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Inactivation of alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor by alveolar inflammatory cells from smoking patients with or without emphysema.

Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate the ability of alveolar inflammatory cells recovered by bronchoalveolar lavage from the lower respiratory tract of 17 smoking patients with or without emphysema to inactivate alpha 1-proteinase inhibitor (alpha 1-Pl). The presence of emphysema was determined and quantified using CT scan and was evidenced in 8 patients (Group 1), whereas 9 patients exhibited a normal CT scan (Group 2). Patients with emphysema had lower values of FEV1, DLCO, and resting PO2 and higher values of RV/TLC ratio than patients without emphysema. BAL analysis showed a higher percentage of neutrophils and of myeloperoxidase (MPO) in BAL fluid in Group 1 than in Group 2. Alveolar inflammatory cells stimulated or not with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) were incubated for 45 min with purified alpha 1-Pl, and the results were expressed as a percentage of inactivation of alpha 1-Pl as evaluated by its inhibitory activity against porcine pancreatic elastase or human neutrophil elastase. In Group 2, unstimulated alveolar inflammatory cells inactivated only 3.3 +/- 0.7% alpha 1-Pl and stimulated cells inactivated only 5.4 +/- 1.1% alpha 1-Pl. In marked contrast, in Group 1, a significant loss of the antielastase function of alpha 1-Pl was observed (p < 0.001) when alpha 1-Pl was incubated with unstimulated cells (24.2 +/- 8.9%) or stimulated cells (35 +/- 8.9%) from Group 1. The addition of catalase to the cell suspension was associated with a significant decrease in the inactivation of alpha 1-Pl (from 35 +/- 8.9 to 10.2 +/- 1.2%, Group 1).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
AuthorsB Wallaert, B Gressier, C H Marquette, P Gosset, M Remy-Jardin, J Mizon, A B Tonnel
JournalThe American review of respiratory disease (Am Rev Respir Dis) Vol. 147 Issue 6 Pt 1 Pg. 1537-43 (Jun 1993) ISSN: 0003-0805 [Print] United States
PMID8389110 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • alpha 1-Antitrypsin
  • Superoxides
  • Hydrogen Peroxide
Topics
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid (cytology)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen Peroxide (metabolism)
  • Lung (diagnostic imaging)
  • Macrophages, Alveolar (immunology, metabolism)
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neutrophils (immunology, metabolism)
  • Pulmonary Emphysema (diagnostic imaging, immunology, physiopathology)
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Smoking (immunology, physiopathology)
  • Superoxides (metabolism)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • alpha 1-Antitrypsin (immunology)

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