RGD Reference Report - Intradermal injection of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 induces emigration and differentiation of blood monocytes in rat skin. - Rat Genome Database

Send us a Message



Submit Data |  Help |  Video Tutorials |  News |  Publications |  Download |  REST API |  Citing RGD |  Contact   

Intradermal injection of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 induces emigration and differentiation of blood monocytes in rat skin.

Authors: Yamashiro, S  Takeya, M  Kuratsu, J  Ushio, Y  Takahashi, K  Yoshimura, T 
Citation: Yamashiro S, etal., Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 1998 Jan;115(1):15-23.
RGD ID: 8549586
Pubmed: PMID:9430491   (View Abstract at PubMed)

BACKGROUND: Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) is a potent chemoattractant for blood monocytes in vitro. Recent studies in MCP-1-transgenic mice revealed that the local production of MCP-1 caused monocyte infiltration. However, the kinetics of monocyte infiltration after the production of MCP-1 or the amount of MCP-1 necessary for monocyte recruitment are not known. METHODS: We purified recombinant rat MCP-1 expressed in COS-7 cells, and injected it into rat skin. The infiltrating cells were examined by immunohistochemistry and ultrastructural peroxidase cytochemistry. RESULTS: Rat recombinant MCP-1 had a molecular mass of approximately 30 kD and exhibited the peak monocyte chemotactic activity at 10(-9) M. One microgram of MCP-1 caused intra- and extravascular accumulation of mononuclear cells 3 h after injection. The cells were ED1+, indicating they were blood monocytes. The infiltration of mononuclear cells peaked at 12-24 h, and most of them were TRPM-3+ and ED3+, characteristic to exudate macrophages. None of the cells expressed ED2 or Ki-M2R antigens, markers for resident macrophages, until 3 days after injection. There was no uptake of [3H]thymidine by the infiltrating cells. Ultrastructural peroxidase cytochemistry confirmed that the infiltrating cells were monocytes and exudate macrophages. The number of OX8+ lymphocytes also peaked at 12 h, consisting of approximately 9% of the total infiltrating cells. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that MCP-1 attracts blood monocytes as early as 3 h and the infiltrating monocytes differentiate into exudate macrophages in loco. However, this effect was transient and the infiltration of monocytes did not result in tissue damage.

Gene Ontology Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View

Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
positive regulation of macrophage chemotaxis  IDA 8549586 RGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Ccl2  (C-C motif chemokine ligand 2)


Additional Information