Author:
Lin Jianli,Huang Nana,Li Jing,Liu Xiaoyu,Xiong Qing,Hu Chengshen,Chen Desheng,Guan Lvxin,Chang Kexin,Li Dan,Tsui Stephen Kwok-Wing,Zhong Nanshan,Liu Zhigang,Yang Ping-Chang
Abstract
Background and aimsNeutrophilic inflammation is a hallmark of some specific asthma phenotypes; its aetiology is not yet fully understood. House dust mite (HDM) is the most common factor in the pathogenesis of airway inflammation. This study aims to elucidate the role of cross-antibodies against HDM-derived factors in the development of neutrophilic inflammation in the airway.MethodsBlood samples were collected from asthma patients with chronic neutrophilic asthma for analysis of HDM-specific cross-reactive antibodies. The role of an antibody against HDM-derived enolase (EnoAb) in the impairment of airway epithelial barrier function and induction of airway inflammation was assessed in a cell culture model and an animal model.ResultsHigh similarity (72%) of the enolase gene sequences was identified between HDM and human. Serum EnoAb was detected in patients with chronic neutrophilic asthma. The EnoAb bound to airway epithelial cells to form complexes with enolase, which activated complement, impaired airway epithelial barrier functions and induced neutrophilic inflammation in the airway tissues.ConclusionsHDM-derived enolase can induce specific cross-antibodies in humans, which induce neutrophilic inflammation in the airway.
Publisher
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Subject
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
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