In this study we have compared the adhesion of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) to human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) in a healthy control group with two groups of allergic asthmatics, not treated or treated with disodium cromoglycate (DSCG). The adhesion and blocking experiments were performed by the flow cytometric adhesion assay. No differences in the adhesion of lymphocytes were observed in any of the groups. The monocytes obtained from DSCG non-treated patients have shown significant (P<0.05) enhancement of adhesion to HUVEC in comparison to healthy controls. The treatment of asthmatic patients with DSCG downregulated the monocyte adhesion to cultured endothelial cells (ECs) and this was comparable to the group of normal donors. The DSCG may have a therapeutic effect on the regulation of monocyte adhesion in inflammatory and allergic diseases. The binding ability of untreated asthmatic PBMC to cultured ECs was partially inhibited by monoclonal antibody anti-CD54, suggesting that the increased EC adhesiveness for monocytes from allergic asthmatics may be at least partially dependent on the ICAM-1 adhesion pathways. Our results also indicate that the blocking agent anti-CD 18 was not essential for monocyte- endothelial interactions in allergic asthma.
Modifikáciou chemicko-fyzikálnych vlastností umelých materiálov určených na výrobu cievnych protéz a na podporu regenerácie cievnej steny je možné cielene regulovať adhéziu buniek, ich rast a správnu diferenciáciu. Použitím biodegradovateľných materiálov s antiadhezívnymi vlastnosťami na báze kopolyméru poly(mliečnej kyseliny) s poly(etylén oxidom) sme sa snažili vyhnúť nekontrolovanej adsorpcii proteínov zo séra, alebo z kultivačného média na umelý materiál a neriadenej adhézii buniek. Súčasne to umožňuje predchádzať možným imunitným reakciám, které môžu nastať pri použití cizorodého séra pri kultivácii buniek. Naviazaním vhodných špecifických ligandov pro integrínové receptory- oligopeptidu GRGDSG- na tieto antiadhezívne povrchy sme dosiahli kontrolovanú adhéziu hladkých svalových buniek, sprostredkovanú integrínovými receptormi. Vhodným výberom ligandov-oligoproteínov, ich koncentráciou a konformačným usporiadaním je možné ďalej regulovať adhéziu, rast a proliferáciu určitých typov buniek (hladké svaly, endoteliálne bunky a pod.) potrebných na vytvorenie funkčnej cievnej steny., Elena Filová, Lucie Bačáková, Věra Lisá, Dana Kubies, Luďka Machová, Vladimír Proks, František Rypáček., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
We studied the psychophysiology of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1) in 25 apparently healthy middle-aged men who underwent an acute psychosocial stressor three times with one week apart. Measures of the biological stress response were obtained at week one and three. The magnitude of the sICAM-1 stress response showed no habituation between individual visits. At week one, cognitive stress appraisal independently predicted integrated sICAM-1 area under the curve (AUC) between rest, immediately post-stress, and 45 min and 105 min post-stress (β=0.67, p=0.012, ΔR2=0.41). Diastolic blood pressure AUC (β=-0.45, p=0.048, ΔR2=0.21) and heart rate AUC (β=0.44, p=0.055, ΔR2=0.21) were independent predictors of sICAM-1 AUC at week three. Adjustment for hemoconcentration yielded a decrease in sICAM-1 levels from rest to post-stress (p<0.001). Stress responsiveness of plasma sICAM-1 was predicted by stress perception and hemodynamic reactivity and affected by stress-hemoconcentration but unrelated to cortisol reactivity and not readily adapting to repeated stress., R. von Känel, D. Preckel, B. M. Kudielka, J. E. Fischer., and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy