TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR BETA (LYMPHOTOXIN) INHIBITS LOCOMOTION AND STIMULATES THE RESPIRATORY BURST AND DE-GRANULATION OF NEUTROPHILS

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  • 1 March 1988
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 63  (3) , 507-512
Abstract
The data presented here demonstrate that recombinant human tumour necrosis factor beta (rHuTNF-.beta.; lymphotoxin) is a neutrophil modulator. The lymphokine inhibited the locomotion of neutrophils and augmented the neutrophil oxygen-dependent respiratory burst in response to N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), as measured by their capacity to produce chemiluminescence, H2O2 and superoxide. The effects on the respiratory burst occurred at a tenth of the concentration of TNF .beta. required to inhibit locomotion. After incubation with TNF .beta., the neutrophils could be washed without any reduction in their capacity to show augmented responses. The TNF .beta. enhanced granule enzyme (lysozyme and .beta.-glucuronidase) release of neutrophils stimulated with cytochalasin B-FMLP.

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