Transforming growth factor beta enhances integrin expression and type IV collagenase secretion in human monocytes.
AUTOR(ES)
Wahl, S M
RESUMO
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), secreted within an inflammatory site or injected locally, induces leukocyte margination, chemotaxis, and accumulation. In addition to its potent direct chemotactic activity, TGF-beta may promote this leukocyte response by influencing cell surface integrin expression. At picomolar concentrations, TGF-beta increases steady-state mRNA levels for both the alpha 5 and the beta 1 chain of the fibronectin receptor in human blood monocytes. This increase in gene expression is reflected by selectively enhanced expression of alpha 5 (CDw49e), beta 1 (CDw29), and also alpha 3 (CDw49c) adhesion molecules on the cell surface. Functionally, TGF-beta promotes, in a dose- and time-dependent fashion, monocyte adhesion to type IV collagen, laminin, and fibronectin. Potentially facilitating the movement of monocytes through the extracellular matrix, TGF-beta triggers transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of both the 92-kDa and the 72-kDa gelatinase/type IV collagenase. Thus, TGF-beta may play a pivotal role in the early phases of inflammation and repair through its ability to mediate monocyte adhesion, chemotaxis, and enzymatic digestion of extracellular matrix, whereas in chronic lesions, excess TGF-beta may contribute to persistent leukocyte accumulation.
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