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Published on: August 20, 2019
Cell-surface thioredoxin-1: possible involvement in thiol-mediated leukocyte-endothelial cell interaction through
Tomijiro Hara1, Norihiko Kondo, Hajime Nakamura
1Department of Biological Responses, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, and Department of Experimental Therapeutics, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
Abstract:
Human thioredoxin-1 (hTrx) exhibits a disulfide reducing activity and was originally identified as a soluble cytokine-like factor secreted from cells of a human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I)-transformed cell line. Recent studies have revealed that endogenous Trx plays an important role in cytoprotection against various oxidative stress-associated disorders. However, the function of exogenous Trx is still not fully understood. We report here that a cysteine-modified mutant of recombinant human Trx (rhTrx-C35S) binds to human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) as well as stimulated T cells and rapidly enters these cells via lipid rafts. In addition, we found that endogenous Trx is expressed on the surface of HUVECs, including lipid rafts. These events suggest cell-surface Trx as a possible target of rhTrx-C35S. Furthermore, we found that anti-human Trx mouse monoclonal antibody inhibits adherence of LPS-stimulated human peripheral blood polymorphonuclear cells (PMNs) to HUVECs. This adherence was also suppressed by a recombinant human Trx (rhTrx), but not by a mutant rhTrx (rhTrx-C32S/C35S) with no reducing activity. Cell-surface Trx may be involved in the process of interaction between PMNs and HUVECs and a possible target of cysteine-modified exogenous Trx as well as wild-type exogenous Trx through redox regulation.
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