Expression and distribution of glucocorticoid receptor isoforms in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis
| Autor: | Takashi Ishino, Kazumasa Takeda, Katsuhiro Hirakawa, Sachio Takeno |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Young Adult Glucocorticoid receptor Receptors Glucocorticoid Ethmoid sinus Eosinophilic Eosinophilia Paranasal Sinuses medicine Humans Tissue Distribution RNA Messenger Sinusitis Cellular localization Rhinitis Mucous Membrane business.industry Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Immunohistochemistry Paranasal sinuses medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Chronic Disease Surgery Female medicine.symptom business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | Auris, nasus, larynx. 37(6) |
| ISSN: | 1879-1476 |
| Popis: | Objective Patients with eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) show a high percentage of eosinophilic infiltration in the paranasal sinus mucosa. It is well documented that topical steroids have a beneficial effect in ECRS with nasal polyposis. We investigated mucosal distribution and cellular localization of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) isoform expression in human paranasal sinuses in relation to the clinical characteristics of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis (ECRS) patients. Methods Mucosal specimens were obtained from 20 sinusitis patients by endoscopic sinus surgery (ESS). Quantitative fluorescence immunohistochemical analysis was employed to examine the degree of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) isoform expression in sinus mucosa specimens. An RT-PCR procedure was performed to determine the relative quantities of mRNA for the human GRα and GRβ genes. Results Patients in the ECRS group showed significant increases in peripheral blood eosinophils as compared to the non-ECRS group (16.98% vs. 2.31%). Positive immunoreactivity of GRβ expression was predominantly found to be positive in inflammatory cells. The absolute number of GRβ-positive cells in the ECRS group was increased in comparison with that in the non-ECRS group. The difference was statistically significant both in the maxillary (179.7 cells/mm2 vs. 82.5 cells/mm2) and ethmoid sinus (302.0 cells/mm2 vs. 61.5 cells/mm2) mucosa. The GRβ/GRα cell ratio in the ECRS group was elevated when compared with that in the non-ECRS group both in the maxillary and the ethmoid sinus mucosa, with the latter difference being significant. Conclusions The presence of high peripheral eosinophilia indicates a high likelihood of ECRS disease. Our results support the association of GRβ expression with ECRS. The expression of GRβ immunoreactivity, an endogenous inhibitor of steroid action previously associated with steroid insensitivity, may be one of major contributing factors in ECRS. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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