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K M Westrin

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Serum antibody response to Bacteroides fragilis in experimental sinusitis.

Maxillary sinusitis was induced in New Zealand white rabbits by local inoculation of 10(6) colony-forming units of Bacteroides fragilis NCTC 9343, and the serum IgG, IgA and IgM antibody responses to cell wall antigens were studied. Prior to inoculation, and one, two, three and four weeks after induction, serum samples were obtained and analysed for antibodies to the lipopolysaccharide and the capsular polysaccharide. Capsular polysaccharide from B. fragilis ATCC 23745 was used as control. The rise in IgG activity against NCTC 9343 capsular polysaccharide and lipopolysaccharide was most marked and sustained throughout the four weeks. The increases in IgA concentration were moderate and sometimes transient, and a more pronounced IgA increase was seen with IFA than with EIA. The IgM peak levels were weak and usually declined within two to three weeks. The development of antibody to the lipopolysaccharide was similar to that of the NCTC 9343 capsular polysaccharide antibodies, though somewhat delayed in time. No significant increase in antibody to the control capsular polysaccharide was seen.

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Expression of P-glycoprotein 170 in nasal mucosa may be increased with topical steroids.

The synthesis of P-glycoprotein 170 (P-gp), a "multidrug resistance" protein capable of extruding various drugs including 11-OH steroids from human cells, can be upregulated by certain glucocorticosteroids. This study demonstrates the presence of P-gp in the columnar surface epithelium and in glandular acini of healthy nasal mucosa with immunohistochemical technique. Furthermore, nasal polyps from 5 of 17 patients treated with clinical doses of a topical nasal steroid, budesonide, appear to show a stronger staining intensity for P-gp than polyps from 13 untreated patients. This suggests the possibility of local P-gp gene induction by topical glucocorticoid treatment. Upregulation of P-gp synthesis appears as a new possible cause of relative resistance to topical steroid medication in patients with nasal inflammatory disease.

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Crystal containing membrane bound intracellular inclusion bodies in the epithelium of experimentally infected sinus mucosa.

The sinus mucosa of 16 rabbits was experimentally infected with Bacteroides fragilis. This paper describes and discusses large inclusion bodies, which were found in abundance by light and electron microscopy inside ciliated cells of the sinus epithelium in 3 of the studied animals. The spindle-shaped inclusions were located in the apical portion of the cytoplasm. They were bound by a trilaminar membrane with several coils to the interior as well as to the exterior. The interior of an inclusion body consisted to a large extent of electron-lucent, floccular substance, but fibrogranular aggregates and rod-shaped crystals with a line periodicity center-to-center of about 15 nm were also conspicuous. These peculiar formations may be constituted by abnormally stored material from defective synthesis of cilia.

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