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  • Title: Cockade-like structures in alveolar macrophages in extrinsic allergic alveolitis.
    Author: Uzaslan E, Guzman J, Costabel U.
    Journal: Respiration; 2005; 72(1):46-51. PubMed ID: 15753634.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: In immunocytochemical preparations of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells from patients with extrinsic allergic alveolitis (EAA), we observed the presence of alveolar macrophages with cockade-like structures in their cytoplasm (cockade+ alveolar macrophages). These cockade+ alveolar macrophages may reflect a subpopulation of alveolar macrophages which may show a different predominance in various interstitial lung diseases. In this study we aimed to compare the frequency of cockade+ alveolar macrophages in patients with EAA (n = 14) with the results obtained in patients with sarcoidosis (n = 11), idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP; n = 10) and control subjects (n = 8). We also investigated the expression of the transferrin receptor CD71 on cockade+ alveolar macrophages. METHODS: In BAL fluid, the total number of cells and differential counts were determined, and immunocytologic examinations of macrophages and lymphocytes were done using monoclonal antibodies. The percentage of cockade+ alveolar macrophages was determined by counting 300 macrophages in the CD20 field of an immunocytochemical slide. RESULTS: The percentage of cockade+ alveolar macrophages was significantly higher in the EAA group (36 +/- 9%) compared to patients with sarcoidosis (12 +/- 5%) or IIP (11 +/- 10%) and control subjects (3 +/- 1%; p < 0.001). The proportion of CD71+ alveolar macrophages was significantly lower in EAA than in the other groups (p < 0.01), and the CD71 antigen was expressed on a significantly lower proportion of cockade+ alveolar macrophages compared to cockade- alveolar macrophages in EAA (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: We conclude that cockade+ alveolar macrophages could play a role in the pathogenesis and differential diagnosis EAA.
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