Cytokine-Regulated Eosinophil Migration in Inflammatory Disorders
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Lampinen, M. 2000.Cytokine-regulated eosinophil migration in inflammatory disorders. Clinical and experimental studies. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine 971. 60 pp. Uppsala. ISBN 91-554-4849-6. The accumulation of eosinophil granulocytes (EOS) at sites of inflammation is a common feature of asthma, allergic rhinitis and inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of the present investigation was to study the mechanisms involved in this accumulation. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid obtained from patients with birch-pollen allergy during the season exhibited increased eosinophil chemotactic activity compared with pre-season BAL fluid from the same patients. We identified IL-5, IL-8 and RANTES as the main eosinophil chemotactic agents in the BAL fluid. Only EOS from allergic donors responded to IL-8. IL-2 inhibited albumin-stimulated eosinophil migration towards buffer or chemoattractants. EOS from allergic subjects were less sensitive to this inhibition than EOS from normal subjects, and in vitro priming of the EOS with IL-5 prevented the inhibitory effect of IL-2. We therefore hypothesise that IL-2 acts as an autocrine regulator of EOS migration, and that this inhibitory effect may be down-regulated in allergy, resulting in increased migration of EOS towards chemotactic factors. The stimulation of eosinophil migration by albumin is mediated by PI3 kinase. Decreased expression of CD49d and CD49f caused by albumin may decrease the adhesiveness of the EOS, which in turn may facilitate migration. We found higher chemotactic activity in perfusion fluids from patients with ulcerative colitis than from control patients. The chemotactic activity correlated with the concentrations of eosinophil granule proteins in the perfusion fluids. IL-5 and TNF-α were identified as two of the chemotactic agents in the perfusion fluid that were inhibited by steroid treatment. Agents with steroid-insensitive chemotactic activity remain to be identified.
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