title: Human eosinophil chemotaxis and selective in vivo recruitment by sphingosine 1-phosphate.
abstract: Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a sphingolipid mediator that is involved in diverse biological functions. Local administration of S1P causes inflammation coupled to a large eosinophil (EO) recruitment in the rat-paw tissue. The inflammatory response is accompanied by an increase in S1P receptors, namely S1P(1), S1P(2), S1P(3), and by an enhanced expression of CCR3, which is the main chemokine receptor known to be involved in EO function. Human EOs constitutively express S1P(1) and, at a lower extent, S1P(2), S1P(3) receptors. S1P in vitro causes cultured human EO migration and an increase in S1P receptor mRNA copies and strongly up-regulates CCR3 and RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell-expressed and secreted) message levels; in particular CCR3 is up-regulated 18,000-fold by S1P. A blocking anti-CCR3 Ab inhibits S1P-induced chemotaxis, implying that S1P acts as specific recruiting signal for EOs not only through its own receptors but also through CCR3. These results show that S1P is involved in EO chemotaxis and contribute to shed light on the complex mechanisms underlying EO recruitment in several diseases such as asthma and some malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Università di Salerno, 84084 Salerno, Italy.
authors.forename: Fiorentina
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Roviezzo
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Del Galdo
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Abbate
authors.forename: Mariarosaria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.forename: Edson
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: De Dominicis
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parente
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cirino
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: De Palma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018946:Chemokine CCL5 / Q000235:genetics; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004487:Edema / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D054397:Receptors, CCR3; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D013110:Sphingosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C515350:CCR3 protein, human; C515352:Ccr3 protein, rat; D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D054397:Receptors, CCR3; D019707:Receptors, Chemokine; C060506:sphingosine 1-phosphate; D013110:Sphingosine