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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 337, Issue 1-2, Pages 77-81Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-009-0287-y
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Lung fibroblast; Migration; Remodeling; Histamine
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- Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology of Japan
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan,
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
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Histamine is a potent mediator in allergic inflammatory processes and is released by basophils and mast cells. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of histamine on in vitro migration of human fetal lung fibroblasts (HFL-1) to human plasma fibronectin (HFn), a chemoattractant. Using the blindwell chamber technique, histamine alone had no chemotactic activity. However, histamine augmented HFn-induced HFL-1 migration at concentrations ranging between 0 and 10(-7) M (290.6 +/- A 20.8%) (P < 0.05). The concentration-response was bell-shaped. The effect of histamine increased with time. The stimulatory effect of histamine on HFL-1 migration was inhibited by an H4 receptor antagonist, JNJ7777120 (10(-5) M). Histamine's effect was also inhibited by pertussis toxin (50 ng/ml), showing that the effect was mediated by the H4 receptor. This study demonstrated that histamine has the potential to stimulate human lung fibroblast migration, and thus may contribute to regulation of wound healing and the development of fibrotic disorders of the lung.
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