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CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
1 Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK
2 Department of Molecular Sciences, Respiratory and Inflammation Research Area, AstraZeneca R&D Lund, 221 87 Lund, Sweden
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr R O’Donnell
Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, Division of Infection, Inflammation and Repair, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton SO16 6YD, UK; raodonnell{at}eircom.net
Background: Considerable research has been conducted into the nature of airway inflammation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but the relationship between proximal airways inflammation and both dynamic collapse of the peripheral airways and HRCT determined emphysema severity remains unknown. A number of research tools have been combined to study smokers with a range of COPD severities classified according to the GOLD criteria.
Methods: Sixty five subjects (11 healthy smokers, 44 smokers with stage 0–IV COPD, and 10 healthy non-smokers) were assessed using lung function testing and HRCT scanning to quantify emphysema and peripheral airway dysfunction and sputum induction to measure airway inflammation.
Results: Expiratory HRCT measurements and the expiratory/inspiratory mean lung density ratio (both indicators of peripheral airway dysfunction) correlated more closely in smokers with the severity of airflow obstruction (r = –0.64, p<0.001) than did inspiratory HRCT measurements (which reflect emphysema severity; r = –0.45, p<0.01). Raised sputum neutrophil counts also correlated strongly in smokers with HRCT indicators of peripheral airway dysfunction (r = 0.55, p<0.001) but did not correlate with HRCT indicators of the severity of emphysema.
Conclusions: This study suggests that peripheral airway dysfunction, assessed by expiratory HRCT measurements, is a determinant of COPD severity. Airway neutrophilia, a central feature of COPD, is closely associated with the severity of peripheral airway dysfunction in COPD but is not related to the overall severity of emphysema as measured by HRCT.
Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; E/I ratio, expiration/inspiration ratio; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC, forced vital capacity; HRCT, high resolution computed tomography; KCO, lung carbon monoxide transfer coefficient; LAA, area of low attenuation; MEF, mid expiratory flow; MLD, mean lung density; RV, residual volume; TLC, total lung capacity; TLCO, carbon monoxide lung transfer factor
Keywords: emphysema; smoking; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HRCT scanning
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