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Production of Rantes/CCL5 in human gingival fibroblasts challenged with tumor necrosis factor α
Author(s) -
Mustafa Manal,
Wondimu Biniyam,
Bakhiet Moiz,
Modéer Thomas
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0722.2001.00957.x
Subject(s) - ccl5 , chemokine , proinflammatory cytokine , tumor necrosis factor alpha , interleukin 8 , inflammation , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , cancer research , biology , t cell , immune system , il 2 receptor
Chemokines are small‐secreted proteins that stimulate the directional migration of leukocytes and thereby mediate the inflammatory process. The present study investigates the capacity of human gingival fibroblasts to produce the β chemokine Rantes/CCL5. In situ hybridization, immunohistochemistry and ELISA were used to measure the induction of Rantes/CCL5 at the mRNA and protein levels, both in unstimulated gingival fibroblasts as well as in fibroblasts treated with the proinflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α or interleukin (IL)‐1β. TNFα in different concentrations (0.1–10 ng/ml) induced Rantes/CCL5 mRNA expression and protein production in 24‐h cultures of human gingival fibroblasts. The expression of Rantes/CCL5‐mRNA and protein production, induced by TNFα, was evident at 6 h and thereafter increased continuously during the study period (24 h). IL‐1β (3–300 pg/ml) also enhanced the production of Rantes/CCL5 in gingival fibroblasts. The amount of Rantes/CCL5 induced by IL‐1β (300 pg/ml), however, was less than that induced by TNFα (10 ng/ml). The study suggests that human gingival fibroblasts, by producing the chemokine Rantes/CCL5, participate in the regulation of the host response during the inflammatory process in the periodontal tissue.