(Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 2000;68:587-592.)
© 2000
by Society for Leukocyte Biology
Kinins and kinin receptors: importance for the activation of leukocytes
Sabine Böckmann and
Inge Paegelow
Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University of Rostock, Germany
Correspondence: Sabine Böckmann, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty, University of Rostock, Schillingallee 70, 18055 Rostock, Germany. E-mail: pharma-toxi{at}med.uni-rostock.de

ABSTRACT
In this article, we analyzed the role of kinins and kinin receptors
with
respect to the activation of leukocytes. In these cells, the
biological
effects of kinin peptides are mediated by kinin receptor
subtypes
B
1, B
2, or both, depending on species
and cell type. In contrast
to the other leukocytes, neutrophils contain
the complete system
for the synthesis and release of bioactive kinins.
Consequently,
very high concentrations of these peptides can be reached
in
the close neighborhood of the kinin receptors, in particular
at the
site of inflammation. Kinins are responsible for many
effects in
leukocytes including the release of other inflammatory
mediators, such
as cytokines, prostaglandins, leukotrienes,
and reactive oxygen
species. Obviously, the potency of kinins
to stimulate leukocytes is
dependent on the differentiation
and especially on the activation stage
of these cells. An upregulation
of kinin receptors on neutrophils and
macrophages appears to
be involved in increasing the sensitivity of
these cells to
kinins at the site of inflammation.
Key Words: kinins inflammatory cells G protein-coupled receptor signal transduction

INTRODUCTION
The bioactive kinins are generated by the action of a family
of
serine proteases, the kallikreins, on protein precursors,
the
kininogens [
1
,
2
]. The primary products of
kininogen digestion
by kallikrein are bradykinen (BK) and Lys-BK
(Lys-BK, kallidin).
Two other proteases, the carboxypeptidases M and N,
generate
the peptides desArg
9-BK and
Lys-desArg
9-BK by removing the C-terminal
arginin of BK and
Lys-BK, respectively. The receptor mediating
the effects of BK and
Lys-BK was characterized as the kinin
B
2 receptor, whereas
desArg
9-BK and Lys-desArg
9-BK operate by
activation
of the receptor, which is classified as kinin B
1
receptor subtype
[
3
,
4
]. The latter can be
induced by cytokines in the situation
of stress, such as shock and
inflammation, whereas the kinin
B
2 receptor is
expressed constitutively in many cell types [
4
,
5
].
Most pharmacological effects of kinins, such as
vasodilatation,
edema, smooth muscle contraction, pain, and
hyperalgesia via
stimulation of C fibers, are mediated by the kinin
B
2 receptor.
However, accumulating evidence suggests that
kinin B
1 receptors
can amplify or substitute the kinin
B
2 receptor especially at
chronic inflammation processes
[
5
6
7
]. An important difference
between the two receptor
types is that the kinin B
2 receptor
is internalized rapidly
and desensitized, whereas the kinin
B
1 receptor, once
induced, is not [
8
]. The kinin B
1 and
B
2 receptors are coupled primarily via the phospholipase C
(PLC)-mediated
pathway under involvement of rise in intracellular
Ca
2+ and
activation of protein kinase C (PKC).
Thus, the identity of
second messengers is of limited value for the
classification
of kinin receptors. However, the observation that kinin
B
1 receptor-induced
responses are more persistent supports
the lack of the internalization
of the receptor-ligand complex
[
9
10
11
].
Obviously, molecular differences exist in the regulatory promoter
sequence of two genes of kinin B1 and B2
receptor. During inflammation, the kinin B1 receptor can be
induced by various cytokines. In contrast, the kinin B2
receptor activation is amplified by cytokines at a different level of
the signal transduction pathways [7
,
12
13
14
15
16
]. Until now, little is known about the regulation
of kinin B2 receptor expression. New studies suggest that
adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) may regulate the expression
of kinin B2 receptors [17
, 18
].

NEUTROPHILS AND EOSINOPHILS
Plasma and tissue kallikrein have been localized recently in
human
circulating and synovial neutrophils [
19
20
21
22
]. Also,
the
endogenous substrates for these proteases, the low and high
molecular
weight kininogens, have been identified on the external
surface of this
type of inflammatory cells [
23
,
24
]. The
kininogens
bind to specific binding sites on neutrophils. In the blood
vessel,
the local release of kinins by this processing system may
induce
the diapedesis of neutrophils by opening endothelial cell
junctions.
