title: Oral and skin keratinocytes are stimulated to secrete monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 by tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interferon-gamma.
abstract: Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a member of the CC subfamily of chemokines. It is chemoattractant for monocytes, activated memory T cells and dendritic cells. We studied MCP-1 mRNA and protein production in cultured human oral keratinocytes (OK) and skin keratinocytes (SK). MCP-1 production was undetectable in resting keratinocytes. However, stimulation with tumour necrosis factors (TNF-alpha) or interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) induced MCP-1 mRNA and protein synthesis in both cell types. Together, TNF-alpha and IFN-gamma acted synergistically to increase MCP-1 production. In each case MCP-1 production was greater for SK than OK. The kinetics of IFN-gamma-induced MCP-1 production were similar for both cell types, peaking around 72 h. In contrast, TNF-alpha induced a more rapid increase in MCP-1 production by SK than OK, peak production occurring after 24 and 72 h, respectively. IL-1alpha and IL-4 did not induce MCP-1 production. However, in combination with IFN-gamma, they induced a small extra increase in MCP-1 production in SK but not OK.
authors.affiliation: Oral Disease Research Centre, St. Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Farthing
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Thornhill
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D007371:Interferon-gamma