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American Journal of Pathology, Vol 142, 249-260, Copyright © 1993 by American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Release of gelatinase and superoxide from human mononuclear phagocytes in response to particulate Tamm Horsfall protein

DB Thomas, M Davies and JD Williams
Institute of Nephrology, University of Wales College of Medicine, Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, United Kingdom.

This study describes the in vitro activation of human mononuclear phagocytes by particulate Tamm Horsfall protein (THP). Peripheral blood monocytes phagocytosed THP particles with the accompanying release of superoxide radicals, N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, and neutral metalloproteinase. Immunoprecipitation and substrate gel analysis identified the neutral proteinase as a 95-kd gelatinase. A comparison with other particulate ligands highlighted the specificity of the response to THP and showed that the magnitude of the response was comparable with that obtained with lipopolysaccharide (100 micrograms/ml). Parallel studies using peritoneal macrophages resulted in a similar pattern of enzyme release and reactive oxygen species synthesis. THP has been implicated in the pathogenesis of tubulointerstitial nephritis associated with reflux nephropathy. The present study indicates that an inflammatory response initiated by a neutrophil-THP interaction may be extended into a chronic phase via the activation of mononuclear phagocytes. The subsequent release of reactive oxygen metabolites and proteinases may contribute to the tissue damage and fibrosis associated with chronic immune-mediated tubulointerstitial nephritis.

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