title: Expression of macrophage inflammatory protein-3alpha in an endometrial epithelial cell line, HHUA, and cultured human endometrial stromal cells.
abstract: It has been demonstrated that human endometrial epithelial cells (EEC) and stromal cells (ESC) produce a variety of chemokines in vivo and in vitro. To evaluate the expression of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-3alpha in endometrial cells, the production of MIP-3alpha by an EEC line, HHUA, and cultured ESC stimulated with various inflammatory mediators was evaluated by ELISA. Unstimulated HHUA and ESC constitutively secreted MIP-3alpha. Tumour necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-1beta significantly stimulated the secretion of MIP-3alpha by HHUA and ESC. Lipopolysaccharide also stimulated the secretion of MIP-3alpha by ESC, but not by HHUA. These results show that the concentration of MIP-3alpha in the endometrium is modulated by these inflammatory mediators. MIP-3alpha may contribute to the normal and pathological processes of human reproduction by regulating the trafficking of immature dendritic cells and memory T lymphocytes into the endometrium.
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D054418:Chemokine CCL20; D019742:Chemokines, CC / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D004717:Endometrium / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D054399:Receptors, CCR6; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C108355:CCL20 protein, human; C106311:CCR6 protein, human; D054418:Chemokine CCL20; D019742:Chemokines, CC; D003470:Culture Media; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D054399:Receptors, CCR6; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha