TY - JOUR
T1 - Urinary prostanoids in preschool wheeze
AU - Grigg, Jonathan
AU - Whitehouse, Abigail
AU - Pandya, Hitesh
AU - Turner, Stephen
AU - Griffiths, Christopher J.
AU - Vulliamy, Tom
AU - Walton, Robert T.
AU - Price, David B.
AU - Sanak, Marek
AU - Holloway, John W.
AU - Noimark, Lee
AU - Lesosky, Maia
AU - Brugha, Rossa
AU - Koh, Lee
AU - Nwokoro, Chinedu
N1 - Support statement: Funding was received from the UK National Institute for Healthcare Research, Efficacy and Mechanisms Evaluation (NIHR-EME) Programme (reference 08/43/03). J. Grigg is part-funded by the NIHR North Thames Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care. Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Open Funder Registry.
PY - 2017/2
Y1 - 2017/2
N2 - Acute episodes of wheeze in children of preschool age are frequently triggered by viral upper respiratory tract infections and result in a significant burden to health services [1]. However, to date, the inflammatory mechanisms underlying preschool wheeze remain unclear. Mediators that have not been studied in preschool wheeze, but are implicated in the pathogenesis of wheeze in adults with asthma, include the pro-inflammatory prostanoid prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) [2] and the anti-inflammatory prostanoid PGE2 [3, 4]. In this study, we sought evidence for either increased PGD2 biosynthesis or reduced PGE2 biosynthesis, or a combination of both in children with preschool wheeze. To achieve this, we measured the major metabolites of PGD2 and PGE2 in the urine: 9α-hydroxy-11,15-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetranor-prostan-1,20-dioic acid (tetranor-PGDM) and 9,15-dioxo-11α-hydroxy-13,14-dihydro-2,3,4,5-tetranor-prostan-1,20-dioic acid (tetranor-PGEM), respectively [5, 6].
AB - Acute episodes of wheeze in children of preschool age are frequently triggered by viral upper respiratory tract infections and result in a significant burden to health services [1]. However, to date, the inflammatory mechanisms underlying preschool wheeze remain unclear. Mediators that have not been studied in preschool wheeze, but are implicated in the pathogenesis of wheeze in adults with asthma, include the pro-inflammatory prostanoid prostaglandin D2 (PGD2) [2] and the anti-inflammatory prostanoid PGE2 [3, 4]. In this study, we sought evidence for either increased PGD2 biosynthesis or reduced PGE2 biosynthesis, or a combination of both in children with preschool wheeze. To achieve this, we measured the major metabolites of PGD2 and PGE2 in the urine: 9α-hydroxy-11,15-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetranor-prostan-1,20-dioic acid (tetranor-PGDM) and 9,15-dioxo-11α-hydroxy-13,14-dihydro-2,3,4,5-tetranor-prostan-1,20-dioic acid (tetranor-PGEM), respectively [5, 6].
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U2 - 10.1183/13993003.01390-2016
DO - 10.1183/13993003.01390-2016
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85013455900
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 49
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
IS - 2
M1 - 1601390
ER -