Stimulation of locomotion of peripheral blood monocytes by human plasma fibronectin

K Yonemasu, A Nakanishi, T Sasaki… - Microbiology and …, 1983 - Wiley Online Library
K Yonemasu, A Nakanishi, T Sasaki, S Kashiba
Microbiology and Immunology, 1983Wiley Online Library
The motility of human peripheral blood granulocytes and monocytes in response to human
plasma fibronectin was quantified by an in vitro assay using blind‐well chemotaxis
chambers. Purified fibronectin under nondenaturing conditions produced increased
migration of granulocytes only at concentrations higher than 100 nm, and induced increased
chemotactic and random locomotion of monocytes at concentrations higher than 0.1 nm. The
monocyte migration‐inducing activity of fibronectin was concentration dependent, and was …
Abstract
The motility of human peripheral blood granulocytes and monocytes in response to human plasma fibronectin was quantified by an in vitro assay using blind‐well chemotaxis chambers. Purified fibronectin under nondenaturing conditions produced increased migration of granulocytes only at concentrations higher than 100 nm, and induced increased chemotactic and random locomotion of monocytes at concentrations higher than 0.1 nm. The monocyte migration‐inducing activity of fibronectin was concentration dependent, and was strongly inhibited by low concentrations of colchicine (100 nm–100 μm). These findings suggest the possibility that plasma fibronectin serves as a chemotactic stimulus for monocytes in vivo and attracts these cells to sites of microscopic tissue injury where plasma fibronectin is deposited.
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