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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
The inflammatory response in the lungs following an inhalation exposure of animals and humans to ozone (O3) is associated with macrophage stimulation, release of chemotactic agents, and neutrophilia. This study investigated the adhesive behavior of the alveolar macrophages and its relevance to the inflammatory processes in the lung. Macrophages recovered by BAL from rats exposed to purified air or 0.8 ppm O3 were studied in vitro for their adhesion to epithelial cells derived from ARL-14. The macrophages from O3-exposed animals displayed greater adhesion to the epithelial cells than the macrophages from control rats exposed to purified air. The O3-induced adhesion was attenuated in the macrophages treated with a combination of interleukin-1 alpha and tumor necrosis factor-alpha antibodies (anti-IL-1+anti-TNF). The cell adhesion stimulated by O3 exposure was also attenuated when the macrophages were incubated in the presence of antibodies to leukocyte adhesion molecules, CD11b, or epithelial cell adhesion molecules, ICAM-1. A marginal increase in the surface expression of CD11b was noticed in macrophages from the rats exposed to O3. A similar change in the ICAM-1 expression was, however, not observed. The results suggest that the O3-induced modifications of macrophages are mediated by IL-1 and TNF, and that these modifications are accompanied by a minimal change in the expression of the cell-adhesion molecules.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0077-8923
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
796
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Modification of macrophage adhesion by ozone: role of cytokines and cell adhesion molecules.
pubmed:affiliation
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.