PMID- 24982682 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20140701 LR - 20211021 IS - 1710-1484 (Print) IS - 1710-1492 (Electronic) IS - 1710-1484 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 1 DP - 2014 TI - Enhancement of OVA-induced murine lung eosinophilia by co-exposure to contamination levels of LPS in Asian sand dust and heated dust. PG - 30 LID - 10.1186/1710-1492-10-30 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: A previous study has shown that the aggravation of Asian sand dust (ASD) on ovalbumin (OVA)-induced lung eosinphilia was more severe in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-rich ASD than in SiO2-rich ASD. Therefore, the effects of different LPS contamination levels in ASD on the aggravation of OVA-induced lung eosinophilia were investigated in the present study. METHODS: Before beginning the in vivo experiment, we investigated whether the ultra-pure LPS would act only on TLR4 or not using bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) of wild-type, TLR2-/-, TLR4-/- and MyD88-/- BALB/c mice. ASD collected from the desert was heated to remove toxic organic substances (H-ASD). BALB/c mice were instilled intratracheally with 12 different testing samples prepared with LPS (1 ng and 10 ng), H-ASD, and OVA in a normal saline solution. The lung pathology, cytological profiles in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), the levels of inflammatory cytokines/chemokines in BALF and OVA-specific immunoglobulin in serum were investigated. RESULTS: The LPS exhibited no response to the production of TNF-alpha and IL-6 in BMDMs from TLR4-/-, but did from TLR2-/-. H-ASD aggravated the LPS-induced neutrophilic lung inflammation. In the presence of OVA, LPS increased the level of eosinophils slightly and induced trace levels of Th2 cytokines IL-5 and IL-13 at the levels of 1 ng and 10 ng. In the presence of OVA and H-ASD, LPS induced severe eosinophil infiltration and proliferation of goblet cells in the airways as well as remarkable increases in Th2 cytokines IL-5 and IL-13 in BALF. The mixture containing LPS (1 ng) showed adjuvant activity on OVA-specific IgE and IgG1 production. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that H-ASD with naturally-occurring levels of LPS enhances OVA-induced lung eosinophilia via increases in Th2-mediated cytokines and antigen-specific immunoglobulin. These results indicate that LPS is a strong candidate for being a major aggravating substance in ASD. FAU - Ren, Yahao AU - Ren Y AD - Department of Nutritional and Food Hygiene, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Ichinose, Takamichi AU - Ichinose T AD - Department of Health Sciences, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Oita 870-1201, Japan. FAU - He, Miao AU - He M AD - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Song, Yuan AU - Song Y AD - Department of Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan. FAU - Yoshida, Yasuhiro AU - Yoshida Y AD - Department of Immunology and Parasitology, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, Fukuoka 807-8555, Japan. FAU - Yoshida, Seiichi AU - Yoshida S AD - Department of Health Sciences, Oita University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Oita 870-1201, Japan. FAU - Nishikawa, Masataka AU - Nishikawa M AD - Environmental Chemistry Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan. FAU - Takano, Hirohisa AU - Takano H AD - Environmental Health Division, Department of Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto 615-8530, Japan. FAU - Sun, Guifan AU - Sun G AD - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, China. FAU - Shibamoto, Takayuki AU - Shibamoto T AD - Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20140609 PL - England TA - Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol JT - Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology JID - 101244313 PMC - PMC4058696 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Asian sand dust OT - Asthma OT - Cytokine and chemokine OT - Lipopolysaccharide OT - Lung eosinophilia OT - Ovalbumin EDAT- 2014/07/02 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/02 06:01 PMCR- 2014/06/09 CRDT- 2014/07/02 06:00 PHST- 2014/03/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/05/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/07/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/07/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2014/06/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1710-1492-10-30 [pii] AID - 10.1186/1710-1492-10-30 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2014 Jun 9;10(1):30. doi: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-30. eCollection 2014.