PMID: 16524500Mar 10, 2006Paper

Changes in inflammatory cytokines released by pulmonary intravascular macrophages after stimulation with lipopolysaccharide

Zhongguo wei zhong bing ji jiu yi xue = Chinese critical care medicine = Zhongguo weizhongbing jijiuyixue
Sheng-Liang LiWei-Ling Wu

Abstract

To investigate the roles of pulmonary intravascular macrophages (PIMs) in the pathogenesis of infective acute lung injury (ALI). Porcine pulmonary blood vessels were flushed by modified Morton's method, PIMs were isolated with adhesion method and incubated in RPMI 1640 medium. They were stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 10 mg/L). The contents of interleukin-6 (IL-6), IL-8 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) in the culture supernatants were respectively measured by enzyme linked immunoadsorbent assay (EILSA). The release of TNF-alpha, IL-6 and IL-8 by PIMs was increased significantly as compared with the levels before stimulation by LPS, peaking at 1, 4, and 6 hours after LPS stimulation, respectively. The differences were significant (all P<0.01). Among the cytokines released by PIMs after LPS challenge, the increase in TNF-alpha content occurs earlier in comparison with that of IL-6 and IL-8, suggesting that the former may play an important role at the early stage of ALI. On the other hand, the increase in IL-6 and IL-8 contents is later than that of TNF-alpha and lasts for a longer time, suggesting that they may be associated with the development of ALI. The results also suggest that interaction of these cytoki...Continue Reading

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