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AJP - Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Vol 273, Issue 5 1073-L1081, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society
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C. R. Killingsworth, S. A. Shore, F. Alessandrini, R. D. Dey and J. D. Paulauskis
Physiology Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Although the tachykinins substance P (SP) and neurokinin A have been largely localized to neurons, eosinophils have also been shown to express these peptides. Our aim was to determine whether rat alveolar macrophages (AM) express preprotachykinin gene-I (PPT-I) mRNA that encodes these tachykinins and to examine expression during inflammation. PPT-I mRNA was detected by reverse transcription (RT)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in AM and brain (control) but not in peritoneal macrophages. Northern analysis showed that PPT-I mRNA was induced two- to fourfold by in vivo treatment of rats with intratracheal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and in vitro after 4 h of exposure to LPS. This increase was inhibited by dexamethasone. In situ RT-PCR and immunocytochemistry further confirmed that AM express PPT-I mRNA and SP-like immunoreactivity, respectively, which was enhanced by LPS treatment. A 1.3-kb transcript consistent with PPT-I mRNA was detected by Northern analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage neutrophils. Therefore, rat AM express PPT-I mRNA that is upregulated in AM by LPS and is attenuated by dexamethasone. PPT-I mRNA was also detected in lung neutrophils.
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