Anaphylactic and chemotactic response of mammalian cells to zymosan-activated shark serum

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 503-514

  Smith, Sylvia L ^a   Riesgo, Mirta ^a   Obenauf, Steven D ^b,c   Woody, C J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Broward Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaphylatoxins; Chemotaxis; Leucocyte; Mammalian spasmogenic response; Shark

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; GINGLYMOSTOMA CIRRATUM; MAMMALIA; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 0031256525     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.1997.0101     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Chenoweth, D. E. & Hugli, T. E. (1978). Demonstration of a specific C5a receptor on intact human polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A. 75, 3943-3947.
2. Culbreath, L., Smith, S. L. & Obenauf, S. D. (1991). Alternative complement pathway activity in nurse shark serum. American Zoologist 31(5), 653, 131A.
3. Dodds, A. W., Smith, S. L., Toussaint, K., Levine, R. P. & Willis, A. C. (1994). Complement in lower vertebrates: Purification and initial characterization of C3, C4 and C1q from the nurse shark and the channel catfish. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 18, S79 D.6.
4. Gerard, C. G., Chenoweth, D. E. & Hugli, T. E. (1979). Molecular aspects of the serum chemotactic factors. Journal of the Reticuloendothelial Society 26, 711-718.
5. Gerard, N. P. & Gerard, C. (1991). The chemotactic receptor for human C5a anaphylatoxin. Nature, London 349, 614-617.
6. Greer, J. (1986). Comparative structural anatomy of the complement anaphylatoxin proteins C3a, C4a & C5a. Enzyme 36, 150-163.
7. Hugli, T. E. (1984). Structure and function of the anaphylatoxins. Springer Seminars in Immunopathology 7, 193-219.
8. Hugli, T. E. & Muller-Eberhard, H. J. (1978). Anaphylatoxins: C3a and C5a. Advances in Immunology 26, 1-53.
9. Hyder Smith, S. & Jensen, J. A. (1986). The second component (C2n) of the nurse shark complement system: Purification, physico-chemical characterization and functional comparison with guinea pig C4. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 10, 191-206.
10. Hyder Smith, S., Obernauf, S. D. & Smith, D. S. (1989). Fine structure of shark leucocytes during chemotactic migration. Tissue & Cell 21, 47-58.
11. Maderazo, E. G. & Woronik, C. L. (1978). Micropore filter assay of human granulocyte locomotion: problems and solutions. Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology 11, 196-201.
12. Mollison, K. W., Mandecki, W., Zuiderweg, E. R., Fayer, L., Fey, T. A., Krause, R. A., Conway, R. G., Miller, L., Edalji, R. P., Shallcross, M. A., Lani, B., Fox, J. L., Greer, J. & Carter, G. W. (1989). Identification of receptor binding residues in the inflammatory complement protein C5a by site-directed mutagenesis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, U.S.A. 86, 292-293.
13. Newton, R. A., Raftos, D. A., Raison, R. L. & Geczy, C. L. (1994). Chemotactic responses of hagfish (Vertebrata, Agnatha) leucocytes. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 18, 295-304.
14. Nonaka, M. & Takahashi, M. (1992). Complete complementary sequence of the third component of complement of lamprey: implication for the evolution of thioester containing proteins. Journal of Immunology 148, 3290.
15. Obenauf, S. D. & Hyder Smith, S. (1985). Chemotaxis in the nurse shark. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 9, 275-286.
16. Obenauf, S. D. & Hyder Smith, S. (1992). Migratory response of nurse shark leucocytes to activated mammalian sera and porcine C5a. Fish and Shellfish Immunology 2, 173-181.
17. Snyderman, R. & Mergenhagen, S. E. (1972). Characterization of polymorphonuclear leucocyte chemotactic activity in serum activated by various inflammatory agents. In Biological Activities of Complement (D. G. Ingram & S. Karger, eds), p. 117, Basel.
18. Toth, M. J., Huwyler, L., Boyar, W. C., Bruanwalder, A. F., Yarwood, D., Hadala, J., Haston, W. O., Sills, M. A., Seligmann, B. & Galakatos, N. (1994). The pharmacophore of the human C5a anaphylatoxin. Protein Science 3, 1159-1168.
19. Weigle, W. O., Goodman, M. G., Morgan, E. L. & Hugli, T. E. (1983). Regulation of immune response by components of the complement cascade and their activated fragments. Springer Seminars in Immunopathology 6, 173-194.