title: Lymphokines in bleomycin-induced lung injury in bleomycin-sensitive C57BL/6 and -resistant BALB/c mice.
abstract: To study the pattern of lymphokines in bleomycin-induced lung injury, T cells were isolated from lung interstitial tissue (LIL), peribronchial lymphatic tissue (PBLT), and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of bleomycin-"sensitive" C57Bl/6 and bleomycin-"resistant" BALB/c mice at 3, 6, and 14 days following intratracheal instillation of bleomycin or saline. After 48 hours in culture, conditioned media were collected and assayed with specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for interferon (IFN)-gamma, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4 and IL-5. In bleomycin-treated C57B1/6 mice, IFN-gamma production was increased up to 20-fold at 3 and 6 days in LIL, and at 3 days in PBLT lymphocytes. IL-4 production was slightly decreased in LIL and PBLT lymphocytes at 14 days. IL-2 and IL-5 were not changed by bleomycin. In BALB/c mice, IFN-gamma production was increased 5-fold at 14 days, and IL-2 production at 6 days, in LIL but not PBLT. IL-4 and IL-5 were not significantly changed. The increase in IFN-gamma may play a role in the pathogenesis of bleomycin-induced lung injury. Differences in the cytokine pattern between the strains of mice may contribute to the variable strain susceptibility in bleomycin-induced lung injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gur
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Or
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Segel
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shriki
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Izbicki
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Breuer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000009:adverse effects; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001980:Bronchi / Q000166:cytology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000378:metabolism; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D008222:Lymphokines; D001761:Bleomycin; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007371:Interferon-gamma