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INFILTRATION of inflamed or injured tissues by polymorphonuclear leukocytes is a fundamental pathophysiological response. Undoubtedly, there are numerous mechanisms by which leukocytes are attracted to an area of damage. One possibility is that cellular injury could release or activate a proteolytic enzyme which could generate chemotactic factors. Extracts of parenchymatous tissues1 and cells2 are chemotactic when they are incubated with complement sufficient serum. Macrophages3 and leukocytes4 contain a proteinase which generates chemotactic peptides, and recently human polymorphonuclear leukocytes have been shown to secrete an enzyme which activates complement5. Lazarus and Barrett extracted and characterised a serine proteinase which induced polymorphonuclear leukocyte infiltration of the skin when injected intradermally6. Subsequently, this proteinase, which is both cytotoxic and phlogistic, has been purified to homogeneity from whole human skin7, human epidermis8, human lymphocytes9 and cultures of newborn mouse epithelium (G.S.L., unpublished). This report demonstrates that this proteinase is significantly more active than trypsin, plasmin or Pronase in generating polymorphonuclear leukocyte accumulation and that chemotactic activity is largely dependent on complement activation.
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THOMAS, C., YOST, F., SNYDERMAN, R. et al. Cellular serine proteinase induces chemotaxis by complement activation. Nature 269, 521–522 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/269521a0
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