title: Pituitary folliculo-stellate-like cell line produces a cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant.
abstract: In previous studies, we reported that cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) was produced in the pituitary gland. Here we investigated the possibility of detection of CINC immunoreactivity in the pituitary folliculo-stellate (FS)-like cell line (TtT/GF). Intense immunoreactivity was observed by immunocytochemistry in the cytoplasm and cell processes of TtT/GF cells. CINC immunoreactivity was detected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in as little as 3 h after conditioning the medium with TtT/GF cells, and it increased significantly in a time-dependent manner during the first 24 h of the culture. This immunoreactivity could be induced by lipopolysaccharide and tumor necrosis factor-alpha in a time- and dose-dependent manner. We also observed the expression of CINC mRNA in TtT/GF cells and LPS increased CINC mRNA accumulation in TtT/GF cells. These findings indicate that CINC produced by FS cells may play a role as a paracrine factor of the anterior pituitary gland, and TtT/GF will provide a useful model system for studying the regulation of CINC secretion by FS cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Z X
authors.initials: ZX
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koike
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jikihara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hirota
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyake
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002460:Cell Line; D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000737:chemistry; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D019743:Chemokines, CXC; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D006133:Growth Substances; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha