title: Cytokines and oxygen radicals after hyperoxia in preterm and term alveolar macrophages.
abstract: To determine if the alveolar macrophage inflammatory cytokine response to oxygen differs in premature cells, macrophages were obtained from litters of premature (27 days) and term (31 days) rabbits. The majority of these cells were nonspecific esterase positive and actively phagocytosed latex particles. The cells that expressed cytokines also reacted with a monoclonal antibody against rabbit macrophages. After incubation overnight in 5 or 95% oxygen, the amount of interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-8 mRNA was assessed by RT-PCR and the amount of cytokine protein by quantitative immunofluorescence microscopy. The preterm macrophage showed a significant increase in cytokine mRNA and protein after overnight incubation in 95% oxygen. This response was not seen in the term cells. Only premature macrophages had a significant increase in intracellular oxygen radical content, measured by 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin analysis, after incubation in 95% oxygen. This enhanced inflammatory cytokine response to oxygen may be one mechanism involved in the early development of chronic lung disease in premature infants.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298-0276, USA. hrozycki@hsc.vcu.edu
authors: Henry J
authors: HJ
authors: Rozycki
authors: Paul G
authors: PG
authors: Comber
authors: Thomas F
authors: TF
authors: Huff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D018496:Hyperoxia / Q000378:metabolism*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D016209:Interleukin-8; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species