title: Regulation of eosinophil migration by adult T cell leukemia-derived factor.
abstract: Adult T cell leukemia-derived factor (ADF), originally defined as an IL-2 receptor alpha-chain (IL-2R alpha)/p55 (Tac) inducer, is a human thioredoxin homologue and has many cytokine-like activities. In this study, we examined the regulatory effect of ADF on eosinophil migration using human eosinophils and an eosinophilic subline of HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells, YY-1. rADF induced migration of eosinophils from patients with hypereosinophilia, although rADF exhibited little activity on eosinophils from healthy donors. When human eosinophils were incubated with rADF (0.1-10 micrograms/ml) at 37 degrees C for 24 h, both chemotactic and chemokinetic activity of the complement anaphylatoxin peptide C5a on eosinophil migration was markedly enhanced in a dose-dependent manner. Similarly, this enhancing effect of rADF was observed in the migration assay using YY-1 cells. In contrast, rADF showed no modulation of migratory behavior of human eosinophils and YY-1 cells by IL-3, IL-5, nor granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor. Scatchard analysis of C5a receptors on YY-1 cells using 125I-C5a showed that rADF modulated neither the density nor the affinity of the cell membrane significantly. Furthermore, mutant ADF (mADF), which had no reducing activity, had no enhancing effect on C5a-induced eosinophil migration. These results indicate a possible involvement of ADF in the recruitment of eosinophils through redox regulation by a dithiol reductase activity.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirashima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Waga
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsurufuji
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yodoi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D016207:Cytokines; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D044087:Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a; D011951:Receptors, Complement / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D044087:Receptor, Anaphylatoxin C5a; D011951:Receptors, Complement; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C055533:adult T cell leukemia-derived factor