title: Ontogeny of a human polychlorinated biphenyl-binding protein. Level of expression in tracheal aspirates in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
abstract: A human lung polychlorinated biphenyl binding protein (PCB-BP,M(r) 13 kd) has recently been purified from lavage fluid. Polyclonal monospecific antibodies against PCB-BP were produced and used for immunohistochemical staining in sections of human lung tissue. PCB-BP was found to localize preferentially to the nonciliated (Clara) cells of the lung, whereas the alveolar cells and ciliated cells of the larger airways were devoid of staining. Tracheal aspirates from infants receiving mechanical ventilation were subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis separation and Western immunoblotting. The antibodies to human PCB-BP detected a single band of the expected molecular weight, and a quantitative analysis of the ontogeny of PCB-BP in tracheal aspirates was performed by construction of Western immunoblot standard curves. A significant increase in the levels of PCB-BP in late gestation (gestational weeks 39 to 41) was demonstrated. In similar experiments, levels of PCB-BP in tracheal aspirates obtained from infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) at the postconceptional age of less than 38 weeks were found to be significantly elevated as compared with a normal study group of similar gestational age (21.8 +/- 4.8 vs 3.1 +/- 0.8 ng of PCB-BP per microgram of total protein, p < 0.005). It is suggested that the high levels of PCB-BP at the postconceptional age of less than 38 weeks observed in infants with BPD may reflect inflammatory injury and regeneration of airway epithelium, associated with proliferation of Clara cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Lung Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Noack
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Glaumann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sonnenfeld
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lund
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D001980:Bronchi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry*; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004848:Epithelium / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D015870:Gene Expression; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008168:Lung / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D011650:Pulmonary Alveoli / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D014132:Trachea; D014598:Uteroglobin
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; C556389:SCGB1A1 protein, human; D012967:Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate; D014598:Uteroglobin; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls