scholarly journals Evaluation of the upper airway microbiome and immune response with nasal epithelial lining fluid absorption and nasal washes

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan H. Shilts ◽  
Christian Rosas-Salazar ◽  
Christian E. Lynch ◽  
Andrey Tovchigrechko ◽  
Helen H. Boone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Immune Response ◽  
Quality Control ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Upper Airway ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Metagenomic Sequencing ◽  
Epithelial Lining ◽  
Epithelial Lining Fluid ◽  
Immune Mediator ◽  
Airway Microbiome

AbstractDespite being commonly used to collect upper airway epithelial lining fluid, nasal washes are poorly reproducible, not suitable for serial sampling, and limited by a dilution effect. In contrast, nasal filters lack these limitations and are an attractive alternative. To examine whether nasal filters are superior to nasal washes as a sampling method for the characterization of the upper airway microbiome and immune response, we collected paired nasal filters and washes from a group of 40 healthy children and adults. To characterize the upper airway microbiome, we used 16S ribosomal RNA and shotgun metagenomic sequencing. To characterize the immune response, we measured total protein using a BCA assay and 53 immune mediators using multiplex magnetic bead-based assays. We conducted statistical analyses to compare common microbial ecology indices and immune-mediator median fluorescence intensities (MFIs) between sample types. In general, nasal filters were more likely to pass quality control in both children and adults. There were no significant differences in microbiome community richness, α-diversity, or structure between pediatric samples types; however, these were all highly dissimilar between adult sample types. In addition, there were significant differences in the abundance of amplicon sequence variants between sample types in children and adults. In adults, total proteins were significantly higher in nasal filters than nasal washes; consequently, the immune-mediator MFIs were not well detected in nasal washes. Based on better quality control sequencing metrics and higher immunoassay sensitivity, our results suggest that nasal filters are a superior sampling method to characterize the upper airway microbiome and immune response in both children and adults.

scholarly journals Pharmacodynamics of Moxifloxacin and Levofloxacin at Simulated Epithelial Lining Fluid Drug Concentrations against Streptococcus pneumoniae

2004 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1215-1221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi R. Florea ◽  
Pamela R. Tessier ◽  
Cuilian Zhang ◽  
Charles H. Nightingale ◽  
David P. Nicolau
Keyword(s):  
Streptococcus Pneumoniae ◽  
Fluoroquinolone Resistance ◽  
Epithelial Lining ◽  
Time Curve ◽  
Bacterial Killing ◽  
Epithelial Lining Fluid ◽  
Log Reduction ◽  
Development Of Resistance ◽  
Drug Concentrations

ABSTRACT Recent clinical failures associated with levofloxacin treatment for Streptococcus pneumoniae infections and growing evidence of frequent mutations in the isolate population have led to increased concerns regarding fluoroquinolone resistance. Our objective was to characterize the efficacies of levofloxacin and moxifloxacin against various genotypes of S. pneumoniae after simulated bronchopulmonary exposures. An in vitro model was used to simulate a levofloxacin concentration of 500 mg and a moxifloxacin concentration of 400 mg, which were previously determined to be the concentrations in the epithelial lining fluid of older adults receiving once-daily dosing. The effects of the drugs were tested against six S. pneumoniae containing various mutations. Bacterial density and resistance were quantitatively assessed over 48 h. The S. pneumoniae isolate with no mutation displayed a 4-log reduction in CFU after treatment with both agents and did not develop resistance. Isolates containing the parC or parE mutation or both mutations regrew and developed resistance when they were exposed to levofloxacin, despite an unbound area under the concentration-time curve (AUC):MIC ratio of ∼100. When the isolate containing the parC and gyrA mutations was exposed to levofloxacin, there was a half-log reduction in the number of CFU compared to that for the control, but the isolate subsequently regrew. Likewise, levofloxacin did not kill the isolate containing the parC, gyrA, and parE mutations. Moxifloxacin sustained the killing of all bacterial isolates tested without the development of resistance. Levofloxacin did not sustain bacterial killing and did not prevent the emergence of further resistance in mutants with the parC or parE mutation or both mutations, even though an unbound AUC:MIC ratio for exposure well above the breakpoint of 30 to 40 established in the literature for S. pneumoniae was maintained. Moxifloxacin was effective against all isolates tested, despite the presence of isolates with two- and three-step mutations, for which the MICs were increased.

scholarly journals Biopharmaceutical Characterization of Nebulized Antimicrobial Agents in Rats: 5. Oseltamivir Carboxylate

