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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
The C-C chemokine eotaxin is thought to be important in the selective recruitment of eosinophils to the site of inflammation in guinea pigs, mice, and humans. We isolated the rat eotaxin gene to determine whether a similar molecule might play a role in the pulmonary infiltration of eosinophils during acute inflammation in the rat. The cDNA for rat eotaxin encoded a 97-amino acid protein containing a 74-amino acid mature eotaxin protein with 97.3% identity to mouse eotaxin. The recombinant protein encoded by this gene displayed specific chemotactic activity for eosinophils when analyzed with a microchemotactic chamber. The expression of eotaxin mRNA increased approximately 1.6-fold immediately after exposure to ozone and was 4-fold higher after 20 h. The number of lavageable eosinophils at the same time points were 3- and 15-fold greater, respectively, than control eosinophils. Immunocytochemistry revealed that alveolar macrophages and bronchial epithelial cells were positive for eotaxin. These results suggest that eotaxin may be involved in the recruitment of eosinophils into the air spaces during certain inflammatory conditions in rats.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0002-9513
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
L171-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Administration, Inhalation, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Chemokine CCL11, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Chemokines, CC, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Cloning, Organism, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Cytokines, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Granulocytes, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Guinea Pigs, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Ozone, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Rats, Inbred BN, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9458816-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning of rat eotaxin: ozone inhalation increases mRNA and protein expression in lungs of brown Norway rats.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Respiratory Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't