Recently, it has been postulated that neutrophils may
control
vascular permeability by generation of kinin
[
25
]. Chemoattractants
initiate the migration of these
cells to the site of inflammation.
Compared with other chemotactic
factors, BK induces only a moderate
migration of human peripheral
neutrophils, whereas desArg
9-BK
was ineffective
(unpublished results). Because the migration
was inhibited by the kinin
B
2 receptor antagonist HOE 140, obviously
the BK-induced
chemotaxis is mediated by the kinin B
2 receptor.
In
contrast, in other studies, no effect of BK on the chemotaxis
of human
neutrophils could be detected [
25
,
26
].
This discrepancy
may be a result of the different sensitivities of the
methods
using to test the migration. In contrast to Heimbürger
and
Palmblad [
27
], we could determine a BK-induced
increase in
intracellular calcium concentration in some preparations of
human
peripheral neutrophils beyond 10 µM [
28
]. In
accordance
with Catz and Sterin-Speziale [
29
], we
observed no BK-induced
production of superoxide radicals by activation
of the reduced
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)
oxidase
in neutrophils from circulation. It is now accepted that a rise
in
intracellular calcium [Ca
2+]
i
is an essential step in the neutrophil
activation and
O
2- generation
[
30
,
31
]. However, the
oxidase activation
occurs only if a threshold
[Ca
2+]
i of 250
nM is exceeded
[
31
]. This calcium increase was not reached
by BK in our
investigations [
28
]. Obviously, the cause is that
peripheral
neutrophils have a very low number of kinin B
2
receptors (818
receptors per cell) [
32
,
33
]. However, these binding sites
may be upregulated at
the site of inflammation. It has been
demonstrated that neutrophils
isolated from synovial fluid of
patients with rheumatoid arthritis show
an increased kinin B
2 receptor density compared with
peripheral cells [
33
,
34
].
The kinins
themselves and the interleukin-1ß (IL-1ß)
present in the
inflammatory environment can be responsible for
this receptor
upregulation. For IL-1ß, it could be
demonstrated a moderate
upregulation of kinin B
2 receptors on
human
synovial cells [
35
]. Dalemar
et al.
[
36
] have shown
that the activation of PKA and PKC,
which can also be triggered
by BK itself, modulates the expression of
kinin B
2 receptors
in human lung fibroblasts. The
functional importance of the
increase in kinin B
2 receptor
expression on neutrophils at the
site of inflammation remains to be
determined.
Taken together, it now appears that the kinin receptor expressed on
neutrophils is the kinin B2 receptor subtype. However,
first results of investigations on kinin B1 receptor
knockout mice have demonstrated that the function of polymorphonuclear
leukocytes is altered: The accumulation of this cell type in inflamed
tissues was reduced by about 65% [37
]. Another group
has shown that kinin B1 receptors are involved in the
IL-1ß-induced cellular migration of neutrophils in air pouches under
the skin of mice [38
]. This neutrophil migration in
response to the cytokine was reduced by the kinin B1
receptor antagonist des-Arg9[Leu8]-BK. The
kinin B2 receptor antagonist HOE 140 had no effect.
However, the neutrophils accumulated at the site of IL-1ß injection
did not show any response to the kinin B1 agonist
desArg9-BK ex vivo [37
]. In 1999,
the same authors postulated that the kinin B1 receptors
could be expressed on sensory C fibers during inflammatory processes.
They have found that the desArg9-BK-induced cell
accumulation was inhibited by neurokinin (NK)1 and
calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonists
[6
]. BK is known to release neurotransmitter, such as
substance P and CGRP, from sensory nerve fibers. Obviously, under
inflammatory conditions, desArg9-BK has the same effect.
These locally released neuropeptides can influence the chemotactic
response of leukocytes expressing the NK1 receptor
[39
40
41
42
]. Consequently, the kinin effect on neutrophil
extravasation could be mediated indirectly and does not require the
kinin receptor expression on leukocytes themselves. Moreover, Ahluwalia
and Perretti [6
] have postulated that the kinin
B2 receptor mediates the acute stage and the kinin
B1 receptor, the chronic stage of inflammation. The
increased BK concentration at the inflammatory site (infiltrating
leukocytes are source of BK for instance) could activate and
downregulate the kinin B2 receptors resulting
in the induction of kinin B1 receptor expression
[5
, 6
]. This hypothesis was supported by
the finding that the incubation of fibroblasts with BK led to a loss of
kinin B2 receptors, whereas the kinin B1
receptors were upregulated on these cells [7
].
