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JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY
Volume 81, Issue 4, Pages 1022-1031Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0706435
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infection; immunity; cytokine
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Human neutrophil peptides (HNP) exert immune-modulating effects. We hypothesized that HNP link innate and adaptive immunity through activation of costimulatory molecules. Human lung epithelial cells and CD4(+) lymphocytes were treated with HNP separately or in coculture. Stimulation with HNP induced an increase in cell surface expression of CD54 (ICAM-1), CD80, and CD86 on lung epithelial cells and the corresponding major ligands, CD11a (LFA-1), CD152 (CTLA-4), and CD28 on CD4(+) lymphocytes. There was an increased nuclear expression of the transcription factor p53 in human alveolar A549 cells and an elevated NF-kappa B (p50) and a degradation of I-kappa B protein in CD4(+) lymphocytes following HNP stimulation. HNP enhanced the interaction between A549 cells and CD4(+) lymphocytes by increasing cell adhesion and release of IFN-gamma, IL-2, and IL-8. This was attenuated by using an alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor to neutralize HNP. We conclude that HNP play an important role in linking innate to acquired immunity by activation of costimulatory molecules in lung epithelial cells and CD4(+) lymphocytes.
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