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Interleukin-8 in the Human Fallopian Tube

Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Steven F. Palter, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street, P.O. Box 208063, New Haven, Connecticut 06520. E-mail: steven.palter{at}yale.edu

Abstract

The human fallopian tube is a dynamic structure that undergoes cyclic variation in its functional epithelium. This epithelium contains both secretory and ciliated cells. The mechanisms regulating the growth and function of the tubal epithelium are not fully understood. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) is one potential local regulatory factor. We therefore characterized the IL-8 system, which includes IL-8, its receptors A and B, and its degradative enzyme aminopeptidase N, in the human fallopian tube by immunohistochemistry. Immunohistochemistry was performed on isthmic, ampullary, and fimbrial fallopian tubal segments obtained from women undergoing gynecological surgical procedures for benign conditions (n = 52). IL-8 was found in the human fallopian tube predominantly in the epithelial cells. It was present in greater amounts in the distal compared with the proximal tube. IL-8 receptors A and B localized in the tube in similar patterns. The degradative enzyme aminopeptidase N is found in tubal stromal tissue at the epithelial stromal border and perivascularly and may limit the systemic effects of epithelial IL-8. The IL-8 system seems to be an active component of tubal physiology.

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