Soluble fractalkine prevents monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-induced monocyte migration via inhibition of stress-activated protein kinase 2/p38 and matrix metalloproteinase activities

J Immunol. 2004 Jan 1;172(1):585-92. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.1.585.

Abstract

In this study, we address the question of the cross-talk between two chemokines that are cosecreted during inflammation, namely monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and soluble fractalkine (s-FKN), toward monocyte migration. We found that s-FKN fails to induce MonoMac6 cell migration per se. Interestingly, this chemokine antagonizes transendothelial migration and chemotaxis of MonoMac6 cells and freshly isolated human monocytes induced by MCP-1, indicating a direct effect of s-FKN on monocytic cells. In this study, we found that stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK)1/c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 and SAPK2/p38 are involved in the control of MCP-1-induced MonoMac6 cell migration. We demonstrated that s-FKN abrogates the MCP-1-induced SAPK2/p38 activation as well as the upstream Pyk2 activity. Furthermore, we observed that s-FKN also inhibits the activity of a major matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), namely MMP-2. Taken collectively, our results indicate that the s-FKN antagonizes the chemoattractant effect of MCP-1 on monocytes, likely by inhibiting crucial signaling pathways, like SAPK2/p38 and MMP-2 activities.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Migration Inhibition*
  • Cell Separation
  • Chemokine CCL2 / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Chemokine CCL2 / physiology*
  • Chemokine CX3CL1
  • Chemokines, CX3C / physiology*
  • Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / immunology*
  • Endothelium, Vascular / cytology
  • Endothelium, Vascular / immunology
  • Enzyme Activation / immunology
  • Enzyme Induction / immunology
  • Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology
  • Focal Adhesion Kinase 2
  • Humans
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / biosynthesis
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / metabolism
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / physiology
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors*
  • Membrane Proteins / physiology*
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / biosynthesis
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / physiology
  • Monocytes / cytology
  • Monocytes / enzymology*
  • Monocytes / immunology
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / biosynthesis
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Solubility
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases

Substances

  • CX3CL1 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL2
  • Chemokine CX3CL1
  • Chemokines, CX3C
  • Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibitors
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Focal Adhesion Kinase 2
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 2