BACKGROUND: Repeated daily exposure of healthy human subjects to NO2 induces an acute airway inflammatory response characterised by neutrophil influx in the bronchial mucosa AIMS: To assess the expression of NF-kappaB, cytokines, and ICAM-1 in the bronchial epithelium. METHODS: Twelve healthy, young non-smoking volunteers were exposed to 2 ppm of NO2/filtered air (four hours/day) for four successive days on separate occasions. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy was performed one hour after air and final NO2 exposures. Bronchial biopsy specimens were immunostained for NF-kappaB, TNF-alpha, eotaxin, Gro-alpha, GM-CSF, IL-5, -6, -8, -10, -13, and ICAM-1 and their expression was quantified using computerised image analysis. RESULTS: Expression of IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, and ICAM-1 increased following NO2 exposure. CONCLUSION: Upregulation of the Th2 cytokines suggests that repeated exposure to NO2 has the potential to exert a "pro-allergic" effect on the bronchial epithelium. Upregulation of ICAM-1 highlights an underlying mechanism for leucocyte influx, and could also explain the predisposition to respiratory tract viral infections following NO2 exposure since ICAM-1 is a major receptor for rhino and respiratory syncytial viruses.
BACKGROUND: Repeated daily exposure of healthy human subjects to NO2 induces an acute airway inflammatory response characterised by neutrophil influx in the bronchial mucosa AIMS: To assess the expression of NF-kappaB, cytokines, and ICAM-1 in the bronchial epithelium. METHODS: Twelve healthy, young non-smoking volunteers were exposed to 2 ppm of NO2/filtered air (four hours/day) for four successive days on separate occasions. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy was performed one hour after air and final NO2 exposures. Bronchial biopsy specimens were immunostained for NF-kappaB, TNF-alpha, eotaxin, Gro-alpha, GM-CSF, IL-5, -6, -8, -10, -13, and ICAM-1 and their expression was quantified using computerised image analysis. RESULTS: Expression of IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, and ICAM-1 increased following NO2 exposure. CONCLUSION: Upregulation of the Th2 cytokines suggests that repeated exposure to NO2 has the potential to exert a "pro-allergic" effect on the bronchial epithelium. Upregulation of ICAM-1 highlights an underlying mechanism for leucocyte influx, and could also explain the predisposition to respiratory tract viral infections following NO2 exposure since ICAM-1 is a major receptor for rhino and respiratory syncytial viruses.
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