Features purine metabolism in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Abstract

The purpose - comprehensive study of the purine metabolic enzymes in serum and immune cells in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis for the understanding of the pathogenesis of a specific lung disease.

Methods: The enzymes of purine metabolism (adenosine deaminase (ADA) and its isoenzymes (ADA-1 and ADA-2), dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPPIV - CD26), ecto-5’-nucleotidase (5’-NC) in the blood and immune cells was studied in 29 and 76 patients with fibro-cavernous (FCPT) and infiltrative (IPT) pulmonary tuberculosis correspondingly.

Results: In patients found changes in purine metabolism, the severity and pathophysiological significance of which depend of clinical forms of tuberculosis, that is, from the gravity specific of the process. Reduced activity of ADA mononuclear cells was accompanied by a decrease in the expression of CD26 in patients with FCPT and the growth of the IPT ectopeptidase patients, that is, the concentration of CD26 mononuclear cells and neutrophils are associated with form of pulmonary tuberculosis. The increased levels of another enzyme purine metabolism - 5’-NC registered in both forms of pulmonary tuberculosis.

Conclusion: In the context of the ADA and CD26 association with the IPT can assume increased participation of each of them in the activation of cell proliferation and cytokine production. Low levels of CD26 immune cells in the absence of their connection with the activity of ADA is typical for patients with FCPT and reflects their inherent failure of cellular immunity. We can assume that the formation of complexes with the ADA ectopeptidases (CD26 and 5’-NC) for newly diagnosed IPT provides a balance CD26_ADA extracellular / intracellular adenosine and 5’-NC / adenosine and thereby adequate metabolism of immunocompetent cells.