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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of a clinical method to assess disease severity and treatment effect in idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13671565
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Anesthesiology/Resuscitation studies
Research InstitutionYokohama City University

Principal Investigator

YAMADA Yoshitsugu  Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor, 大学院・医学研究科, 教授 (30166748)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KURAHASHI Kiyoyasu  Yokohama City University, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, 医学部, 講師 (50234539)
NAKATA Koh  International Medical Center of Japan, Dept of Respiratory Diseases, Research Institute, Chief, 呼吸器疾患研究部, 室長 (80207802)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Keywordsautoantibody / GM-CSF / idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis / epitope mapping / autoantibody titer / neutralizing activity / binding avidity and specificity / biochemical parameter
Research Abstract

Autoantibodies against granulocyte-marcophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) are consistently and specifically detected in the serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) in the patients with idiopathic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (iPAP). The concentration of the autoantibody is 81.9 (median, range 4.7-686.3) μg/ml in the serum and 1.15 (0.09-5.4) μg/ml in the BALF.
Autoantibodies against GMCSF have very high neutralizing activity and binding avidity, binding specificity. They recognize GMCSF superstructure. In iPAP patients, the autoantibodies against GM-CSF is proved to have enough capability to abrogate GM-CSF bioactivity in the lung. These results are published in the American Journal of Hematology.
Significant correlations are observed between those parameters which indicate disease severity (i.e. PaO2, A-aDO2, and DLCO) and serum biochemical parameters (i.e. CEA, KL-6, SP-A). However, serum and BALF concentrationsof the autoantibody and neutralizing activity of the autoantibody purified from the serum have no correlation with disease severity.
In 2 of 4 patients, the values of GM-CSF neutralizing activity in the serum paralleled the disease severity. This parameter has the possibility to be highly disease specific and minimum-invasive parameters for estimating disease severity of iPAP.

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All Publications (16 results)

  • [Publications] Uchida K, Nakata K, B.C.Tranpnell, Terakawa T, Hamano E, Mikami A, Matsushita I, J.F.Seymour, Oh-eda M, Ishige I, Eishi Y, Kitamura t, Yamada Y, Hanaoka K, Keicho N: "High-Affinity Autoantibodies Specifically Eliminate Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Activity in the Lungs of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis"Blood. 103. 1089-1098 (2004)

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  • [Publications] Du H-L, Ohtsuji M, shigeta M, Chao DC, Sasaki K, Usuda Y, Yamada Y: "Expiratory asynchrony in proportional assist ventilation"Am.J.Respir.Crit.Care.Med.. 165. 972-977 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Du H-L, Amato MB, Yamada Y: "Closed-loop control of mechanical ventilation.(Automation of expiratory trigger sensitivity in pressure support ventilation)"Respir Care Clinics of North America. 7(3). 503-517 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Schoch OD, Schanz U, Koller M, Nakata K, Seymour JF, Russi EW, Boehler A: "Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis successfully treated with GM-CSF"Thorax. 57. 277-280 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Seymour JF, Doyle IR, Nakata K, Presneil IJ, AR Dunn: "Relationship of anti-GM-CSF antibody concentration, surfactant protein A and B levels, and serum LDH to pulmonary parameters and response to GM-CSF therapy in patients with idiopathic alveolar proteinosis"Thorax. 58. 252-257 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Tranpnell B, whitsett J, Nakata K: "Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis ; Mechanism of Disease"New England Journal of Medicine. 349. 2528-2540 (2003)

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  • [Publications] 中田 光(監修): "肺胞蛋白症の新展開"細胞. 34,第6号. 224-241 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 中田 光, 内田寛治, 寺川貴裕, 慶長直人: "肺胞蛋白症の病因と抗GM-CSF自己抗体"呼吸器科. 1(1). 60-66 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 中田 光: "突発性肺胞蛋白症の抗GM-CSF自己抗体をめぐる諸問題"Molecular Medicine. 39. 1398-1404 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 中田 光: "肺胞蛋白症-最新の進歩"日本胸部臨床. 62. 197-203 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Uchida K, Nakata K, B.C.Trapnell, Terakawa T, Hamano E, Mikami A, Matsushita I, J.F.Seymour, Oh-eda M, Ishige I, Eishi Y, Kitamura T, Yamada Y, Hanaoka K, Keicho N: "High Affinity Autoantibodies Specifically Eliminate Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor Activity In The Lungs Of Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis"Blood. 103. 1089-1098 (2004)

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  • [Publications] Du H-L, Ohtsuji M, Shigeta M, Chao DC, Sasaki K, Usuda Y, Yamada Y: "Expiratory asynchrony in proportional assist ventilation"Am.J.Respir.Crit.Care.Med.. 165. 972-977 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Du H-L, Amato MB, Yamada Y: "Closed-loop control of mechanical ventilation. (Automation of expiratory trigger sensitivity in pressure support ventilation)"Respir Care Clinics of North America. 7(3). 503-517 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Schoch GD, Schanz U, Koller M, Nakata K, Seymour JF, Russi EW, Boehier A: "Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis successfully treated with GM-CSF"Thorax. 57. 277-280 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Seymour JF, Doyle IR, Nakata K, Presneil U, AR Dunn: "Relationship of anti-GM-CSF antibody concentration, surfactant protein A and B levels, and LDH to pulmonary parameters and response to GM-CSF therapy in patientsn with idiopathic alveolar proteinosis"Thorax. 57. 252-257 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Trapnell B, Whitsett J, Nakata K: "Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis ; Mechanism of Disease"New England Journal of Medicine. 349. 2528-2540 (2003)

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Published: 2005-04-19  

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