TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of poly(ethyleneglycol)-modified hemoglobin vesicles on N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine-induced responses of polymorphonuclear neutrophils in vitro
AU - Ito, Takatoshi
AU - Fujihara, Mitsuhiro
AU - Abe, Hideki
AU - Yamaguchi, Miki
AU - Wakamoto, Shinobu
AU - Takeoka, Shinji
AU - Sakai, Hiromi
AU - Tsuchida, Eishun
AU - Ikeda, Hisami
AU - Ikebuchi, Kenji
N1 - Funding Information:
We express our gratitude to the late Dr. Sadayoshi Sekiguchi, the ex-director of the Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center, for his support of this study. This work was supported in part by a Health Science Research Grant (Artificial Blood Project) from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan (#12480268).
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - [Poly(ethyleneglycol)]-modified hemoglobin vesicles (PEG-HbV), a type of encapsulated hemoglobin, have been developed as artificial oxygen carriers and it is important to evaluate their blood compatibility. We studied the effects of PEG-HbV on human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) in vitro, focusing on the functional responses to N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) as an agonist. The pretreatment of the PMNs with PEG-HbV up to a concentration of 60 mg/dl Hb did not affect the fMLP-triggered chemotactic activity. In parallel to these results, the fMLP-induced upregulation of CD11b (Mac-1) levels on the PEG-HbV-pretreated PMNs was comparable to that of untreated cells. Furthermore, the pretreatment of the PMNs with the PEG-HbV even at 600 mg/dl Hb did not affect the gelatinase B (Matrix methalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9)) release, suggesting that the fMLP-induced release of secondary and tertiary granules was normal. In addition, the fMLP-triggered superoxide production of the PMNs was unchanged by the pretreatment with the PEG-HbV at 600 mg/dl Hb. Thus, these results suggest that PEG-HbV, at the concentrations studied, have no aberrant effects on the fMLP-triggered functions of human PMNs.
AB - [Poly(ethyleneglycol)]-modified hemoglobin vesicles (PEG-HbV), a type of encapsulated hemoglobin, have been developed as artificial oxygen carriers and it is important to evaluate their blood compatibility. We studied the effects of PEG-HbV on human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) in vitro, focusing on the functional responses to N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) as an agonist. The pretreatment of the PMNs with PEG-HbV up to a concentration of 60 mg/dl Hb did not affect the fMLP-triggered chemotactic activity. In parallel to these results, the fMLP-induced upregulation of CD11b (Mac-1) levels on the PEG-HbV-pretreated PMNs was comparable to that of untreated cells. Furthermore, the pretreatment of the PMNs with the PEG-HbV even at 600 mg/dl Hb did not affect the gelatinase B (Matrix methalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9)) release, suggesting that the fMLP-induced release of secondary and tertiary granules was normal. In addition, the fMLP-triggered superoxide production of the PMNs was unchanged by the pretreatment with the PEG-HbV at 600 mg/dl Hb. Thus, these results suggest that PEG-HbV, at the concentrations studied, have no aberrant effects on the fMLP-triggered functions of human PMNs.
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U2 - 10.1081/BIO-100108548
DO - 10.1081/BIO-100108548
M3 - Article
C2 - 11795629
AN - SCOPUS:18244388252
VL - 29
SP - 427
EP - 437
JO - Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology
JF - Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology
SN - 2169-1401
IS - 6
ER -