocytes, irreversibly bound to mesangial cell monolayers upon 30-180 min coincubations (to a max. of 13,600 +/- 1100/cm2 monolayer), as assessed by cell counting, U-937 labelling with 3H-thymidine, and colorimetry of nuclear staining with crystal violet. Adhesion was enhanced in mesangial cells proliferating in response to 17% fetal bovine serum, indicating expression of a proinflammatory phenotype. E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and protein kinase C activation with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) potentiated monocyte binding during either coincubation or 24-h pretreatment (0.1 microM PMA, +200 +/- 21%). Binding was also promoted by pretreatment with vasoconstrictors, such as the thromboxane A2 mimetic, U-46619 (10 nM-1 microM, max. +35 +/- 3%), or 1 microM angiotensin II (+64 +/- 4%). To elucidate the mechanisms of monocyte adhesion, we analysed the adhesion molecules expressed by human mesangial cells, employing revers...Continue Reading
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