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(American Journal of Pathology. 1999;154:1591-1600.)
© 1999 American Society for Investigative Pathology

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Mast Cell Granule Heparin Proteoglycan Induces Lacunae in Confluent Endothelial Cell Monolayers

David Lagunoff and Alice Rickard

From the Department of Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

The addition of rat mast cell granules to confluent bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cell monolayers resulted in the formation of numerous lacunae in the cultures. Several lines of evidence identified heparin proteoglycan as the component of the granule matrix responsible for the effect: presence of the activity in the proteoglycan fraction after chromatography of granule extracts, inhibition of granule activity by digestion with heparinase I, the failure of proteolysis of the proteoglycan fraction with proteinase K to significantly diminish its activity, and the failure of chymase and carboxypeptidase inhibitors to inhibit granule activity. The onset of hole formation was delayed for several hours after granule addition to the culture, and maximal hole formation occurred between 8 and 16 hours and was sustained as long as 24 hours. The lacunae formed by the separation of motile endothelial cells within the monolayer and was not attributable to cell contractile activity or cell loss. Time-lapse video recording showed that the holes were dynamic, individual holes expanding and regressing over a period of hours. Formation of lacunae occurred on gelatin and fibronectin surfaces alike. The presence of active chymase in the granules prevented the action of the proteoglycan. Heparin glycosaminoglycan as distinct from the proteoglycan did not similarly affect the endothelial monolayers but did block the action of granules added subsequently, indicating the likelihood of a heparin-reactive receptor or binding site.




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