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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-8-31
pubmed:abstractText
Granulomas are chronic, usually focal, tissue-destructive inflammatory reactions that usually form around slowly degradable, poorly soluble substances. They are dynamic lesions, regulated by complex immune mechanisms. Tachykinins are a family of neuropeptides characterized by the common C-terminal amino acid sequence -Phe-X-Gly-Leu-Met-NH2. One such tachykinin, substance P, has been reported to modulate immunologic responses. In this investigation, granulomas were examined for substance P. Granulomas were isolated from the livers of mice infected with murine schistosomiasis, and substance P was extracted. Immunoreactive substance P was detected by RIA. The authenticity of the molecule was confirmed by elution profile on HPLC. Immunoreactive substance P, identified by immunostaining, localized to eosinophils derived from collagenase-dispersed granulomas. Granulomas were then probed for expression of the gene for substance P (preprotachykinin). Preprotachykinin mRNA was localized to granuloma eosinophils by in situ oligonucleotide hybridization. It is concluded that substance P is present within the granuloma as a result of preprotachykinin production by eosinophils.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
141
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
961-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Eosinophils, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Granuloma, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Liver Diseases, Parasitic, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Mice, Inbred CBA, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Neuropeptides, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Protein Precursors, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Radioimmunoassay, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Schistosomiasis mansoni, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Substance P, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Tachykinins, pubmed-meshheading:2456338-Tissue Extracts
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Eosinophils from granulomas in murine schistosomiasis mansoni produce substance P.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Iowa, College of Medicine, Iowa City 52242.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.