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Complement activation by heat-killed human kidney cells: formation, activity, and stabilization of cell-bound C3 convertases.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  6376629     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Heat-killed kidney cells (HKKC) incubated with serum or purified C3 and factors B and D stain intensely for C3 by immunofluorescence. Binding of complement (C) did not occur if ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) was added to the C source or if factor B or D was omitted from the mixture of alternative pathway components. When the C-treated cells were washed, then incubated in purified C3 containing 10 mM EDTA, C3 conversion ensued, confirming the presence of a cell-bound C3 convertase. C3-reactive cells were not generated if EDTA was present during formation of the convertase. The addition of C3 nephritic factor (C3NeF) during formation of the C3 convertase from alternative pathway components greatly enhanced subsequent C3 cleavage, presumably by stabilizing labile C3bBb sites; however, binding of C3NeF did not appear to extend the half-life of the convertase, which was 35 min at 37 degrees C in each case. In contrast, little or no effect on C3 conversion could be detected after the addition of equivalent C3NeF to serum and HKKC. Thus, C activation by HKKC involves formation and activity of a cell-bound C3 convertase, which under certain circumstances can be stabilized by C3NeF.
Authors:
P J Baker; S Adler; Y Yang; W G Couser
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)     Volume:  133     ISSN:  0022-1767     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Immunol.     Publication Date:  1984 Aug 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1984-08-20     Completed Date:  1984-08-20     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985117R     Medline TA:  J Immunol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  877-81     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cells, Cultured
Complement Activating Enzymes / biosynthesis*
Complement Activation*
Complement C3 Nephritic Factor / metabolism
Complement C3-C5 Convertases / biosynthesis*,  metabolism
Complement Pathway, Alternative*
Hot Temperature*
Humans
Kidney / cytology*,  enzymology,  metabolism
Kinetics
Macrophage-1 Antigen
Receptors, Complement / analysis
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AM 32082/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Complement C3 Nephritic Factor; 0/Macrophage-1 Antigen; 0/Receptors, Complement; EC 3.-/Complement Activating Enzymes; EC 3.4.21.-/Complement C3-C5 Convertases

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