title: Effects of C-reactive protein on human neutrophil granulocytes challenged with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine and platelet-activating factor.
abstract: The effects of C-reactive protein (CRP), the prototypical acute-phase reactant were studied on human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNL) challenged with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP) and platelet-activating factor (PAF). CRP at 8-64 micrograms/ml concentrations inhibited degranulation and superoxide production by PMNL in time-, and dose-dependent manner and stabilized PMNL membranes against the lytic effect of lysophosphatidylcholine. CRP was also capable of binding PAF and in lesser extent fMLP. Furthermore, CRP, 32 micrograms/ml, diminished specific binding of [3H]-fMLP and [3H]-PAF to PMNL. These findings imply that CRP may play an important protective role during the early phase of acute inflammatory reactions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathophysiology, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Filep
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Földes-Filep
mesh_terms: D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000187:drug effects; D003594:Cytoplasmic Granules / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines; D010972:Platelet Activating Factor; D013481:Superoxides; D009240:N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine; D002097:C-Reactive Protein