title: Priming of alveolar macrophages for interleukin-8 production in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
abstract: We evaluated the contribution of interleukin-8 (IL-8) to the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) by studying bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in eight patients with IPF in the chronically progressive phase, five patients with IPF in the subacutely progressive phase, eight patients with sarcoidosis (SAR), and eight control (CTL) subjects. IL-8 levels were not increased in the BALF of the patients with IPF in the chronic phase (11.3 +/- 8.8 pg/ml), nor in that of the SAR patients (13.8 +/- 7.8 pg/ml), whereas they were increased in the BALF of patients with IPF in the subacutely progressive phase (1.93 +/- 1.10 ng/ml). We then investigated extracellular and cell-associated IL-8 in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated BALF cells to determine the IL-8-producing potential of alveolar macrophages (AM). Following LPS stimulation of BALF cells from patients with IPF in the chronic phase, both the extracellular IL-8 in culture fluid and the cell-associated IL-8 in AM were increased as compared with those for the CTL subjects (p < 0.05 and p < 0.05, respectively). These results suggest that AM of patients with IPF are primed for IL-8 production. We conclude that IL-8 may play a role in neutrophilic alveolitis, especially during the subacute phase of IPF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujishima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Waki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sayama
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sakamaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Terashima
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Soejima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tasaka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishizaka
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008262:Macrophage Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D017565:Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides