Leukotriene B4 production by the human alveolar macrophage: a potential mechanism for amplifying inflammation in the lung.
Leukotriene B4 production by the human alveolar macrophage: a potential mechanism for amplifying inflammation in the lung.
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人肺泡巨噬细胞产生白三烯 B4:放大肺部炎症的潜在机制。
DOI:
10.1164/arrd.1984.129.1.106
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1984
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Henderson,WR
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Martin,TR;Altman,LC;Albert,RK;Henderson,WR
Leukotriene B4(LTB4) is a lipoxygenase product off arachidonic acid that has potent chemotactlc activity for blood leukocytes. To assess the potential role off LTB4in lung inflammatory responses, we investigated the production off LTB4by human alveolar macrophages and determined its chemotactlc activity for lung and blood phagocytesIn vitroandIn vivo.Human alveolar macrophages were stimulated with the calcium lonophore A23187 (10 µg/ml), and lipoxygenase products in the supernatants were isolated by high-performance liquid chromatography. Leukotriene B4was the predominant arachldonate lipoxygenase product from the alveolar macrophages off 2 nonsmokers (17.3 ± 2.7 ng/106cells) and 3 off 4 smokers (23.4 ± 14.8 ng/106cells). Alveolar macrophages produced more LTB4than did similarly treated peripheral blood neutrophils. Stimulated alveolar macrophages also produced 5-hydroxyelcosatetraenolc acid (HETE) and 2 isomers off LTB4:5-(S),12-(R)-6-trans-LTB4and 5-(S),12-(S)-6-trans-LTB4. Leukotriene B4showed little chemotactlc activity for alveolar macrophagesIn vitroand was a more potent chemoattractant for peripheral blood neutrophils than for monocytes (p < 0.05). When instilled into the airways off anesthetized rats, LTB4was less potent as an attractant for neutrophils and mononuclear cells than either zymosan-activated serum or bacterial-derived chemotactic factors. Leukotriene B4production by alveolar macrophages may provide a mechanism by which phagocytes are recruited to the human lung during inflammatory processes.