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. 1992 Aug;141(2):335–342.

Autoantibodies developing to myeloperoxidase and proteinase 3 in systemic vasculitis stimulate neutrophil cytotoxicity toward cultured endothelial cells.

C O Savage 1, B E Pottinger 1, G Gaskin 1, C D Pusey 1, J D Pearson 1
PMCID: PMC1886603  PMID: 1323218

Abstract

The ability of vasculitis-associated anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibodies (ANCA) to activate neutrophils and mediate release of radiolabel from 111Indium-labeled cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) was determined as a measure of the potential cytotoxicity of ANCA-activated neutrophils against vascular endothelium. Priming of neutrophils with low doses of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) (1 ng/ml) and ionomycin (0.1 mumol/1) was required, together with pretreatment of endothelial cells with BCNU (1,3-bis-[2-chloroethyl]-1-nitrosourea; 0.26 mmol/l). Under these conditions and using a 4-hour serum-free assay system, mouse monoclonal antibodies (MAb) to the target autoantigens proteinase-3 (Pr-3) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) mediated enhanced release of 111Indium from HUVEC compared with control MAb. Human IgG Fab2 C-ANCA (recognizing Pr-3) and P-ANCA (recognizing MPO) did likewise. Preactivation of HUVEC with TNF (50 U/ml, 4 hr) enhanced the release of 111Indium from HUVEC generated by neutrophils activated with anti-Pr-3 and anti-MPO MAb. These data support the suggestion that activation of neutrophils by ANCA within the vascular lumen may contribute to endothelial cell injury.

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