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JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 112, 期 2, 页码 353-361出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1067/mai.2003.1651
关键词
endotoxin; phagocytosis; CD11b; neutrophil response
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [1R01HL62624-01] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [N01-ES-35356] Funding Source: Medline
Background: In a cohort of 8 normal and 10 allergic asthmatic volunteers, we previously reported that inhalation of 5 mug of endotoxin (LPS) induced airway inflammation that correlated with CD14 expression that was, in turn, correlated with eosinophil numbers in the airway. Macrophage and neutrophil functions have been reported to be modified by endotoxin in vitro and in vivo, and response to endotoxin is mediated largely by airway phagocytes and related to allergic inflammation. Objective: We sought to examine functional and cell-surface phenotype changes in phagocytes recovered from atopic asthmatic subjects after endotoxin challenge. Methods: Sputum and peripheral blood from 10 allergic asthmatic subjects was recovered after saline and LPS challenge. Assessment of phagocytosis and cell-surface phenotype (CD11b. CD14, and CD64) was performed on phagocytes obtained from sputum (n = 7) and blood samples (n = 10). Results: Phagocytosis of blood and sputum phagocytes was blunted after LPS challenge in a fashion that correlated with the increase in airway neutrophils after LPS challenge. Cell-surface expression of CD14 (membrane-bound CD14) was increased in sputum cells, whereas CD11b was decreased in sputum and circulating phagocytes. Baseline expression of CD11b in blood correlated with the magnitude of the neutrophil response after LPS inhalation, as well as (inversely) with baseline airway eosinophil levels. Conclusions: Inhalation of endotoxin at levels adequate to induce a neutrophil influx to the airways (but not systemic symptoms) and circulating cells and modifies CD11b expression in a way that implicates its involvement in pbagocyte responsiveness to inhaled LPS.
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