title: IP-10, a gamma-interferon-inducible protein related to interleukin-8, lacks neutrophil activating properties.
abstract: IP-10, a small, gamma-interferon-inducible protein with structural homology to interleukin-8 (IL-8), was prepared by automated chemical synthesis and compared with synthetic IL-8, GRO alpha and neutrophil-activating peptide 2 (NAP-2) for neutrophil stimulating activity. The following functions were tested: cytosolic free calcium changes, chemotaxis in vitro, respiratory burst, exocytosis of azurophil and specific granules from cytochalasin B-pretreated cells, and competition for IL-8 receptor binding. At 1, 10, 100 and 1000 nM, IP-10 was inactive in all assays, in contrast to the reference peptides which exhibited the expected neutrophil stimulating effects. In addition, IP-10 did not induce neutrophil accumulation after intradermal injection in rats, and did not act as IL-8 antagonist.
authors.affiliation: Theodor-Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dewald
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Moser
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barella
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schumacher
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baggiolini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Clark-Lewis
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D054360:Chemokine CXCL1; D054357:Chemokine CXCL10; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005089:Exocytosis / Q000187:drug effects; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000494:pharmacology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects*; D016897:Respiratory Burst / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: C475829:CXCL1 protein, human; D054360:Chemokine CXCL1; D054357:Chemokine CXCL10; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D016207:Cytokines; D006133:Growth Substances; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016209:Interleukin-8; D002118:Calcium