Until now, very few investigations about the effect of BK on
eosinophils exist. Pasquale et al. [43
]
demonstrated that an intrathoracic injection of BK induced a
dose-dependent increase in the number of eosinophils recovered from the
rat pleural cavity after 24 h. However, BK did not induce
eosinophil chemotaxis in vitro. The authors could show that
the in vivo effect of BK is mediated indirectly by a
messenger of the lipoxygenase pathway. In contrast, Silva et
al. [44
] have shown that BK by its interaction with
the kinin B2 receptor down-regulated a lipopolysaccharide
(LPS)-induced eosinophil accumulation in the pleural cavity of mice via
a mechanism including prostanoids.
In summary, whether eosinophils express kinin receptors remains to be
determined.

MONOCYTES AND MACROPHAGES
Most investigations on neutrophils concerning the kinin-induced
effects
were performed with human neutrophils. In contrast, monocytes
and
macrophages of various sources and species have been used for
the
analysis of BK-evoked responses. Obviously, the cause is
the limited
monocyte number of peripheral blood compared with
neutrophils and the
heterogeneity of macrophages from different
anatomical sites.
Macrophages exist in distinct stages of differentiation/maturation
or
in different stages of activation correlating with changes
in their
receptor expression and functional response [
45
,
46
].
In contrast to neutrophils, macrophages can release various
inflammatory mediators after kinin stimulation. For the first time,
Burch and co-workers [47
, 48
] have shown
that BK and desArg9-BK induce tumor necrosis factor (TNF)
and IL-1 release from the murine macrophage cell lines P388-D1 and
RAW264.7. The cytokine production could be inhibited by the kinin
B1 receptor antagonist
desArg9[Leu8]-BK. Therefore, the authors have
concluded the kinin receptor on macrophage cell lines is the
B1 subtype. These findings have been supported by binding
studies with [3H]desArg10-kallidin on
RAW264.7 cells [49
]. Investigations in our laboratory
have shown that BK and desArg9-BK stimulate the cytokine
release (IL-1, -2, -3, and -6) of mice spleen cells
[50
]. The inhibition of the BK effect by BK analogues
with an antagonistic activity on the kinin B2 receptor
suggests that the B2 receptor subtype is obviously
expressed on macrophages and/or T cells of mice [50
,
51
]. In comparison, we demonstrated by binding
experiments with [3H]BK on guinea pig peritoneal
macrophages that these cells express kinin B2 receptors
coupling to PLC and calcium increase [52
]. In most other
cell types, the kinin B2 receptors are coupled
preferentially to G proteins of the Gq subtype, resulting
in PLC activation and a rise in intracellular-free
Ca2+ concentration [53
,
54
]. However, in guinea pig macrophages, we could show
that the kinin B2 receptor-induced increase in
[Ca2+]i is mediated by a
pertussis toxin-sensitive G protein such as Gi subtype
[55
]. The BK-induced activation of guinea pig
macrophages via the kinin B2 receptor resulted in an
increase in the arachidonic acid and prostaglandin E2
(PGE2) release also [56
]. Two other studies
have shown that BK stimulates the PGE2 production of
peritoneal macrophages of rats and peripheral human monocytes
[57
, 58
]. However, the receptor-subtype
expression on monocytes/macrophages of these species has not been
analyzed. Recent studies on human peripheral mononuclear cells have
shown that human monocytes express a low number of kinin B2
binding sites [32
]. However, we could not register any
BK-induced increase in intracellular calcium in human monocytes and
monocyte-derived macrophages (monocytes differentiate spontaneously to
macrophages during culture for 710 days) [28
,
59
, 60
]. This in vitro maturation
is a good model for the analysis of mechanisms involved in macrophage
differentiation. The differentiation of monocytes into macrophages is
associated with functional and phenotypic changes. Compared with
peripheral monocytes, we could demonstrate a BK-induced increase in
intracellular calcium in the differentiated human monocytic cell line
MONO MAC 6 [28
]. To induce the differentiation, MONO MAC
6 cells have been treated with lipopolysaccharide and IL-1ß or
interferon (IFN)-
in combination. The undifferentiated MONO MAC 6
cells did not react to BK [28
]. Similar results have
been shown for other G protein-coupled receptors, such as for the
P2z/P2X7 nucleotide receptor in the human monocytic cell
line THP-1 [61
]. For the first time, Raidoo et
al. [62
] have demonstrated an intense
immunolabeling for the kinin B1 receptor and a low
expression of kinin B2 receptors on human foamy macrophages
within the thickened intima of plaques in blood vessels of patients
with atheromatous disease. The high expression of the kinin
B1 receptor subtype on macrophages in this region suggests
that the receptors can be induced by inflammatory mediators released
during atheromatous disease.
