Asthma and endotoxin: lipopolysaccharide-binding protein and soluble CD14 in bronchoalveolar compartment

The American Journal of Physiology
W DubinJ D Hasday

Abstract

In allergic asthma, inhalation of antigen provokes an early increase in microvascular permeability with protein extravasation and a delayed recruitment of inflammatory cells. We showed that similar concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are present in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in 12 subjects without asthma (86.5 +/- 53.8 pg/ml) and 12 subjects with mild asthma (111 +/- 37.0 pg/ml). These LPS levels are insufficient to stimulate cytokine release without accessory molecules. BALF obtained 24 h after segmental ragweed antigen challenge in 11 asthmatics allergic to ragweed contained increased levels of two LPS accessory molecules compared with preantigen BALF, 158-fold more LPS-binding protein (LBP) 4.83 +/- 2.02 vs. 742 +/- 387 ng/ml; P < 0.03) and 31.6-fold more soluble CD14 (sCD14) (3.45 +/- 1.04 vs. 110 +/- 51.6 ng/ml; P < 0.02). Postantigen BALF enhanced binding of fluorescein-conjugated LPS to CD14-bearing THP-1 cells and supported LPS-induced non-CD14-bearing endothelial cell expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and interleukin-6, indicating functional LBP and sCD14. We suggest that extravasation of LBP and sCD14 into the bronchoalveolar compartment after antigen inhalation may enhance the capacity o...Continue Reading

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