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To evaluate the inflammatory response to the cardiopulmonary bypass, we investigated the serum levels of
tumor necrosis factor alpha
(TNF alpha),
interleukin 8
(
IL-8
), and the expression of leukocyte adhesion molecule CD18. Six patients who underwent elective coronary artery bypass grafting were studied. TNF alpha was elevated significantly 30 minutes after the start of CPB and returned to the baseline 60 minutes after CPB.
IL-8
increased significantly after the start of CPB and reached a peak at 10 minutes after release of the aortic cross-clamp, remaining significantly elevated until 10 minutes after the end of CPB (P < 0.05). Circulating neutrophil count and granulocyte elastase increased significantly 10 minutes after release of the aortic-cross clamp and remained high until the first postoperative day. The increase of the neutrophil CD18 expression was not observed. This study demonstrates elevated TNF alpha and
IL-8
levels during CPB followed by increases of the neutrophil and the granulocyte elastase, which may be of importance in the systemic inflammatory response to CPB, especially in the development of postperfusion lung injury.
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PMID:[Responses of TNF alpha, IL-8, and leukocyte adhesion molecule CD18 to cardiopulmonary bypass]. 769 21
Human chorion, but not amnion, tissue explants produced substantial quantities of neutrophil chemoattractant in response to interleukin 1 (IL-1) and
tumor necrosis factor alpha
(TNF alpha). This suggested that chorion is one of the chemoattractant producing tissues. Therefore, the biochemical properties and the regulation of a chemoattractant in human chorionic cells were examined. IL-1 alpha and TNF alpha stimulated human chorionic cells to produce neutrophil chemotactic factor in both a dose- and time-dependent manner. This chemotactic factor was a heat-stable and trypsin-sensitive protein with an apparent molecular weight of 10000, and it was also immunologically identified as a chemotactic cytokine of the human
IL-8
family. Immunohistochemical observations with IL-1 alpha- and TNF alpha-treated chorion explants indicated that trophoblasts and stromal cells, including fibroblast-like and macrophage-like cells, but not endothelial cells, were characterized as
IL-8
-producing cells. From these observations, it is very likely that both IL-1 and TNF alpha may participate in the production of chemotactic factor/
IL-8
in pre-term parturition, accompanied by an intraamniotic infection, along with their known promotive effect on the production of matrix metalloproteinases, which is connected with the destruction of matrix components of fetal membranes.
...
PMID:Stimulation of the biosynthesis of interleukin 8 by interleukin 1 and tumor necrosis factor alpha in cultured human chorionic cells. 770 64
We have examined the capacity of four different chemoattractants/cytokines to promote directed migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) through three-dimensional gels composed of extracellular matrix proteins. About 20% of PMN migrated through fibrin gels and plasma clots in response to a gradient of
interleukin 8
(
IL-8
) or leukotriene B4 (LTB4). In contrast, < 0.3% of PMN migrated through fibrin gels in response to a gradient of
tumor necrosis factor alpha
(
TNF
) or formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP). All four chemoattractants stimulated PMN to migrate through gels composed of collagen IV or of basement membrane proteins (Matrigel), or through filters to which fibronectin or fibrinogen had been adsorbed. PMN stimulated with
TNF
or FMLP adhered and formed zones of close apposition to fibrin, as measured by the exclusion of a 10-kD rhodamine-polyethylene glycol probe from the contact zones between PMN and the underlying fibrin gel. By this measure,
IL-8
- or LTB4-treated PMN adhered loosely to fibrin, since 10 kD rhodamine-polyethylene glycol permeated into the contact zones between these cells and the underlying fibrin gel. PMN stimulated with FMLP and
IL-8
, or FMLP and LTB4, exhibited very little migration through fibrin gels, and three times as many of these cells excluded 10 kD rhodamine-polyethylene glycol from their zones of contact with fibrin as PMN stimulated with
IL-8
or LTB4 alone. These results show that PMN chemotaxis is regulated by both the nature of the chemoattractant and the composition of the extracellular matrix; they suggest that certain combinations of chemoattractants and matrix proteins may limit leukocyte movements and promote their localization in specific tissues in vivo.