Recently, we showed that BK can stimulate the superoxide radical
generation from guinea pig macrophages via the kinin B2
receptor [55
]. Obviously, the activation of the NADPH
oxidase is associated with the BK-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of
several proteins in these cells [63
]. The secretory
responses of macrophages to BK were dependent on its stage of cellular
activation [55
]. Moreover, the kinin receptor activity
of resident tissue macrophages of the alveoli compared with elicited
peritoneal macrophages of guinea pig was very low [55
].
These findings have been supported by the findings that BK increased
the generation of (IL-8) from alveolar macrophages of patients with
active interstitial lung diseases. BK had no effect on the cells in
normal human volunteers [64
]. Further studies have
demonstrated that BK as well as the kinin B1 receptor
agonist stimulate bovine alveolar macrophages to release neutrophil,
monocyte, and eosinophil chemotactic activity, which was identified
mainly as leukotriene B4 (LTB4)
[64
]. The BK-evoked response could be inhibited by kinin
B1 receptor antagonist
desArg9[Leu8]-BK and kinin
B2 receptor antagonist
D-Arg-[Hyp3Thi5,8,D-Phe7]-BK.
Obviously, both receptor subtypes were involved in BK-induced
activation of bovine alveolar macrophages [64
]. In
contrast, in the rat microglia, only the kinin B2receptor subtype is expressed [65
]. These cells
are considered to be the resident macrophages of the brain, which show
macrophage-like activity after activation associated with the release
of cytotoxic substances such as cytokines, nitric oxide (NO), and free
radicals. Walker et al. [66
] have postulated
a role of BK in the transformation of the resting microglia into an
active state. Perhaps, this is an important mechanism of the
neurodegeneration. Activated macrophages themselves are a source of
cytokines such as IL-1ß, which may induce an autocrine mechanism of
activation correlating with an increase in expression of relevant
receptors. In guinea pig macrophages we could show that IL-1ß
amplified the signaling and functional response to BK
[16
]. However, this effect was not associated with an
increase in the kinin B2 receptor number. In contrast, in
the murine alveolar macrophage cell line MH-S, IL-1ß induced the
kinin B1 receptor mRNA and the receptor protein expression
[12
]. This increase in receptor number correlated with
an enhancement of the desArg10-kallidin-evoked rise in
intracellular calcium mobilization and TNF-
release.
Taken together, the kinin B1 receptor is expressed
constitutively in some types of macrophages; in others, this receptor
expression is upregulated under the influence of inflammatory
mediators. Because the permanent murine alveolar macrophage cell line
MH-S does not express the kinin B1 receptor constitutively,
the constitutive expression of kinin B1 receptors in
permanent cell lines (murine macrophages, P388-D1, and RAW264.7) cannot
depend only on cytokine-rich serum containing medium or proliferative
and transformed phenotypes of the cells [12
]. Perhaps,
the different origin of macrophages of these murine cell lines is
responsible for the different kinin B1 receptor expression.
For instance, investigations on endothelial cells of different origins
and different species have shown that the kinin B1 receptor
expression (constitutive or induced) and its pharmacology are dependent
on cell type [67
]. Moreover, the availability of new
kinin B1 receptor antagonists, such as AcLys-desArg9[D-ßNal7,Ile8]BK
(R 715) and Lys-Lys-desArg9[Hyp3,
Cpg5, D-Tic7, Cpg8]BK (B 9958),
has facilitated the characterization and classification of kinin
B1 receptor in the mouse as a subtype of kinin
B1 receptor that differs from the human and rabbit kinin
B1 receptor [68
]. The mouse kinin
B1 receptor has a significantly lower affinity for both
antagonists than the human and rabbit kinin B1 receptors
[68
]. Based on this pharmacological difference of the
mouse kinin B1 receptor resulting obviously from minor
alterations in the primary structure, a difference exists also of
possible gene regulation of this receptor depending on species
[69
].
