201. Role of cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-2 (CINC-2) alpha in a rat model of chronic bronchopulmonary infections with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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Amano H, Oishi K, Sonoda F, Senba M, Wada A, Nakagawa H, and Nagatake T
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- Animals, Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid microbiology, Cell Count, Chemokine CXCL1, Chemotaxis, Chronic Disease, Disease Models, Animal, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Infections metabolism, Kinetics, Lung metabolism, Macrophages, Alveolar metabolism, Neutrophils microbiology, RNA, Messenger metabolism, Rabbits, Rats, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Time Factors, Bronchi microbiology, Chemokines, CXC, Chemotactic Factors physiology, Growth Substances physiology, Infections microbiology, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Lung microbiology, Pseudomonas aeruginosa metabolism
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In order to investigate the role of the cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) in chronic bronchopulmonary infection, we developed a rat model of bronchopulmonary infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa by using the agar bead method, and determined the kinetics of bacterial and cell number, as well as the concentrations of CINC-1, CINC-2, and CINC-3 in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids in this model. The bacterial number in the lung rapidly increased from days 1 to 4, and declined 14 days after challenge. Neutrophil number in BAL fluid increased up to one day after challenge, and then slowly decreased during 14 days post-challenge. Among the CINCs, the local production of CINC-2 alpha sharply increased at day 1 and then decreased until day 4 post-challenge, while the local production of CINC-1 slightly increased at day 1 post-challenge. Neither CINC-2 beta nor CINC-3 were detected during the entire course of the infection. Increased CINC-2 mRNA expression in the lung tissue after challenge was associated with CINC-2 alpha production in BAL fluid. Moreover, an immunohistochemical study demonstrated the localization of CINC-1 and CINC-2 alpha primarily in alveolar macrophages and, to a much lesser extent, in bronchial epithelium of infected lung tissues, whereas CINC-2 beta and CINC-3 were not detected. When anti-CINC-1 or anti-CINC-2 alpha polyclonal antibodies were used for neutralizing neutrophil chemotactic activities in BAL fluids, the anti-CINC-2 alpha antibody inhibited 70% of the chemotactic activity in BAL fluids from infected rats at day 1 after challenge. No inhibition was observed by anti-CINC-1 antibody. These data indicate that CINC-2 alpha, which is produced by alveolar macrophages and bronchial epithelial cells, plays a pivotal role in neutrophil accumulation in the airway of a rat model of chronic bronchopulmonary infection with P. aeruginosa., (Copyright 2000 Academic Press.)
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- 2000
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