...
PMID:Fibrin regulates neutrophil migration in response to interleukin 8, leukotriene B4, tumor necrosis factor, and formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine. 772 53
Gastric infection with Helicobacter pylori activates a mucosal inflammatory response by mononuclear cells and neutrophils that includes expression of cytokines interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), IL-6,
tumor necrosis factor alpha
, and
IL-8
. In this study, we analyzed the
IL-8
response of human gastric cancer cell lines (Kato III, AGS, and MKN28) to H. pylori infection in vitro.
IL-8
mRNA expression was detected by reverse transcription-PCR amplification of RNA extracted from epithelial cells after incubation with different H. pylori wild-type and mutant strains, and
IL-8
secretion was measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Exposure to viable H. pylori induced
IL-8
mRNA and protein synthesis in all three gastric cell lines but not in nongastric epithelial cell lines. Heat-killed H. pylori and a crude cytotoxin preparation did not induce significant
IL-8
secretion.
IL-8
mRNA peaked between 2 and 4 h postinfection, and
IL-8
protein production was maximal 24 h postinfection. Exposure of gastric carcinoma cells to other gastrointestinal bacteria, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Campylobacter jejuni, and Escherichia coli, but not Campylobacter fetus, induced
IL-8
synthesis. Wild-type strains that expressed the vacuolating cytotoxin (Tox+) and a cytotoxin-associated gene (cagA) product (CagA+) induced significantly more
IL-8
than did CagA- Tox- strains. However, there was no decrease in
IL-8
induction by isogenic mutants of CagA-, Tox-, or Cag- Tox- strains or by a mutant lacking the urease subunits. These results indicate that exposure to H. pylori and other gram-negative organisms that do not colonize the gastric mucosa induces
IL-8
production by gastric carcinoma cells in vitro. Although the CagA+ Tox+ phenotype of H. pylori is associated with enhanced
IL-8
production by gastric cell lines, other bacterial constituents are clearly essential.
...
PMID:Interleukin-8 response of gastric epithelial cell lines to Helicobacter pylori stimulation in vitro. 772 72
Following exposure to Helicobacter pylori cells, epithelial cell lines secreted interleukin-6 (IL-6) and
IL-8
but not
tumor necrosis factor alpha
. Purified IL-6 alone did not stimulate
IL-8
production from the cell lines tested, indicating that IL-6 was not an intermediary in
IL-8
induction. Enhanced
IL-8
secretion occurred in a time- and dose-dependent manner. None of 12 antibiotics tested exhibited a significant effect on
IL-8
-inducing activity, suggesting that preformed antigens were responsible for stimulating
IL-8
secretion in vitro. Live bacterial cells caused the highest level of stimulation. Proteinase-digested and heated (56 or 100 degrees C) cells had significantly reduced stimulatory activities. Purified H. pylori lipopolysaccharide, but not exopolysaccharide, stimulated low-level secretion of
IL-8
, but only at high concentrations, while a water-extracted H. pylori antigen preparation was strongly stimulatory for HEp-2 cells. No reduction in
IL-8
-stimulatory activity was observed for H. pylori mutants negative for urease activity, production of a major lipoprotein, and motility. The noncytotoxic strain CCUG 915 stimulated lower
IL-8
levels than other isolates. However, the otherwise isogenic cytotoxin-negative mutant 17874 delta vacA (S. H. Phadnis, D. Ilver, L. Janzon, S. Normark, and T. U. Westblom, Infect. Immun. 62:1557-1565, 1994) had the same
IL-8
-stimulatory ability as the parent strain, suggesting that surface proteins other than the vacuolating cytotoxin are involved in
IL-8
stimulation.
...
