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Eotaxin/CCL11 Suppresses IL-8/CXCL8 Secretion from Human Dermal Microvascular Endothelial Cells¹

Sara S. Cheng^*, Nicholas W. Lukacs and Steven L. Kunkel^2,*,

^* Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology and Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

The CC chemokine eotaxin/CCL11 is known to bind to the receptor CCR3 on eosinophils and Th2-type lymphocytes. In this study, we demonstrate that CCR3 is expressed on a subpopulation of primary human dermal microvascular endothelial cells and is up-regulated by TNF-. We found that incubation of human dermal microvascular endothelial cells with recombinant eotaxin/CCL11 suppresses TNF--induced production of the neutrophil-specific chemokine IL-8/CXCL8. The eotaxin/CCL11-suppressive effect on endothelial cells was not seen on IL-1-induced IL-8/CXCL8 release. Eotaxin/CCL11 showed no effect on TNF--induced up-regulation of growth-related oncogene- or IFN--inducible protein-10, two other CXC chemokines tested, and did not affect production of the CC chemokines monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/CCL2 and RANTES/CCL5, or the adhesion molecules ICAM-1 and E-selectin. These results suggest that eotaxin/CXCL11 is not effecting a general suppression of TNF-R levels or signal transduction. Suppression of IL-8/CXCL8 was abrogated in the presence of anti-CCR3 mAb, pertussis toxin, and wortmannin, indicating it was mediated by the CCR3 receptor, G_i proteins, and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase signaling. Eotaxin/CCL11 decreased steady state levels of IL-8/CXCL8 mRNA in TNF--stimulated cells, an effect mediated in part by an acceleration of IL-8 mRNA decay. Eotaxin/CCL11 may down-regulate production of the neutrophil chemoattractant IL-8/CXCL8 by endothelial cells in vivo, acting as a negative regulator of neutrophil recruitment. This may play an important biological role in the prevention of overzealous inflammatory responses, aiding in the resolution of acute inflammation or transition from neutrophilic to mononuclear/eosinophilic inflammation.

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