An Appreciation of Functional Role of Macrophage in the Acute Lung Injury in the Neutropenic Rat.

호중구 감소증을 보이는 백서의 급성폐손상에서 대식세포의 기능적 역할

Background : It has long been suggested that neutrophils and their products are implicated as the central mediators of the acute lung injuries. Contrary to the dominant role of neutrophils in ARDS, many cases of ARDS has occurred in the setting of severe neutropenia without pulmonary neutrophil infiltration. Therefore it is certain that effector cell(s) other than neutrophil play an important role in the pathogenesis of ARDS. This experiment was performed to define the mechanism of ARDS in the setting of neutropenia, 1) by comparing the severity of endotoxin-induced lung injury, 2) by measurement of hydrogen peroxide production and cytokine concentration in the bronchoalveolar lavage cells and fluids obtained from different rats with and without cyclophosphamide-pretreatment. Method : The male Sprague-Dawleys were divided into the normal control (NC)-, endotoxin (ETX)-, and cyclophosphamide (CPA)-group in which neutropenia was induced by injecting cyclophosphamide intraperitoneally. Acute lung injury was evoked by injecting lipopolysaccharide (LPS) into a tail vein. The bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was performed at 3 and 6 hour after administration of LPS to measure the change of cell counts and concentrations of protein and cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Hydrogen peroxide (HPO) production from BAL cells was measured at 6 hour after LPS administration by phenol red microassay with and without zymosan stimulation. Results : The results were as follows. A change of leukocyte counts in the peripheral blood after treatment with CPA : More than 95% of total leukocytes and neutrophils were reduced after CPA administration, resulting in severe neutropenia. A change of BAL cells : In the ETX-group, the number of total cells (p < 0.01) and of macrophage and neutrophil (p < 0.05) were increased at 3 and 6 hour after LPS administration compared to those of NC-group. In the CPA-group, the number of total leukocyte and macrophage were not changed after LPS administration, but neutrophil counts were significantly reduced and it took part in less than 0.1% of total BAL cells (p < 0.01 vs NC-group). BAL cells in this group were almost all macrophages (99.7%). A change of protein concentration in the BALF : In the ETX-group, protein concentration was increased at 3 hour and was more increased at 6 hour after LPS administration (p < 0.05 and < 0.01 vs NC-group, respectively). In the CPA-group, it was also significantly elevated at 3 hour after LPS administration (p < 0.05 vs NC-group), but the value was statistically not different from that of ETX-group. The value measured at 6 hour after LPS administration in the CPA-group became lower than that of ETX-group (p < 0.05), but showed still a higher value compared to that of NC-group (p < 0.05). A change of cytokine concentration in the BALF : TNF -alpha and IL-6 were elevated in the ETX - and CPA-group compared to those of NC-group at both time intervals. There was no statistical difference in the values of both cytokines between the ETX- and CPA-groups. Measurement of hydrogen peroxide production from BAL cells : There was no intergroup difference of HPO production from resting cells. HPO production after incubation with opsonized zymosan was significantly elevated in all groups. The percent increment of HPO production was highest in the ETX-group (89.0%, p < 0.0008 vs NC-group), and was 42.85 in the CPA-group (p = 0.003 vs NC-group ). Conclusion : Acute lung injury in the setting of neutropenia might be caused by functional activation of resident alveolar macrophages.

연구배경 : 급성호흡곤란증후군의 병인론은 확실치 않으나 일반적으로호중구와 호중구에서 생산된 매개물들이 중심적 역할을 하는 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 지속적이며 심한 호중구강소증에도 불구하고 실제 임상에서 급성 호흡증후군이 발생한 경우가 상당수 보고되어 있으며 특히 환자의 병리조직학적 검사상에서도 침윤이 없었다는 잠을 고려해볼때 급성호흡곤란증후군의 병리기전에 호중구외의 다른 효과세포가 작용하고 있음을 알 수 있다. 따라서 저자들은 백서에 약물을 투여하여 호중구를 거의 제거한다음 호중구 감소증하에서 내독소에 의한 급성폐손상의 발병기전을 알아 보고자하였다. 방 법 : 웅성 Sprague-Dawley률 정상 대조군과 (내독소군), cyclophosphamide (CPA)를 주입하여 호중구를 결핍시킨군 (CPA군)으로 분류하였다. LPS 5mg/kg를 미부정맥을 통하여 주입하여 급성폐손상를 유발시킨후 3시간 및 6시간째에 급성폐손상지표로서 기관지폐포세척액내 단백질 농도를 측정하였고 병리기전을 이해하기 위하여 기관지폐포세척액내 염증 세포의 변화를 관찰하고 TNF-alpha와 IL-6를 측정하였으며 기관지폐포세척액내 염증세포의 과산화수소 분비능을 각군간에서 비교하였다. 결 과 : Cyclophosphamide (CPA) 투여후 말초혈액내 백혈구수의 변화CPA투여후 전체 백혈구와 호중구수가 각각 95%이상 감소하였다. 기관지폐포세척액내의 전체및 감별 세포수의 변화내 독소군에서는 총세포수가 3시간 및 6시간째 모두 정상군에 비해 매우 유의하게 상승하였으나 (p < 0.01) CPA군에서는 세포종가를 관찰할수 없었다. 내독소군에서 대식세포수와 호중구수는 모두 증가를 보였으나 (p < 0.05), CPA군에서는 대조군과 비교시 대식세포의 수와 구성비는 차이가 없었고 호중구의 수가 매우 감소하여 (p < 0.01), 대식세포가 99.7%이상을 차지하였다. 기관지폐포세척액내의 단백질 농도의 변화 : 내독소군에서는 3시간째부터 유의한 증가를 보였고 (p < 0.05), 6시간째에는 더욱 증가하였다 (p < 0.01). CPA군 역시 3시간째에 단백질농도가 대조군에 비해 유의하게 상승되었으나 (p < 0.05) 내독소군과는 차이가 없었으며, 6시간째에는 내독소군에 비해 유의하게 감소하였으나 (p < 0.05), 대조군에비해서는 여전히 높은 값을 보였다 (p < 0.05). 기관지폐포세척액내의 cytokine농도의 변화 종양괴사인자와 IL-6는 내독소군 및 CPA군 모두에서 대조군에 비해 유의하게 증가되었고 내독소군과 CPA군간의 차이는 없었다. 기관지폐포세척액내 염증세포의 과산화수소 분비능 측정 각군에서 상태에서는 서로 유의한 차이가 없었으나 zymosan으로 자극한 상태에서는 모두 자극전에 비해 유의한 차이로 증가하였으며 내독소군의 경우 약 89.0%로서 가장 큰 증가를 보였고 (p < 0.0008), CPA군도 42.85로서 내독소군에 비해서는 그 정도가 다소 작았으냐 (p = 0.033) 대조군에 비해서는 역시 큰 증가를 보였다 (p = 0.003). 결 론 : 호중구 결핍상태의 급성폐손상은 단핵구, 그 중에서도 기존의 폐포대식세포의 활성화에 있는 것으로 생각된다.