Abstract
The monocyte locomotion inhibitory factor (MLIF) is a pentapeptide produced by Entamoeba histolytica. This factor displays several in vivo and in vitro anti-inflammatory properties, among others, inhibition of monocyte locomotion and the respiratory burst in monocyte and neutrophils. A synthetic peptide had the same selective anti-inflammatory features as the native material. We now evaluated MLIF on the constitutive and induced gene expression in the MRC-5 human fibroblasts cell line. The MLIF affected constitutive expression of 21 genes and induced expression of 75 genes. Some of these genes involved in the inflammatory response and other participated in the remodeling and the wound-healing processes.
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