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Thrombin Receptor Activation Inhibits Monocyte Spreading by Induction of ET_B Receptor-Coupled Nitric Oxide Release¹

Department of Biology, Queens College and Graduate School, City University of New York, Flushing, NY 11367

The effect of thrombin receptor activation on monocyte conformation was evaluated using the human monocyte cell line, THP-1, and the thrombin mimetic peptide, Trap-14. Treatment of THP-1 cells with Trap-14 induced rapid rounding of ameboid cells adherent to fibronectin-coated slides, whereas cell rounding was abrogated in the presence of the nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, N^G-nitro-L-arginine or the endothelin B receptor antagonist, BQ-788. Endothelin-1 (ET-1) levels in the culture supernatant increased markedly within minutes of Trap-14 exposure with a concomitant loss in cellular ET-1 immunoreactivity. Importantly, loss of ET-1 immunoreactivity was blocked by pretreatment with the vesicle translocation inhibitor, nocodazole. Trap-14 potently induced the release of NO from THP-1 cells, whereas NO release was ablated by preincubation with BQ-788. These data demonstrate that thrombin receptor activation may inhibit cellular spreading as a result of autocrine ET-1 release and subsequent endothelin B receptor-dependent NO production, and suggest that initial exposure of inflammatory cells to thrombin may limit cellular activation and recruitment.

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