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Cutting Edge: Hemokinin Has Substance P-Like Function and Expression in Inflammation¹

Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242

Substance P (SP) belongs to the tachykinin family of molecules. SP, cleaved from preprotachykinin A, is a neuropeptide and a proinflammatory leukocyte product. SP engages neurokinin 1 receptor (NK-1R) to stimulate cells. Hemokinin (HK) is another tachykinin that binds NK-1R. HK comes from preprotachykinin C, which is distinct from preprotachykinin A. We determined whether HK functions like SP at inflammatory sites. Preprotachykinin C mRNA was in murine schistosome granulomas and intestinal lamina propria mononuclear cells. Granuloma T cells and macrophages expressed preprotachykinin C mRNA. HK bound granuloma T cell NK-1R with high affinity. SP and HK stimulated IFN- production with equal potency. NK-1R antagonist blocked the effect of SP and HK on IFN- secretion. Thus, both HK and SP are expressed at sites of chronic inflammation and share cell origin, receptor, and immunoregulatory function. Two distinct but functionally overlapping tachykinins govern inflammation through NK-1R at sites of chronic inflammation.

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