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The chemokine RANTES is a crucial mediator of the progression from acute to chronic colitis in the rat

J Immunol. 2001 Jan 1;166(1):552-8. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.1.552.

Abstract

Chemokines have well characterized proinflammatory actions, including the ability to induce extravasation of leukocytes that participate in chronic inflammation. In this study, we evaluated the role of a C-C chemokine, RANTES, in the chronic phase of a rat model of colitis. Colitis was induced by intracolonic administration of trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid. At various timepoints thereafter (2 h to 14 days), colonic tissue levels of several chemokines were measured. Unlike the expression of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, macrophage inflammatory protein-2, and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant, the expression of RANTES was significantly elevated during the chronic phase of colitis (> or =7 days after induction). Colonic RANTES mRNA expression was also significantly elevated during the chronic phase of colitis. The numbers of macrophages and monocytes in the colonic mucosa increased substantially during the chronic phase, as did expression of two of the receptors (CCR1 and CCR5) to which RANTES is known to bind. Administration on days 7 through 14 after trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid administration of a CCR1/CCR5 receptor antagonist, Met-RANTES, resulted in a significant reduction of both macroscopic and microscopic colonic damage, as well as reducing the recruitment into the colon of monocytes, mast cells, and neutrophils. In some rats, treatment with Met-RANTES resulted in a near-complete resolution of colonic damage and inflammation. These results suggest a crucial role of RANTES in the progression from acute to chronic inflammation in a rat model of colitis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Administration, Rectal
  • Animals
  • Cell Movement / drug effects
  • Cell Movement / immunology
  • Chemokine CCL5 / administration & dosage
  • Chemokine CCL5 / analogs & derivatives*
  • Chemokine CCL5 / biosynthesis
  • Chemokine CCL5 / pharmacology
  • Chemokine CCL5 / physiology*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Colitis / etiology
  • Colitis / immunology*
  • Colitis / pathology*
  • Colitis / prevention & control
  • Disease Progression
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Haptens / administration & dosage
  • Inflammation Mediators / administration & dosage
  • Inflammation Mediators / physiology*
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Male
  • Mast Cells / immunology
  • Mast Cells / pathology
  • Monocytes / immunology
  • Monocytes / pathology
  • RNA, Messenger / biosynthesis
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Receptors, CCR1
  • Receptors, CCR5 / biosynthesis
  • Receptors, CCR5 / genetics
  • Receptors, Chemokine / biosynthesis
  • Receptors, Chemokine / genetics
  • Time Factors
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid / administration & dosage
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid / immunology

Substances

  • Ccr1 protein, rat
  • Chemokine CCL5
  • Haptens
  • Inflammation Mediators
  • RANTES, Met-
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Receptors, CCR1
  • Receptors, CCR5
  • Receptors, Chemokine
  • Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid