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Infection and Immunity, September 1998, p. 4229-4236, Vol. 66, No. 9
Division of Pulmonary Biology, Children's
Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039
Received 14 November 1997/Returned for modification 4 March
1998/Accepted 17 June 1998
To determine the effects of interleukin-4 (IL-4) on bacterial
clearance from the mouse lung, transgenic mice expressing IL-4 in
respiratory epithelial cells under the control of the Clara cell
secretory protein promoter (CCSP-IL-4 mice) were infected intratracheally with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Survival of
CCSP-IL-4 mice following bacterial administration was markedly improved compared with that of control mice. While bacteria proliferated in
lungs of wild-type mice, a rapid reduction in the number of bacteria
was observed in the IL-4 mice as early as 6 h postinfection. Similarly, intranasal administration of IL-4 enhanced bacterial clearance from the lungs of wild-type mice. While acute and chronic IL-4 increased the numbers of neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, bacterial infection was associated with acute neutrophilic pulmonary infiltration, and this response was similar in the presence or absence of IL-4. Local administration or expression of IL-4 in the
mouse lung enhanced pulmonary clearance of P. aeruginosa in
vivo and decreased mortality following infection.
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Interleukin-4 Enhances Pulmonary Clearance of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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Corresponding author. Mailing address: Children's
Hospital Medical Center, Divisions of Neonatology and Pulmonary
Biology, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039. Phone: (513)
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