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Fibroblast growth factor 23 weakens chemotaxis of human blood neutrophils in microfluidic devices.

Abstract
Neutrophil trafficking in tissues critically regulates the body's immune response. Neutrophil migration can either play a protective role in host defense or cause health problems. Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) is a known biomarker for chronic kidney disease (CKD) and was recently shown to impair neutrophil arrest on endothelium and transendothelial migration. In the present study, we further examined the effect of FGF23 on human blood neutrophil chemotaxis using two new microfluidic devices. Our results showed that chemotaxis of FGF23 pre-treated neutrophils to a fMLP gradient, in the presence or absence of a uniform FGF23 background, is quantitatively lower compared to the control cells. This effect is accompanied with a stronger drifting of FGF23 pre-treated cells along the flow. However, without the FGF23 pre-treatment, the FGF23 background only reduces chemotaxis of transmigrated cells through the thin barrier channel to the fMLP gradient. The effect of FGF23 on neutrophil migration and the correlation between multiple cell migration parameters are further revealed by chemotactic entropy and principle component analysis. Collectively, these results revealed the effect of FGF23 on weakening neutrophil chemotaxis, which shed light on FGF23 mediated neutrophil migration with direct disease relevance such as CKD.
AuthorsKe Yang, Hagit Peretz-Soroka, Jiandong Wu, Ling Zhu, Xueling Cui, Michael Zhang, Claudio Rigatto, Yong Liu, Francis Lin
JournalScientific reports (Sci Rep) Vol. 7 Issue 1 Pg. 3100 (06 08 2017) ISSN: 2045-2322 [Electronic] England
PMID28596573 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • FGF23 protein, human
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
Topics
  • Chemotaxis, Leukocyte (immunology)
  • Fibroblast Growth Factor-23
  • Fibroblast Growth Factors (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Lab-On-A-Chip Devices
  • Neutrophils (immunology, metabolism)
  • Transendothelial and Transepithelial Migration (immunology)

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