摘要
Thehousedustmites(Dermatophagoidesfarinae,Derf)arethemajorsourceofaeroallergensimplicatedintheexpressionofatopicdisorders,includingasthma,allergicrhinitisandatopicdermatitis.Inparticular,strongcircumstantialevidencesuggeststhathousedustmiteantigensareimportantprecipitatingfactorsofasthma.Manyhousedustmiteallergensareproteasesthatcanelicitairwayinflammationbystimulatingthereleaseofcytokinesfrombronchialepithelialcells.ToinvestigatewhetherDerfallergenproteasesinducedcytokineproductionfromtheepithelialcelllineBEAS-2B,BEAS-2Bcellswereculturedwith4differentconcentrationsofDerf(0.02,0.2,2,20μg/ml)for24-96h,afterwhichsupernatantswereassayedforinterleukin(IL)-6andIL-8withELISA.Reversetranscription-PCRwasalsoperformed.ThecellsheetswereintactthroughouttheobservationincontrolgroupwithoutanyexposuretoDerfantigen.IntheexperimentalgroupscellstreatedwithDerfallergenshowedchangesintheanchoragestatusofthemonolayer.Therewasasignificantincreaseinthelevelofcytokineproductioncomparedwiththeuntreatedsample.ThereleaseofIL-6andIL-8increasedinaconcentration-dependentmanner(P<0.05,respectively)withtheadditionofincreasingdosageofDerftothecellsheets.LevelsofIL-6andIL-8begantoriseat24hand48hafterallergenexposure,andtheyincreasedsignificantlyinthesupematantsat72hand96h.AtthesametimetheconcentrationdependenceofinductionofIL-6andIL-8expressionaswellasanincreaseintheexpressionofIL-6andIL-8mRNAmanifestedevidently.HDM-inducedairwayinflammationmayincludeDerf-mediatedreleaseofinflammatorymediators,andtheproteolyticactivityofanallergenmaystimulatethereleaseofproinflammatorycytokinesfromhumanbronchialepithelium.ItissuggestedthatIL-6andIL-8productionbybronchialepithelialcellsmayplayaroleinthepathogenesisofallergicasthma.
出版日期
2006年01月11日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
