PMID: 9551942Apr 29, 1998Paper

Requirements for alpha d in IgG immune complex-induced rat lung injury

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
T P ShanleyP A Ward

Abstract

Alpha d is a newly cloned adhesion molecule that forms a heterodimer with CD18. The requirement for alpha d in IgG immune complex-induced lung injury in rats has been evaluated by the use of blocking polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to rat alpha d. Using whole lung extracts, Northern and Western blot analyses have revealed up-regulation of mRNA and alpha d protein in inflamed lungs. Immunostaining has revealed the presence of alpha d in lung tissue and in alveolar macrophages as early as 1 h after initiation of the inflammatory reaction. When polyclonal rabbit Ab to rat alpha d was coinstilled into lung together with Ab to BSA, lung injury (as determined by leakage of [125I]albumin into lung parenchyma) was significantly diminished. In parallel, there was reduced accumulation of neutrophils recoverable in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluids. These findings were associated with reduced levels of TNF-alpha as well as NO2-/NO3- in BAL fluids. A hamster mAb to rat alpha d was also protective in this lung injury model. Anti-alpha d inhibited in vitro production of NO2-/NO3- by rat alveolar macrophages (stimulated with LPS and IFN-gamma) by approximately 60%. These data suggest that, in the lung inflammatory model employed, alpha...Continue Reading

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