PMID:Stimulation of interleukin-8 production in epithelial cell lines by Helicobacter pylori. 772 79
Inflammation is a primary pathological process. The development of an inflammatory reaction involves the movement of white blood cells through the endothelial lining of blood vessels into tissues. This process of transendothelial cell migration of neutrophils has been shown to involve neutrophil beta 2 integrins (CD18) and endothelial cell platelet-endothelium cell adhesion molecules (PECAM-1; CD31). We now show that F(ab')2 fragments of the monoclonal antibody B6H12 against integrin-associated protein (IAP) blocks the transendothelial migration of neutrophils stimulated by an exogenous gradient of the chemokine
interleukin 8
(
IL-8
; 60% inhibition), by the chemotactic peptide N-formyl-methionylleucylphenylalanine (FMLP; 76% inhibition), or by the activation of the endothelium by the cytokine
tumor necrosis factor alpha
(98% inhibition). The antibody has two mechanisms of action: on neutrophils it prevents the chemotactic response to
IL-8
and FMLP, and on endothelium it prevents an unknown but
IL-8
-independent process. Blocking antibodies to IAP do not alter the expression of adhesion proteins or production of
IL-8
by endothelial cells, and thus the inhibition of neutrophil transendothelial migration is selective. These data implicate IAP as the third molecule essential for neutrophil migration through endothelium into sites of inflammation.
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PMID:Transendothelial migration of neutrophils involves integrin-associated protein (CD47). 773 16
The effect of (R)-1-(5-hydroxyhexyl)-3,7-dimethylxanthine (CT-1501R; the nonproprietary name for CT-1501R approved by the United States Name Council is lisofylline), an inhibitor of second messenger signaling through phosphatidic acid, on release of endogenous mediators important in the systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) was studied using the human whole blood ex vivo assay system. Human blood was stimulated with various endotoxin preparations, zymosan, or protein A, and the levels of secreted monokines were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. CT-1501R inhibited
tumor necrosis factor alpha
(
TNF-alpha
), interleukin 1 beta (IL-1 beta), and IL-6 release in a dose-dependent manner and was active with all stimuli tested including Salmonella and Escherichia coli-derived endotoxin, endotoxin from both rough and smooth E. coli strains, as well as zymosan and protein A. CT-1501R inhibited monokine release by approximately 50% at 200 microM and 30% at 50 microM and was independent of the relative potency of stimulus. CT-1501R also inhibited IL-1 alpha or IL-1 beta induction of either
TNF-alpha
or IL-1 beta and inhibited the synergistic effects of stimulation with both human IL-1 beta and murine
TNF-alpha
on release of human
TNF-alpha
. Inhibition of monokine release following stimulation with monokine(s) was, in general, greater than that achieved with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation. Northern blot analysis showed decreased mRNA accumulation of
TNF-alpha
and IL-1 beta in CT-1501R-treated samples following LPS stimulation suggesting that CT-1501R acts at least in part, at the pretranslational level. In contrast, CT-1501R does not inhibit LPS-stimulated
IL-8
or IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) release in human whole blood or IL-1 alpha-induced release of PGE2 in human foreskin fibroblast cells. These data suggest that CT-1501R may be of use for clinical intervention in SIRS.
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PMID:CT-1501R selectively inhibits induced inflammatory monokines in human whole blood ex vivo. 773 59
Interleukin 10 (IL-10) suppresses the production of proinflammatory cytokines in vitro and in murine models of endotoxemia and has been suggested as a candidate for treatment of bacterial septicemia. To investigate the role of IL-10 in meningococcal disease, a sandwich IL-10 enzyme-amplified sensitivity immunoassay was used to quantitate IL-10 in serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from 41 patients with meningococcal bacteremia or meningitis with or without septic shock. High levels of IL-10 were demonstrated in sera from patients with meningococcal septic shock (mean, 21,221 pg/ml; range, 25 to 64,500 pg/ml). All cases involving fatalities had IL-10 levels in serum of > or = 1,000 pg/ml (mean, 23,058 pg/ml; range, 1,000 to 64,500 pg/ml). Patients with meningococcal meningitis without septic shock had comparably low concentrations of IL-10 in serum (mean, 119 pg/ml; range, 0 to 1,050 pg/ml) but exhibited compartmentalized release of IL-10 in cerebrospinal fluid. Concentrations of IL-10 in serum were positively correlated with the previously reported concentrations of
tumor necrosis factor alpha
, IL-6, and
IL-8
in serum in the same patients. We conclude that IL-10 is extensively activated along with the proinflammatory cytokines during the initial phase of meningococcal septic shock and that IL-10 is associated with fatality in meningococcal disease.
