Eur Respir J 2005; 25:494-501
Copyright ©ERS Journals Ltd 2005
Matrix metalloproteinase-9 in bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation
R. H. Hübner1,
S. Meffert1,
U. Mundt1,
H. Böttcher2,
S. Freitag3,
N. E. El Mokhtari1,
T. Pufe4,
S. Hirt5,
U. R. Fölsch1 and
B. Bewig1
1 Dept of Internal Medicine, and 2 Dept of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, 3 Institute for Medical Informatics and Statistics, and 4 Institute of Anatomy, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, and 5 Dept of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany
CORRESPONDENCE: R. H. Hübner, Dept of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Schittenhelmstr.12, 24105 Kiel, Germany. Fax: 49 4315971302. E-mail: rhuebner@1med.uni-kiel.de
Keywords: Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome, bronchoalveloar lavage, lung transplantation, matrix metalloproteinase, polymorphonuclear cells, tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases
Received: August 3, 2004
Accepted November 24, 2004
Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is a severe complication after lung transplantation (LTX).
In a retrospective cohort study 12 stable healthy recipients (non-BOS) and eight patients with BOS were enrolled after LTX and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-9, TIMP-1 and cell characteristics in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) samples (n = 145) were analysed. BALs from patients with BOS were further divided according to whether they were obtained before (pre-BOS) or after manifestation of BOS (BOS group).
The MMP-9/TIMP-1 ratio was significantly increased in the BOS group compared with non-BOS or pre-BOS; furthermore, the ratio was negatively correlated with forced expiratory volume in one second. In zymography, the active form of MMP-9 was detected predominantly in the BOS group. In addition, zymography showed the banding pattern of neutrophil-derived MMP-9, indicating that polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs) were the main source of MMP-9. According to that, MMP-9 was significantly correlated with the number of PMN. In immunocytochemistry, MMP-9 was also associated predominantly with PMN.
This is the first study to evaluate the expression of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases-1 over time during manifestation of a fibroproliferative lung disease in patients. It demonstrates development of bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after lung transplantation is associated with an imbalance of matrix metalloproteinases-9/tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 ratio.
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