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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin-8 possesses chemotactic-activating properties toward neutrophils, and may contribute to the pathogenesis of middle ear inflammation. GRO/CINC-1 is a rat chemokine with structural and functional homology to human interleukin-8, the induction and regulation of which in the middle ear cavity in vivo remains to be established. The production of GRO/CINC-1 in middle ear lavage and gene expression in the middle mucosa was investigated using topical inoculation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in the rat in vivo model. GRO/CINC-1 in middle ear lavage showed time- and dose-dependent production under LPS stimulation. The peak of the GRO/CINC-1 production was reached by 4 h after LPS 1 h exposure, whereas the level of production subsequently returned to the level without LPS stimulation at 8 h after LPS stimulation. The topical corticosteroid perfusion in the middle ear after LPS stimulation significantly reduced the production of GRO/CINC-1 in the middle ear cavity compared with that without corticosteroid. At the time of peak production, the expression of GRO/CINC-1 mRNA, evaluated using the polymerase chain reaction, was considerable in the middle ear mucosa. This investigation of the characteristics of interleukin-8-like cytokine in the middle ear cavity using a rat in vivo model has extended the functional concept of chemokines at the initial stage in otitis media.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0001-6489
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
117
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
719-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Chemokine CXCL1, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Chemokines, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Chemokines, CXC, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Chemotactic Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Ear, Middle, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Growth Substances, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Otitis Media, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-RNA-Directed DNA Polymerase, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9349869-Rats, Wistar
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo induction and regulation of interleukin-8-like chemokine GRO/CINC-1 in rat middle ear.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article