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PMID:High levels of interleukin 10 in serum are associated with fatality in meningococcal disease. 776 88
Shigella infection is accompanied by an intestinal activation of epithelial cells, T cells, and macrophages within the inflamed colonic mucosa. A prospective study was carried out to elucidate the cytokine pattern in Shigella infection linked to development of immunity and eradication of bacteria from the local site and also to correlate the cytokine profile with histological severity. An indirect immunohistochemical technique was used to determine the production and localization of various cytokines at the single-cell level in cryopreserved rectal biopsies from 24 patients with either Shigella dysenteriae type 1 (n = 18) or Shigella flexneri (n = 6) infection. The histopathological profile included presence of chronic inflammatory cells with or without neutrophils and microulcers in the lamina propria, crypt distortion, branching, and less frequently crypt abscesses. Patients had significantly higher (P < 0.005) numbers of cytokine producing cells for all of the cytokines studied, interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), IL-1 beta, IL-1ra,
tumor necrosis factor alpha
(
TNF-alpha
), IL-6,
IL-8
, IL-4, IL-10, gamma interferon, TNF-beta, and transforming growth factor beta 1-3, in the biopsies than the healthy controls (n = 13). The cytokine production profile during the study period was dominated by IL-1 beta, transforming growth factor beta 1-3, IL-4, and IL-10. Significantly increased frequencies of cytokine-producing cells (P < 0.05) were observed for IL-1, IL-6, gamma interferon, and
TNF-alpha
in biopsies with severe inflammation in comparison with those with mild inflammation. During the acute stage of the disease, 20 of 24 patients exhibited acute inflammation in the rectal biopsies and the cellular infiltration was still extensive 30 days after the onset of diarrhea, although the disease was clinically resolved. In accordance with the histological findings, cytokine production was also upregulated during the convalescent phase; there was no significant difference (P > 0.05) in the incidence of cytokine-producing cells between acute (2 to 8 days after the onset of diarrhea) and convalescent (30 days after onset) stages.
...
PMID:Persistence of local cytokine production in shigellosis in acute and convalescent stages. 780 68
Interleukin-8
(
IL-8
) and the structurally related cytokines neutrophil-activating peptide-2 (NAP-2) and GRO alpha are powerful chemotactic agents for human neutrophils. Although these three chemokines act by binding to overlapping but not identical receptor subsets, the data available to date have stressed the similarities in their mechanisms of action. The present studies were undertaken to further our understanding of the signal transduction mechanisms associated with these neutrophil agonists.
IL-8
, NAP-2, and GRO alpha stimulated similar increases in the level of cytoplasmic free calcium. They were also shown to stimulate qualitatively similar increases in the levels of protein tyrosine phosphorylation. In contrast, only
IL-8
enhanced the formation of phosphatidylethanol (PEt), the product catalyzed by phospholipase D (PLD) in the presence of ethanol. The formation of PEt stimulated by
IL-8
was inhibited by pertussis toxin and the tyrosine kinase inhibitors erbstatin and herbimycin A. The ability of
IL-8
to stimulate the activity of PLD was additively enhanced, or primed, by cytochalasin B and by
tumor necrosis factor alpha
. Although all three chemokines increased the level of free cytoplasmic calcium to the same extent,
IL-8
was significantly more potent than either NAP-2 or GRO alpha with respect to its ability to enhance CD11b expression and to stimulate chemotactic and oxidative responses. The differences between
IL-8
, NAP-2, and GRO alpha in their ability to stimulate PLD is likely to be related to their respective binding affinities for the two
IL-8
receptors (IL-8R-A and IL-8R-B). These results suggest that the signalling pathways activated by IL-8R-A and IL-8R-B diverge at a step preceding the activation of PLD.
...
PMID:Diverging signal transduction pathways activated by interleukin-8 and related chemokines in human neutrophils: interleukin-8, but not NAP-2 or GRO alpha, stimulates phospholipase D activity. 781 7
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