title: [Interleukin-8 and airway inflammation].
abstract: Airway inflammation is a prominent feature of chronic obstructive diseases of the airways, including asthma, bronchiectasis, chronic bronchitis, and diffuse panbronchiolitis. Neutrophils are implicated in the pathogenesis of these diseases. The present review discusses the role of interleukin-8 (IL-8), a neutrophil chemo-attractant, in neutrophil accumulation in the airways, and the mechanisms of inducing IL-8 expression. IL-8 presents in the sputum of patients with inflammatory airway diseases, and accounts in large part for the chemo-attractant activity present. Focusing on Pseudomonas aeruginosa as the stimulus, it was discovered that when a supernatant of bacterial culture is introduced into the airways in vivo, bacterial products induce IL-8 expression in surface airway epithelial cells and the recruitment of neutrophils into the airways. The neutrophil chemotactic activity of the airway fluid was inhibited by an IL-8 antibody. The luminal IL-8 concentration increased in response to instillation of bacteria, and an inhibitor of neutrophil recruitment markedly reduced the IL-8 levels. From these results, it was speculated that bacteria-induced neutrophil accumulation in the airways involves a cascade of events, and that early neutrophil recruitment in response to bacteria is due to epithelium-derived IL-8, while the amplification of the response is due, at least in part, to IL-8 induction in the neutrophils themselves.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Diseases of the Chest, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D016535:Bronchial Hyperreactivity; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000209:etiology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8