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Identification of the mouse calcium‐binding proteins, MRP 8 and MRP 14, in Schistosoma mansoni ‐induced granulomas: biochemical and functional characterization
Author(s) -
Yang TzungHorng,
Tzeng Sinfu,
Cheng I.,
Burnett Mark G.,
Yoshizawa Yusuke,
Fukuyama Kimie,
Lee ShengChung,
Epstein William L.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of leukocyte biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.819
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1938-3673
pISSN - 0741-5400
DOI - 10.1002/jlb.61.3.258
Subject(s) - biology , schistosoma mansoni , identification (biology) , calcium , calcium binding protein , schistosomiasis , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , immunology , helminths , medicine , ecology
Granuloma Initiation factor (GIF), which elicits a granulomatous reaction in naive murine skin, contains low‐molecular‐weight proteins partially purified from organized granulomas developed in livers of mice with schistosomiasis. In this study, we found that 10‐ and 14‐kDa proteins in the GIF are highly homologous to mouse migration inhibitory factor‐related protein (MRP) 8 and MRP 14. Compared with the N‐terminal amino acid sequence deduced from each corresponding cDNA, the 10‐kDa protein from the granuloma lacks the first methionine, whereas the 14 kDa misses methionine, alanine, and asparagine. Immunohistochemically, cells expressing MRP 8 and MRP 14 considerably increased in different murine tissues after Schistosoma mansoni infection and concentrated in liver around the dilated bloodvessels and at the edge of granulomas. The staining of differentiated macrophages and epithelioid cells located in the center of the granulomas was negative. Immunoreactivity of peritoneal exudate cells also was found to gradually disappear with time in cell culture. Furthermore, in vivo effects of the recombinant proteins in murine skin were described histologically. Both MRPs caused severe infiltration of neutrophils and monocytes during 7–14 days. The reaction resulting from individual MRP implantation became minimal after 50 days but inoculation of the Ca 2+ ‐dependent heterodimers showed an extensive eosinophil accumulation. J. Leukoc. Biol. 61: 258–266; 1997.