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IL-12-Dependent Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Expression Contributes to Airway Eosinophilic Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Asthma-Like Reaction¹

Immune Regulation of Allergy Research Group, Departments of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Bronchial-alveolar eosinophilic inflammation is among the characteristic pathological changes in asthma, which has been shown to be correlated with type 2 cytokine and chemokine production. Exogenous IL-12 has been found to be inhibitory for pulmonary eosinophilia in reported studies. Using a murine asthma-like model induced by OVA, we found in the present study that IL-12 gene knockout (KO) mice showed substantially reduced airway recruitment of eosinophils compared with wild-type control mice following OVA sensitization/challenge, although the levels of circulating eosinophils were comparable in these two groups of mice. Cytokine analysis showed Ag-driven Th1 (IFN-) and Th2 (IL-4, IL-5, IL-10, and IL-13) cytokine production by CD4 T cells from local draining lymph nodes and spleen. Similarly, local eotaxin production was comparable in wild-type and IL-12 KO mice. In contrast, immunohistochemical analysis showed that the expression of VCAM-1 on the lung endothelium of IL-12 KO mice was dramatically less than that in wild-type mice. Furthermore, administration of rIL-12 at the stage of sensitization and challenge with OVA restored airway eosinophilia and VCAM-1 expression in IL-12 KO mice. The results suggest that endogenous IL-12 contributes to the recruitment of eosinophils into airways observed in asthma, possibly via enhancement of the expression of VCAM-1 on local vascular endothelial cells.

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