J L Devalia1, H Bayram, M M Abdelaziz, R J Sapsford, R J Davies. 1. Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London Chest Hospital, London, UK.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that the airways of asthmatics are more susceptible to adverse effects of air pollutants than the airways of non-asthmatics, but the underlying mechanisms are not clear. METHODS: We have cultured bronchial epithelial cells (HBEC) from biopsies of atopic mild asthmatic patients and non-atopic non-asthmatic subjects, and investigated constitutive and diesel exhaust particles (DEP)-induced release of several pro-inflammatory mediators. RESULTS: HBEC of asthmatic patients constitutively released significantly greater amounts of IL-8, GM-CSF and sICAM-1 than HBEC of non-asthmatic subjects. RANTES was only released by HBEC of asthmatic patients. Incubation of the asthmatic cultures with 10 micrograms/ml DEP significantly increased the release of IL-8, GM-CSF and sICAM-1 after 24 h. In contrast, only the higher concentrations of 50-100 micrograms/ml DEP significantly increased the release of IL-8 and GM-CSF from HBEC of non-asthmatics. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the increased sensitivity of the airways of asthmatics to air pollutants such as DEP may, at least in part, be a consequence of greater constitutive and pollutant-induced release of specific pro-inflammatory mediators from their bronchial epithelial cells.
BACKGROUND: Recent evidence suggests that the airways of asthmatics are more susceptible to adverse effects of air pollutants than the airways of non-asthmatics, but the underlying mechanisms are not clear. METHODS: We have cultured bronchial epithelial cells (HBEC) from biopsies of atopic mild asthmatic patients and non-atopic non-asthmatic subjects, and investigated constitutive and diesel exhaust particles (DEP)-induced release of several pro-inflammatory mediators. RESULTS: HBEC of asthmatic patients constitutively released significantly greater amounts of IL-8, GM-CSF and sICAM-1 than HBEC of non-asthmatic subjects. RANTES was only released by HBEC of asthmatic patients. Incubation of the asthmatic cultures with 10 micrograms/ml DEP significantly increased the release of IL-8, GM-CSF and sICAM-1 after 24 h. In contrast, only the higher concentrations of 50-100 micrograms/ml DEP significantly increased the release of IL-8 and GM-CSF from HBEC of non-asthmatics. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the increased sensitivity of the airways of asthmatics to air pollutants such as DEP may, at least in part, be a consequence of greater constitutive and pollutant-induced release of specific pro-inflammatory mediators from their bronchial epithelial cells.
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