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Contribution of eotaxin-1 to eosinophil chemotactic activity of moderate and severe asthmatic sputum
Dent, G.; Hadjicharalambous, C.; Yoshikawa, T. et al.
2004In American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 169 (10), p. 1110-1117
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Keywords :
antibodies; asthma; chemokines; chemotaxis
Abstract :
[en] The CC chemokine eotaxin-1 (CCL11) is chemotactic for eosinophils, basophils, and type 2 helper T cells and may play a role in allergic inflammation. We investigated its contribution as an eosinophil chemoattractant in asthmatic airway secretions (sampled as induced sputum), which possess chemotactic activity for eosinophils and T cells. Sputum samples collected from healthy subjects and subjects with mild, stable-moderate, unstable-moderate, and severe asthma were processed with phosphate-buffered saline and assayed for eotaxin by ELISA and for eosinophil chemotactic activity by fluorescence-based chemotaxis assay. The contribution of eotaxin to chemotactic activity was studied by using a high-affinity neutralizing human anti-eotaxin antibody, CAT-213. Sputum eotaxin concentration was significantly raised in moderate and severe asthma (p < 0.05 versus healthy control subjects) but not in mild asthma. Chemotactic activity was significantly increased in all asthmatic groups relative to healthy subjects (p < 0.05) and was significantly inhibited by CAT-213 (1100 nM) in subjects with moderate and severe asthma, with median inhibition of 52% (p < 0.05), 78% (p < 0.0001), and 86% (p < 0.0001), respectively, in samples representing stable-moderate, unstable-moderate, and severe asthma. Eotaxin contributed to the eosinophil chemotactic activity of sputum from subjects with more severe forms of asthma but not mild asthma, suggesting that its contribution is more important in more severe disease. This activity is inhibited significantly by CAT-213.
Disciplines :
Cardiovascular & respiratory systems
Author, co-author :
Dent, G.
Hadjicharalambous, C.
Yoshikawa, T.
Handy, R. L. C.
Powell, J.
Anderson, I. K.
Louis, Renaud ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Pneumologie - Allergologie
Davies, D. E.
Djukanovic, R.
Language :
English
Title :
Contribution of eotaxin-1 to eosinophil chemotactic activity of moderate and severe asthmatic sputum
Publication date :
15 May 2004
Journal title :
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
ISSN :
1073-449X
eISSN :
1535-4970
Publisher :
Amer Thoracic Soc, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
169
Issue :
10
Pages :
1110-1117
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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