Ewha Med J.  2008 Sep;31(2):65-71. 10.12771/emj.2008.31.2.65.

Effects of Transmigration of Bone Marrow Nuclear Cells Through Endothelial Cell and Stromal Cell by Leukotriene B4 and Inhibition of Reactive Oxygen Species

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Korea.

Abstract


OBJECTIVES
Leukotriene B4(LTB4) is lipid mediator derived from membrane phospholipids during the process of inflammation, having many roles(ie; inducer of chemotaxis, the production of nitric oxide, transepithelial migration of neutrophil). The major activities of LTB4 include the recruitment and activation of leukocytes, suggesting that it may involve the process for transendothelial migration of nuclear cells in bone marrow environment. Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) have a cell signaling roles that are involved in signal transduction cascades of numerous growth factor-, cytokine-, and hormone-mediated pathways, and regulate many biological systems. In this present study, we focused on the role of LTB4 and ROS on transmigration of bone marrow nuclear cells across endothelial or stromal cell monolayer.
METHODS
MS-5, murine stromal cell line cells, or bEnd.3, murine microvascular cell line cells, were grown to confluence on microporous transwell membrane. Murine marrow cells were placed on top of the prepared transwell membrane. The transwells were then seated in wells containing media and LTB4 with or without pretreatment of N-acetylcysteine(NAC), an oxygen free radical scavenger, or diphenylene iodonium(DPI), an inhibitor of NADPH oxidase-like flavoproteins. Cells that migrated through the stromal or endothelial layer into the wells were assayed for transendothelial migration.
RESULTS
The numbers of migrated bone marrow nuclear cells through the bEnd.3 were increased by treatment of LTB4(control, 12.5+/-0.2%; 50nM, 22.7+/-0.9%; 100nM, 44.3+/-1.4%; 200 nM, 36.3+/-0.9%; p<0.05). The numbers of migrated bone marrow nuclear cells through the MS-5 were also increased by treatment of LTB4(control, 11.0+/-0.9%; 50nM, 25.7+/-0.9%; 100nM, 35.8+/-1.8%; 200nM, 32.1+/-0.9%; p<0.05). However, increasing effect of LTB4 to the transmigration of bone marrow nuclear cells through the MS-5 or bEnd.3 were inhibited by pretreatment of NAC or DPI.
CONCLUSION
Through our data, it is suggested that LTB4 could induce the transmigration of bone marrow nuclear cells and ROS might be involved on the transendothelial migration of bone marrow nuclear cells by LTB4. It would be very interesting to test the effects of LTB4 and ROS on stem cell mobilization and homing in the future.

Keyword

Leukotriene B4; Reactive Oxygen Species; Transmigration; Bone marrow nuclear cells; Endothelial cell; Stromal cell

MeSH Terms

Bone Marrow*
Cell Line
Chemotaxis
Endothelial Cells*
Flavoproteins
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization
Inflammation
Leukocytes
Leukotriene B4*
Membranes
NADP
Nitric Oxide
Oxygen
Phospholipids
Reactive Oxygen Species*
Signal Transduction
Stromal Cells*
Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration
Flavoproteins
Leukotriene B4
NADP
Nitric Oxide
Oxygen
Phospholipids
Reactive Oxygen Species
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