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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Mast cells (MCs) are immunoregulatory and inflammatory tissue cells preferentially located around blood vessels. Since endothelial cells have been suggested to regulate MC functions, we analyzed MC-endothelial cell interactions in vitro by performing coculture experiments with purified human intestinal MCs and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). We found that HUVECs provide signals allowing MCs to survive for at least 3 wk and to proliferate without addition of cytokines; otherwise all MCs died. HUVEC-dependent MC proliferation was more pronounced than that induced by stem cell factor (SCF), known to act as an MC growth factor both in vitro and in vivo. After coculture with HUVECs, most MCs were of the tryptase and chymase double-positive phenotype (MC(TC)). Transwell experiments suggested that the HUVECs' effects on MCs are not mediated by soluble factors. HUVEC-dependent MC adhesion and proliferation were inhibited by neutralizing antibodies directed against SCF and vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 expressed on HUVECs, and c-kit and very late antigen 4 (VLA-4) on MCs. The data suggest that two mechanisms (membrane-bound SCF/c-kit and VCAM-1/VLA-4) are involved in human MC-endothelial cell interactions. In conclusion, our study provides evidence that endothelial cells regulate MC survival and preferentially support human MC(TC) development.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
192
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
801-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Antigens, CD, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Integrin alpha4beta1, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Integrins, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Intestinal Mucosa, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Mast Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Stem Cell Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Umbilical Veins, pubmed-meshheading:10993911-Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Human endothelial cells regulate survival and proliferation of human mast cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical School Hannover, D-30625 Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't