AJP - Lung Watch the video to learn how APS reaches out to developing nations.
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
 QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     


Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 286: L1105-L1113, 2004. First published January 16, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00277.2003
1040-0605/04 $5.00
This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow All Versions of this Article:
286/6/L1105    most recent
00277.2003v1
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Web of Science (14)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Krupa, A.
Right arrow Articles by Kurdowska, A. K.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Krupa, A.
Right arrow Articles by Kurdowska, A. K.

TRANSLATIONAL PHYSIOLOGY
Acute Lung Injury

Proinflammatory activity of anti-IL-8 autoantibody:IL-8 complexes in alveolar edema fluid from patients with acute lung injury

Agnieszka Krupa,1 Hiroyuki Kato,1 Michael A. Matthay,2 and Anna K. Kurdowska1

1Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler, Texas 75708; and 2School of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0130

Submitted 15 August 2003 ; accepted in final form 30 December 2003

A significant fraction of IL-8 in lung fluids from patients with the acute lung injury (ALI) is associated with anti-IL-8 autoantibodies (anti-IL-8:IL-8 complexes), and lung fluid concentrations of these complexes correlate with development and outcome of ALI. In this study, we examined whether anti-IL-8:IL-8 complexes exhibit proinflammatory activity in vitro. These complexes were purified from pulmonary edema fluid samples obtained from patients with ALI. First, we found that IL-8 bound to the autoantibody retained its ability to trigger chemotaxis of neutrophils, whereas control antibody did not have significant chemotactic activity. Next, we examined the ability of anti-IL-8:IL-8 complexes to induce neutrophil activation, i.e., neutrophil respiratory burst and degranulation. Anti-IL-8:IL-8 complexes triggered superoxide and myeloperoxidase release from human neutrophils, and in contrast, the control antibody had no effect. We also demonstrated that IgG receptor, Fc{gamma}RIIa, is the receptor involved in cellular activation mediated by these complexes. Blockade of Fc{gamma}RIIa completely reverses activity of the complexes with the exception of chemotaxis. Both Fc{gamma}RIIa and IL-8 receptors mediate chemotactic activity of anti-IL-8:IL-8 complexes, with Fc{gamma}RIIa being, however, a predominant receptor. Furthermore, activity of the complexes is partially dependent on the activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinases, i.e., ERK and p38, important components of the Fc{gamma}RIIa signaling cascade. Anti-IL-8:IL-8 complexes may therefore be involved in the pathogenesis of lung inflammation in clinical acute lung injury.

anti-IL-8:IL-8 complexes in pulmonary edema fluid; neutrophils; IgG receptors; neutrophil activation; mitogen-activated protein kinases



Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: A. K. Kurdowska, Dept. of Biochemistry, Univ. of Texas Health Center, 11937 US Highway 271, Tyler, TX 75708-3154 (E-mail: anna.kurdowska{at}uthct.edu).




This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
Circ. Res.Home page
I. Parastatidis, L. Thomson, D. M. Fries, R. E. Moore, J. Tohyama, X. Fu, S. L. Hazen, H. F.G. Heijnen, M. K. Dennehy, D. C. Liebler, et al.
Increased Protein Nitration Burden in the Atherosclerotic Lesions and Plasma of Apolipoprotein A-I Deficient Mice
Circ. Res., August 17, 2007; 101(4): 368 - 376.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol.Home page
R. Fudala, A. Krupa, M. A. Matthay, T. C. Allen, and A. K. Kurdowska
Anti-IL-8 autoantibody:IL-8 immune complexes suppress spontaneous apoptosis of neutrophils
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, August 1, 2007; 293(2): L364 - L374.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.Home page
J. Reutershan, R. Stockton, A. Zarbock, G. W. Sullivan, D. Chang, D. Scott, M. A. Schwartz, and K. Ley
Blocking p21-activated Kinase Reduces Lipopolysaccharide-induced Acute Lung Injury by Preventing Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Infiltration
Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., May 15, 2007; 175(10): 1027 - 1035.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Bio.Home page
L. Thomson, J. Christie, C. Vadseth, P. N. Lanken, X. Fu, S. L. Hazen, and H. Ischiropoulos
Identification of Immunoglobulins that Recognize 3-Nitrotyrosine in Patients with Acute Lung Injury after Major Trauma
Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., February 1, 2007; 36(2): 152 - 157.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]


Home page
Am. J. Physiol. Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol.Home page
P. E. Parsons
Bridging the chasm between bench and bedside: translational research in acute lung injury
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, June 1, 2004; 286(6): L1086 - L1087.
[Full Text] [PDF]




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Visit Other APS Journals Online
Copyright © 2004 by the American Physiological Society.