The kinin B2 receptor is expressed constitutively alone or
in coexistence with the kinin B1 receptor on all
macrophages of various tissue and species investigated (Table 1
). The finding that guinea pig macrophages expressed only the kinin
B2 receptor type supports many pharmacological studies in
tissues of guinea pigs indicating that no kinin B1receptors are expressed in this species [70
,
71
]. In conclusion, the results show that kinin receptor
subtypes B1 and B2 are expressed on macrophages
depending on species, tissue, and differentiation/activation stage
(Table 1) . Obviously, the functional importance of kinin receptors on
macrophages is a maintenance of the inflammatory process by release of
various mediators, such as IL-1ß, which can amplify the effect of BK
and metabolite desArg9-BK.

LYMPHOCYTES
Until now, few investigations exist about the effect of kinins
and
kinin receptor expression on lymphocytes. In 1979, Kimura
et
al. [
72
] had shown a stimulatory influence of BK on
cAMP
levels of murine lymphocytes. In 1982, an enhanced migration
of
thymocytes and T cells derived from different species had
been shown
after incubation with BK [
73
]. The first study,
which
characterized the BK receptor expressed on T lymphocytes
as a
B
1 subtype, came from McFadden and Vickers
[
74
]. They
found that BK, kallidin, and
desArg
9-BK stimulated the migration
of nonsensitized human
peripheral blood and rat splenic lymphocytes.
Whereas the specific
kinin B
1 receptor antagonist
desArg
9[Leu
8]-BK
inhibited the effect of BK
and desArg
9-BK, the specific kinin
B
2 receptor
antagonists [D-Phe
7]-BK and [Thi
5,8,
D-Phe
7]-BK
were ineffective [
74
]. These
results were of potential interest.
However, various methodological
limitations (purity of cell
preparation and subtyping of lymphocytes)
should be controlled
and confirmed by genetic experiments. A secretion
of lymphokinesobviously
IL-2from T cells by BK and similar
oligopeptides was
demonstrated also [
75
]. In contrast to
all results shown, no
evidence exists that B lymphocytes react to
kinins. Recently,
the influence of kinins on human peripheral blood T
lymphocytes
of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared with
cells
from healthy control subjects was investigated
[
13
]. The authors
have demonstrated an upregulation of
kinin B
1 receptor mRNA
and protein expression on
CD3
+ T lymphocytes of diseased patients,
especially
patients with active MS compared with healthy volunteers
as control.
Their results indicate that the expression of kinin
B
1
receptor in these cells during MS correlated with the clinical
activity
of the disease. The
in vitro finding that the cytokines
TNF-
and IFN-

induced the expression of the kinin B
1
receptor in
CD3
+ T cells of healthy control subjects
supports the functional
importance of this kinin-receptor subtype
during the inflammatory
process [
13
]. Furthermore, T
cells of MS patients had an increased
migration rate compared with
control subjects. The kinin B
1 receptor
stimulation of these T lymphocytes resulted in inhibition
of T cell
migration. The antimigratory effect of the B
1 agonist
Sar(D-Phe
8)desArg
9BK
could be prevented by the
new kinin B
1 antagonist R-715 [
13
].
These
results provide the evidence that T lymphocytes of MS
patients express
functional kinin B
1 receptors [
13
]. To
summarize
all published results of this chapter, it appears that the
only
expressed kinin receptor on T lymphocytes is the B
1
subtype.

CONCLUSION
Taken together, the results demonstrate that kinins play an
important
role for the activation, especially the cytokine production,
of
various leukocytes during the inflammatory process. The recent
availability
and use of potent and selective kinin receptor antagonists
in
different experiments provided information about which kinin
receptor
subtype is expressed on granulocytes, macrophages, and T
lymphocytes.
It is now documented that the kinin B
2
receptor on neutrophils
is involved in the extravascular migration of
these cells at
the site of inflammation. The neutrophils are
participated in
elevated local release of BK into inflamed tissue.
Macrophages
express kinin B
2 as well as B
1
receptors or both together. The
stimulation of both receptors on
macrophages results in the
generation of various inflammatory
mediators, such as cytokines.
T lymphocytes express only the kinin
B
1 subtype, which can be
induced by cytokines and is
important for the altered migration
of these cells during inflammation.
This leukocyte-specific
kinin receptor expression supports the
hypothesis that the kinin
B
2 receptor could play a role
during acute phase and the kinin
B
1 receptor, in chronic
phase of inflammation.
Received May 15, 2000;
revised August 8, 2000;
accepted August 9, 2000.

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