Cytokine mRNA expression in human platelets and a megakaryocytic cell line and cytokine modulation of platelet function
Abstract
Platelet formation and function are regulated, in vivo, to varying degrees by cytokines in the micro-environment. While white blood cells are the major source of cytokines within the cardiovascular system, the question addressed in this study was whether platelets and the platelet precursor, the megakaryocyte, may also serve as a source of cytokines. Cytokines produced by or carried within platelets could be released at sites of vascular injury and participate in wound healing. Platelets and a human megakaryocyte-like cell line, HU3, were found to express message for interleukin 7 (IL-7), stem cell factor (SCF), transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), cMpl, the IgE receptor subunits Fc epsilon RI alpha gamma and the transcription factor, NF-E2. Other cytokines expressed in HU3 cells but not in platelets included IL-1 beta, IL-6, IL-10, IL-13, TNF-alpha and the FC epsilon RI beta subunit. The HU3 cell line seemed to be further along the maturation/differentiation pathway to platelet formation than a second blood derived bipotential cell line, MB02. The MB02 cell line did not express IL-6, IL-10, SCF, TNF-omega nor cMpl. Furthermore, culturing the HU3 cells in TPO appeared to repress expression of Fc epsilon RI beta directing the cell closer to the platelet phenotype. In light of the presence of cytokine expression in platelets/megakaryocytes, agonist-induced platelet aggregation was measured in the presence of added cytokines as a means to evaluate potential cytokine…
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