title: Development and application of a radioimmunoassay for interleukin-8: detection of interleukin-8 in synovial fluids from patients with inflammatory joint disease.
abstract: A sensitive and specific radioimmunoassay for human interleukin-8 (IL-8) was developed using isotopically labeled homogenous natural protein. The detection limit (20% inhibition of 125I-IL-8 binding) was 30 pg/100 microliters; 50% displacement occurred at 140 pg/100 microliters. There was no cross-reactivity with the structurally and functionally related neutrophil-activating peptides 2 and 3 up to 500 ng/100 microliters. The intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation were 4 and 7%, respectively. In vitro experiments showed that human fibroblasts triggered by interleukin-1, double-stranded RNA or virus release immunoreactive and biologically active IL-8 in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Monocytes produce immunoreactive IL-8 in the 100 ng/ml range when exposed to plant mitogen, bacterial endotoxin, virus or IL-1. Although the radioimmunoassay was more sensitive than the chemotaxis assay (detection limit 0.6 ng/ml versus 10 ng/ml) a correlation between concentrations of immunoreactive IL-8 and neutrophil chemotactic activity in the supernatants from stimulated monocytes and fibroblasts was observed. In synovial fluids from patients with inflammatory joint disease, IL-8 was clearly demonstrable, but there was no correlation between IL-8 levels and general parameters of disease activity (erythrocyte sedimentation rate and serum levels of C-reactive protein). Synovial fluids from patients with rheumatoid arthritis, seropositive for rheumatoid factor, contained significantly higher concentrations of IL-8 than synovial fluids from seronegative rheumatoid arthritis patients and patients with non-rheumatoid arthritis joint inflammation. There was a highly significant correlation between IL-8 levels and serum titers of rheumatoid factor. These findings suggest that the molecular mechanisms underlying joint inflammation may be distinct in different types of arthritis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pharmacology, University of Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rampart
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grillet
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Opdenakker
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Damme
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000494:pharmacology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000494:pharmacology; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods*; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor / Q000097:blood; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013582:Synovial Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D016209:Interleukin-8; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral; D012217:Rheumatoid Factor