Serum amyloid A: biological effects on mononuclear cells / Amilóide sérica A: efeitos biológicos sobre células mononucleares

AUTOR(ES)

Silvana Sandri

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

In the past few years, our research group has described various effects of serum amyloid A (SAA) on cells of the immune system regarding the expression and release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. In this study we have focused on the effects of SAA on mononuclear cells. In order to do this, we have used three experimental models. In the murine experimental model, we described SAAs ability to induce the production of NO through peritoneal macrophages and, by using knockout animals for TLR4, we suggested that SAA is an endogenous agonist of TLR4. In mononuclear cells of peripheral human blood, SAA induced the expression and release of CCL20, an important chemokine in the transition from the innate to the adaptive immune response, as well as the expression of M-CSF and VEGF-factors. In THP-1 cells, we showed the phosporylation kinetics of tyrosine protein kinases induced by SAA, and we compared it to LPS, a classic pro-inflammatory stimulus. We also demonstrated, in THP-1 cells, that SAA induced the phosphorylation of two proteins, namely p38 and ERK1/2, that are crucial in the inflammatory process because they induce the activation of transcription factors. With this study, we contributed to the knowledge of the regulatory role of SAA in mononuclear cells. Activity of SAA on these cells is highly important, for they are crucial in the innate immune response and act as accessory cells in the adaptive immune response. Hence it is evident that, in the acute phase process, the expression and synthesis of SAA result in the modulation of the phases that control this process and its progression.

ASSUNTO(S)

chemokynes mononuclear cells quimiocinas inflammation serum amyloid a (saa) imunologia celular inflamação Óxido nítrico (no) transcrição gênica células mononucleares amilóide sérica a (saa) doença crônica nitric oxide (no)

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