Schistosoma japonicum: identification and characterization of neutrophil chemotactic factors from egg antigen. 1985

M Owhashi, and Y Horii, and A Ishii

Two neutrophil chemotactic factors were identified in soluble egg antigen preparations of Schistosoma japonicum. The higher-molecular-weight neutrophil chemotactic factor was not separable from eosinophil chemotactic factor by means of gel filtration, anion-exchange chromatography, isoelectric focusing, or affinity chromatography; this neutrophil chemotactic factor is apparently identical to the higher-molecular-weight eosinophil chemotactic factor which we purified previously from the soluble egg antigen. The chemotactic activity of the eosinophil chemotactic factor for neutrophils was stable to periodate oxidation but was notably affected by heating or Pronase digestion, suggesting that the determinant for neutrophil chemotaxis exists on the peptide moiety of the eosinophil chemotactic factor. The lower-molecular-weight neutrophil chemotactic factor was separable from the higher-molecular-weight eosinophil chemotactic factor by gel filtration or anion-exchange chromatography. This neutrophil chemotactic factor was rather hydrophobic and heat-stable, but was sensitive to Pronase or carboxypeptidase A digestion. These results suggest that the receptors on the surfaces of neutrophils and eosinophils for those chemoattractants would be different from each other. We suppose that neutrophil chemotactic factors and eosinophil chemotactic factors from the eggs are responsible for neutrophil and eosinophil accumulation around the eggs in schistosomiasis japonica.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007526 Isoelectric Point The pH in solutions of proteins and related compounds at which the dipolar ions are at a maximum. Isoelectric Points,Point, Isoelectric,Points, Isoelectric
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D009504 Neutrophils Granular leukocytes having a nucleus with three to five lobes connected by slender threads of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing fine inconspicuous granules and stainable by neutral dyes. LE Cells,Leukocytes, Polymorphonuclear,Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes,Polymorphonuclear Neutrophils,Neutrophil Band Cells,Band Cell, Neutrophil,Cell, LE,LE Cell,Leukocyte, Polymorphonuclear,Neutrophil,Neutrophil Band Cell,Neutrophil, Polymorphonuclear,Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte,Polymorphonuclear Neutrophil
D010063 Ovum A mature haploid female germ cell extruded from the OVARY at OVULATION. Egg,Egg, Unfertilized,Ova,Eggs, Unfertilized,Unfertilized Egg,Unfertilized Eggs
D011402 Pronase A proteolytic enzyme obtained from Streptomyces griseus. Pronase E,Pronase P,Protease XIV,XIV, Protease
D002268 Carboxypeptidases Enzymes that act at a free C-terminus of a polypeptide to liberate a single amino acid residue. Carboxypeptidase
D002630 Chemotactic Factors Chemical substances that attract or repel cells. The concept denotes especially those factors released as a result of tissue injury, microbial invasion, or immunologic activity, that attract LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGES; or other cells to the site of infection or insult. Chemoattractant,Chemotactic Factor,Chemotaxin,Chemotaxins,Cytotaxinogens,Cytotaxins,Macrophage Chemotactic Factor,Chemoattractants,Chemotactic Factors, Macrophage,Macrophage Chemotactic Factors,Chemotactic Factor, Macrophage,Factor, Chemotactic,Factor, Macrophage Chemotactic
D002631 Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil Cytotaxins liberated from normal or invading cells that specifically attract eosinophils; they may be complement fragments, lymphokines, neutrophil products, histamine or other; the best known is the tetrapeptide ECF-A, released mainly by mast cells. Eosinophil Chemotactic Factors,Eosinophil Chemotaxins,Chemotaxins, Eosinophil,Factors, Eosinophil Chemotactic
D002634 Chemotaxis, Leukocyte The movement of leukocytes in response to a chemical concentration gradient or to products formed in an immunologic reaction. Leukotaxis,Leukocyte Chemotaxis
D004804 Eosinophils Granular leukocytes with a nucleus that usually has two lobes connected by a slender thread of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing coarse, round granules that are uniform in size and stainable by eosin. Eosinophil

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