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Changes in Clara Cell 10 kDa Protein (CC10)-positive Cell Distribution in Acute Lung Injury Following Repeated Lipopolysaccharide Challenge in the Rat

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	Abstract

Clara cell 10 kDa protein (CC10) is the major secretory protein of Clara cells and is thought to play a protective role in the lung owing to its antiinflammatory properties. There is little information on the anatomical distribution of CC10-positive cells in rat lung following lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge. We have determined the expression of CC10 along the tracheobronchial tree in saline-treated and LPS-treated rats. Saline-treated rats showed sporadic CC10 staining in central airways and abundant staining in bronchioles. In transitional airways, most cells were positive except for squamous cells. Following LPS challenge, there was a reduction in staining in the upper airways but little change within bronchioles. Squamous epithelia within the transitional airways now showed positive staining. These cells also co-stained for pan-cytokeratin and appeared to co-localize with surfactant D- and Ki67-positive cells, indicating the presence of a dedifferentiated cell type with both epithelial and pneumocyte phenotypes. These data show that diffuse inflammatory injury results in generalized loss of CC10 in central airways. Conversely, the transitional airways showed evidence of a dedifferentiated population of squamous cells that now stained for CC10. We hypothesize that this is an attempt by peripheral lung to maintain alveolar sac integrity during an inflammatory episode.

First published on April 17, 2008, doi:10.1177/0192623308315357

Toxicologic Pathology 2008;36:440.

A more recent version of this article appeared on April 1, 2008


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