High levels of interleukin-8 in the blood and alveolar spaces of patients with pneumonia and adult respiratory distress syndrome |
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Authors: | S Chollet-Martin P Montravers C Gibert C Elbim JM Desmonts JY Fagon MA Gougerot-Pocidalo |
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Affiliation: | Laboratoire d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Faculté Xavier Bichat, Paris, France. |
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Abstract: | There is ample experimental evidence that polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMN) play a critical role in the pathogenesis of the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Since interleukin-8 (IL-8) is a strong chemotactic factor for PMN, we measured IL-8 levels in plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of 18 patients, 12 with ARDS and 6 with severe pneumonia uncomplicated by ARDS, all of whom had an increased number of PMN in BAL fluid. Seven healthy subjects served as controls. We found elevated levels of IL-8 in the alveolar spaces of all patients tested. Elevated BAL IL-8 levels were related to a fatal outcome and the presence of shock and correlated with a general clinical severity index (simplified acute physiological score). BAL fluid levels of IL-8 were significantly higher in patients with ARDS than in patients with pneumonia. In plasma, IL-8 levels were increased similarly in all patients and did not correlate with survival or the presence of shock. The BAL fluid-to-plasma ratio of IL-8 was significantly greater than that of tumor necrosis factor alpha, indicating higher local production of IL-8. Moreover, the presence of a primed subpopulation of blood PMN with respect to H2O2 production indicates that IL-8 may contribute to the neutrophil-mediated process in the pathogenesis of ARDS and pneumonia. |
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