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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 284: L1020-L1026, 2003. First published February 7, 2003; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00092.2002
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Vol. 284, Issue 6, L1020-L1026, June 2003

Urokinase potentiates PDGF-induced chemotaxis of human airway smooth muscle cells

Stephen M. Carlin1,2, Michael Roth1,2, and Judith L. Black1

1 Department of Pharmacology, University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia; and 2 Department of Internal Medicine and Research, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland

We investigated the chemotactic action of PDGF and urokinase on human airway smooth muscle (HASM) cells in culture. Cells were put in collagen-coated transwells with 8-µm perforations, incubated for 4 h with test compounds, then fixed, stained, and counted as migrated nuclei by microscopy. Cells from all culture conditions showed some basal migration (migration in the absence of stimuli during the assay), but cells preincubated for 24 h in 10% FBS or 20 ng/ml PDGF showed higher basal migration than cells quiesced in 1% FBS. PDGFBB, PDGFAA, and PDGFAB were all chemotactic when added during the assay. PDGF chemotaxis was blocked by the phosphatidyl 3'-kinase inhibitor LY-294002, the MEK inhibitor U-0126, PGE2, formoterol, pertussis toxin, and the Rho kinase inhibitor Y-27632. Urokinase alone had no stimulatory effect on migration of quiescent cells but caused a dose-dependent potentiation of chemotaxis toward PDGF. Urokinase also potentiated the elevated basal migration of cells pretreated in 10% FBS or PDGF. This potentiating effect of urokinase appears to be novel. We conclude that PDGF and similar cytokines may be important factors in airway remodeling by redistribution of smooth muscle cells during inflammation and that urokinase may be important in potentiating the response.

cell migration; asthma; airway remodeling; urokinase-type plasminogen activator


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