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Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Vol 16, No. 3, 03 1997, 309-316.

T-lymphocyte activation in the enlarged thoracic lymph nodes of rats with silicosis

H Garn, A Friedetzky, GS Davis, DR Hemenway and D Gemsa
Institute of Immunology, Philipps University of Marburg, Germany.

Silicosis is primarily a mononuclear cell inflammatory and fibrotic disease of the pulmonary parenchyma. It is known that lung-associated lymph nodes are also affected. To study the involvement of lymphocytes in silicosis, we examined lymph nodes of rats 12 months after an 8-day silica aerosol exposure. We found that 2 thoracic lymph nodes close to the thymus were enormously enlarged in silicotic rats and contained a 49-fold higher cell number than control lymph nodes. The higher cell number was caused by parallel increases in T- and B-lymphocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, and macrophages without change in the relative proportions when compared with control thoracic lymph nodes. By examining interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression, we detected a significantly higher percentage of activated CD8+ T cells and, to a lower degree, of CD4+ T cells in thoracic lymph nodes of silicotic animals. In contrast, no differences in the activation state were found in T cells obtained from cervical or mesenteric lymph nodes of silicotic and control rats. The occurrence of activated T cells in thoracic lymph nodes of silicotic rats was documented further by selectively enhanced interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) mRNA expression in the absence of IL-2 and IL-4 mRNA changes. These data show that T-lymphocytes of thoracic lymph nodes have become activated with an enhanced IFN-gamma gene transcription which may be an important cause of macrophage activation during silicosis.


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