Plasminogen activator production by bovine milk macrophages and blood monocytes
1991
Politis, I. | Zhao, X. | McBride, B.W. | Burton, J.H. | Turner, J.D.
The type of plasminogen activator (PA) produced by bovine milk macrophages has been determined. Macrophages produce a PA protein with molecular weight of 28,000 and isoelectic point of 8.5, and with enzymatic activity independent of fibrin. These characteristics are identical to those reported for bovine urokinase-PA. Although blood monocytes and milk macrophages produce PA after stimulation with lipopolysaccharide, mammary macrophages are clearly limited in their ability to release PA. At maximal stimulation, 78% of the PA produced by milk macrophages remained cell-associated. In marked contrast, blood monocytes released 76% of the PA produced into the culture medium. Macrophages isolated from mastitic quarters produced higher (2.5 times) amounts of PA, compared with those produced by macrophages isolated from healthy quarters. However, in both cases, macrophages were unable to secrete the protein already produced. The limited PA secretion by milk macrophages might be a residual function of a differentiated macrophage population.
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