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Asthma and Pulmonary Immunology Program, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185
Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP)
is synthesized by nonciliated bronchiolar cells in the lung and
modulates lung inflammation to infection. To determine the role of CCSP
in the host response to allergic airway disease, CCSP-deficient
[(
/
)] mice were immunized twice with ovalbumin (Ova) and
challenged by Ova (2 or 5 mg/m3) aerosol. After 2, 3, and 5 days of Ova aerosol challenge (6 h/day), airway reactivity was
increased in CCSP(
/
) mice compared with wild-type [CCSP(+/+)]
mice. Neutrophils were markedly increased in the bronchoalveolar lavage
fluid of CCSP(
/
) Ova mice, coinciding with increased
myeloperoxidase activity and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 levels.
Lung histopathology and inflammation were increased in CCSP(
/
)
compared with wild-type mice after Ova challenge. Mucus production, as
assessed by histological staining, was increased in the airway
epithelium of CCSP(
/
) Ova mice compared with that in CCSP(+/+) Ova
mice. These data suggest a role for CCSP in airway reactivity and the
host response to allergic airway inflammation and provide further
evidence for the role of the airway epithelium in regulating airway
responses in allergic disease.
Clara cell secretory protein; lung epithelium; asthma; ovalbumin
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