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The Journal of Immunology, 2001, 167: 5355-5361.
Copyright © 2001 by The American Association of Immunologists

Loss of Pentameric Symmetry of C-Reactive Protein Is Associated with Promotion of Neutrophil-Endothelial Cell Adhesion1

Christine Zouki*, Barbara Haas*, John S. D. Chan{dagger}, Lawrence A. Potempa{ddagger} and János G. Filep2,*

* Research Center, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital and Department of Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; {dagger} Centre de Recherche, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montreal-Hôtel Dieu, University of Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada; and {ddagger} NextEra Therapeutics, Vernon Hills, IL 60061

The classic acute-phase reactant C-reactive protein (CRP) is a cyclic pentameric protein that diminishes neutrophil accumulation in inflamed tissues. When the pentamer is dissociated, CRP subunits undergo conformational rearrangement that results in expression of a distinctive isomer with unique antigenic and physicochemical characteristics (termed modified CRP (mCRP)). Recently, mCRP was detected in the wall of normal human blood vessels. We studied the impact and mechanisms of action of mCRP on expression of adhesion molecules on human neutrophils and their adhesion to human coronary artery endothelial cells. Both CRP and mCRP (0.1–200 µg/ml) down-regulated neutrophil L-selectin expression in a concentration-dependent fashion. Furthermore, mCRP, but not CRP, up-regulated CD11b/CD18 expression and stimulated neutrophil extracellular signal-regulated kinase activity, which was accompanied by activation of p21ras oncoprotein, Raf-1, and mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase. These actions of mCRP were sensitive to the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase inhibitor PD98059. mCRP markedly enhanced attachment of neutrophils to LPS-activated human coronary artery endothelial when added together with neutrophils. This effect of mCRP was attenuated by an anti-CD18 mAb. Thus, loss of pentameric symmetry in CRP is associated with appearance of novel bioactivities in mCRP that enhance neutrophil localization and activation at inflamed or injured vascular sites.




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