Interferon-gamma enhances the pulmonary CXC chemokine response to intratracheal lipopolysaccharide challenge |
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Authors: | Zhang Ping Quinton Lee J Bagby Gregory J Summer Warren R Nelson Steve |
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Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans 70112, USA. |
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Abstract: | CXC chemokines are major chemoattractants for pulmonary polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMNL) recruitment. To study the effects of interferon (IFN)-gamma on the pulmonary chemokine response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge, rats were treated with intratracheal IFN-gamma (1x10(5) U/rat) 24 h before an intratracheal LPS (100 microg/rat) challenge. Intratracheal LPS caused significant increases in both cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant (CINC) and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and pulmonary PMNL recruitment. IFN-gamma enhanced these responses. IFN-gamma also increased LPS-induced tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha in BAL fluid. LPS-induced TNF-alpha and CINC mRNA expression in alveolar macrophages was increased by IFN-gamma. CD11b/c and CD18 expression on circulating PMNLs was not affected by IFN-gamma, nor was the chemotaxis of these cells. IFN-gamma increases the pulmonary CXC chemokine response, which may serve as one mechanism underlying enhanced PMNL delivery into the lung. |
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