2016 ◽  
Vol 60 (8) ◽  
pp. 5085-5087 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danilo Cesar Galindo Bedor ◽  
Sandrine Marchand ◽  
Isabelle Lamarche ◽  
Julian Laroche ◽  
Davi Pereira de Santana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Pulmonary Delivery ◽  
Epithelial Lining ◽  
Oseltamivir Carboxylate ◽  
Epithelial Lining Fluid

ABSTRACTThe aim of this study was to determine the biopharmaceutical characteristics of oseltamivir carboxylate (OC) after pulmonary delivery. After OC bolus and intratracheal nebulization (NEB) in rats, blood was collected and bronchoalveolar lavages (BALs) were performed. Epithelial lining fluid (ELF) concentrations were estimated from BAL fluid. The area under the curve (AUC) ratio for ELF to plasma was 842 times higher after NEB than after intravenous (i.v.) administration, indicating that OC nebulization offers a biopharmaceutical advantage over i.v. administration.

Endothelin-1 level in epithelial lining fluid of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Respirology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 740-743 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasushi NAKANO ◽  
Sadatomo TASAKA ◽  
Fumitake SAITO ◽  
Wakako YAMADA ◽  
Yoshiki SHIRAISHI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ◽  
Respiratory Distress ◽  
Distress Syndrome ◽  
Epithelial Lining ◽  
Epithelial Lining Fluid ◽  
Endothelin 1

scholarly journals Biopharmaceutical Characterization of Nebulized Antimicrobial Agents in Rats: 6. Aminoglycosides

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine Marchand ◽  
Matthieu Boisson ◽  
Shachi Mehta ◽  
Christophe Adier ◽  
Olivier Mimoz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intravenous Administration ◽  
Antimicrobial Agents ◽  
Epithelial Lining ◽  
Time Curve ◽  
Epithelial Lining Fluid ◽  
Concentration Time

ABSTRACT Amikacin and gentamicin pharmacokinetic behaviors after nebulization were determined by comparing plasma and pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (ELF) concentrations in rats after intratracheal and intravenous administrations. ELF areas under concentration-time curve were 874 and 162 times higher after nebulization than after intravenous administration for amikacin and gentamicin, respectively. Even if both molecules appear to be good candidates for nebulization, these results demonstrate a much higher targeting advantage of nebulization for amikacin than for gentamicin.

Intravenous recombinant secretory leukoprotease inhibitor augments antineutrophil elastase defense

1992 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Birrer ◽  
N. G. McElvaney ◽  
A. Gillissen ◽  
R. F. Hoyt ◽  
D. C. Bloedow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Levels ◽  
Lung Diseases ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Upper Airway ◽  
Airway Epithelial ◽  
Epithelial Surface ◽  
Epithelial Lining Fluid ◽  
Lung Epithelial ◽  
Lung Lymph ◽  
Protective Screen

Secretory leukoprotease inhibitor (SLPI), a 12-kDa serine antiprotease, normally protects the upper airway epithelial surface from attack by neutrophil elastase (NE). In the context that a variety of inflammatory lung diseases are characterized by large neutrophil burdens with resultant high levels of NE in the lung, recombinant SLPI (rSLPI), a molecule identical to natural SLPI, may be an effective means to augment the anti-NE protective screen of the lung. To determine whether intravenous rSLPI will augment respiratory tract and epithelial surface levels of SLPI and anti-NE capacity, rSLPI was administered intravenously to sheep and SLPI levels were quantified in plasma, lung lymph (as a measure of lung interstitial levels), lung epithelial lining fluid (ELF), and urine. rSLPI (1 g) was administered over 10 min, and after 30 min plasma levels of SLPI were 8 microM and decreased with a half-life of 1.8 h. Lymph SLPI levels paralleled the plasma levels: 4 h after infusion the lymph-to-plasma ratio was 0.8. ELF SLPI levels paralleled the lymph levels: 4 h after infusion the ELF-to-lymph ratio was 0.3. Western analysis demonstrated intact SLPI in lymph and ELF, and functional analysis showed increases in lymph and ELF anti-NE capacity that paralleled the levels of SLPI. As might be expected from a protein with a molecular mass of 12 kDa, urine excretion was high, with 20% of the SLPI excreted over 5 h. However, if the rate of infusion was slowed, SLPI excretion decreased significantly, with a 3-h infusion associated with 9% excretion and a 12-h infusion associated with less than 0.2% excretion.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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