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Expression of the neutrophil chemoattractant interleukin-8 in the lesions of bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis.

We investigated the expression of interleukin-8 (IL-8) in pneumonic pasteurellosis of cattle because neutrophils are important mediators of tissue injury in this disease and because IL-8 is a major neutrophil chemoattractant in other species. We also compared IL-8 expression in bacterial and viral pneumonia, since the latter lacks the severe neutrophil exudation typical of pneumonic pasteurellosis. IL-8 expression was assessed by northern analysis, in situ hybridization, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and in vivo bioassay. IL-8 mRNA expression was elevated dramatically in lesions of pneumonic pasteurellosis compared to unaffected lung from the same calves. In situ hybridization revealed intense expression of IL-8 mRNA in alveolar macrophages and neutrophils and milder expression in bronchiolar and alveolar epithelium, interstitial cells, and pleural mesothelium. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from lesional lung contained 16.06+/-4.00 ng/ml IL-8, whereas those from nonlesional and normal lung contained 0.34+/-0.11 and 0.01+/-0.002 ng/ml, respectively. We detected IL-8 expression at only minimal levels in bovine respiratory syncytial viral pneumonia. Lung extracts from lesions of pneumonic pasteurellosis induced vigorous neutrophil infiltration following injection into bovine skin, and 89% depletion of IL-8 from the extract reduced this neutrophil influx by 60%. These results demonstrate consistent upregulation of IL-8 expression in lesions of pneumonic pasteurellosis, implying a role for IL-8 in the ongoing recruitment of neutrophils to established lesions of pneumonic pasteurellosis. Because neutrophil-mediated tissue injury is critical to the pathogenesis of pneumonic pasteurellosis, these data suggest that neutralization of IL-8 activity could ameliorate the severe clinical signs and lesions of this disease.[1]

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  1. Expression of the neutrophil chemoattractant interleukin-8 in the lesions of bovine pneumonic pasteurellosis. Caswell, J.L., Middleton, D.M., Sorden, S.D., Gordon, J.R. Vet. Pathol. (1998) [Pubmed]
 
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