Abstract
Complement in the human respiratory tract protects the host from invading microorganisms and from other inhaled insults. However, complement may also lyse the host's respiratory tract cells, leading to tissue injury. In many extrapulmonic tissues, cells express cell-membrane complement regulatory glycoproteins that protect the cells from complement-induced lysis. To determine whether these glycoproteins are expressed in human respiratory tract tissue, we studied tissue biopsies of healthy and diseased human respiratory tract from nose to alveoli for the presence of four cell-membrane complement regulatory glycoproteins (membrane cofactor protein [MCP], decay-accelerating factor [DAF], CD59, and complement receptor type 1 [CR1]) using an immunoperoxidase technique. In addition, to establish a model for in vitro studies of these glycoproteins in respiratory cells, we studied whether they are expressed in cultured nasal epithelial cells, using the same technique. Altogether, 26 tissue specimens from 22 patients were studied. We found that normal human respiratory tract from nose to alveoli express MCP, DAF, and CD59, but not CR1, and that this expression increases in inflammation and in lung cancer. In addition, expression in nasa...Continue Reading
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