title: Chemokine involvement in tetracycline-induced pleuritis.
abstract: Sclerosants such as tetracycline (TCN) have often been used in the control of malignant pleural effusions. Although the resultant inflammatory response is probably important in the ensuing pleural fibrosis, the signals responsible for the cellular influx into the pleural space following TCN instillation are not well understood. This study, therefore, sought to determine whether the chemokines interleukin-8 (IL-8), growth-related protein (Gro), and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) were locally elaborated within the first 72 h following intrapleural TCN administration. TCN induced an exudative effusion with high lactate dehydrogenase activity. Although there was no significant change in the pleural fluid total leukocyte content, the median polymorphonuclear neutrophil concentration decreased from 1.067x10(6) to 2.03x10(5) cells x mL(-1) between 24 and 72 h, whereas the median macrophage concentration increased from 1.44x10(5) to 5.98x10(5) cells x mL(-1) over the same period. Furthermore, IL-8, Gro and MCP-1 concentrations decreased between 24 and 72 h. Immunocytochemistry indicated expression of IL-8 by pleural mesothelial cells 24 h, but not 72 h, following TCN administration. The data suggest that local elaboration of interleukin-8 and growth-related protein, in part of mesothelial origin, may influence neutrophil recruitment in tetracycline-induced pleuritis.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Center at Tyler, 75708-3154, USA.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kajikawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pueblitz
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Light
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Idell
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000032:analysis; D018925:Chemokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000032:analysis; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D009504:Neutrophils; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013752:Tetracycline
chemical_list: D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D018925:Chemokines; D016209:Interleukin-8; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D013752:Tetracycline