鼻茸由来線維芽細胞の組織培養とコラゲナーゼ産生促進に関する実験的研究
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The collagenase produced by mesenchymal cells has been thought to have a great importance in the pathophysiology of connective tissue metabolism and prolongation of chronic inflammation. The factors, such as IL-1 and PMN factor, released by inflammatory cells have been known to induce mesenchymal cells to produce collagenase.In the present study, the collagenase activity of the nasal secretions were estimated using FITC -labelled collagens as substrates. The factor, enhancing the fibroblasts to produce collagenase, was also isolated from nasal secretions and partially characterized. The fibroblasts used in the present study were cultured with explant of the sections of nasal polyp obtained from a patient with chronic sinusitis. The collagenase activity in nasal secretions from patients with chronic sinusitis was high, whereas that of allergic nasal secretions was extremely low. Furthermore, the collagenase productions of nasal polyp-derived fibroblasts were enhanced by the extracts of nasal secretions from patients with chronic sinusitis. Crude extracts of nasal secretions were fractionat ed by ammonium sulfate precipitation. The active materials precipitated by 50% to 80% ammo nium sulfate were further purified by Sephadex G-75 gel chromatography. The molecular weight determination of the active fraction checked by HPLC utilizing for TSK 2, 000 SW gel column indicates 20, 000 daltons for the active materials. However, the collagenase production of human microvascular endothelial cells derived from nasal mucosa was not enhanced by this factor. Although either the origin or the nature was not confirmed, the factor was considered to relate to the prolongation of chronic inflammation in the nasal and paranasal sinus pathology. Analysis of these factors will expected to establish methods for new therapeutics in chronic inflammation.
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