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JOURNAL OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Volume 14, Issue 3, Pages 324-333Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2014.09.003
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Protease; Neutrophil elastase; SLPI; Cathepsin; Nasal lavage; Sinonasal; Lung
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Background: Balanced levels of proteases and anti-proteases are essential in host defense systems. In CF patients' lungs, elevated protease/anti-protease-ratios contribute to damage of airway tissue and premature death with the inherited disease. Little is known about upper airway protease equilibrium in CF. Methods: Neutrophil elastase (NE), Secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)9, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase (TIMP)1, cathepsin S (CTSS) and the corresponding cellular distribution were assessed in the nasal lavage (NL) and sputum of 40 CF patients. Results: Concentrations of all proteases and anti-proteases were markedly higher in sputum than in NL (NE: 10-fold, SLPI: 5000-fold). Interestingly, the NE/SLPI ratio was 726-fold higher in NL compared to sputum, while the MMP9/TIMP1 ratio was 4.5-fold higher in sputum compared to NL. Discussion: This first study to compare protease/anti-protease networks of CF upper and lower airways by NL and sputum reveals substantial differences between both compartments' immunological responses. This finding May have implications for sinonasal and pulmonary treatment, possibly leading to new therapeutic approaches. (C) 2014 European Cystic Fibrosis Society. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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