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Cho DY, Zhang S, Norwood TG, Skinner D, Hollis TA, Ehrhardt ML, Yang LC, Lim DJ, Grayson JW, Lazrak A, Matalon S, Rowe SM, Woodworth BA. Hypoxia-induced cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator dysfunction is a universal mechanism underlying reduced mucociliary transport in sinusitis. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol 2024; 14:1058-1069. [PMID: 38073611 DOI: 10.1002/alr.23309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Hypoxia due to sinus obstruction is a major pathogenic mechanism leading to sinusitis. The objective of the current study is to define the electrophysiologic characteristics of hypoxia in vitro and in vivo. METHODS Cystic fibrosis bronchoepithelial cells expressing wild-type cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and human sinonasal epithelial cells were exposed to 1% or atmospheric O2 for 24 h. Time-dependent production of cytoplasmic free radicals was measured. Cells were subjected to Ussing chamber and patch clamp technique where CFTR currents were recorded in whole-cell and cell-attached mode for single channel studies. Indices of mucociliary transport (MCT) were measured using micro-optical coherence tomography. In a rabbit hypoxic maxillary sinus model, tissue oxygenation, relative mRNA expression of HIF-1α, pH, sinus potential difference (SPD), and MCT were determined. RESULTS Ussing chamber (p < 0.05), whole-cell (p < 0.001), and single channel patch-clamp (p < 0.0001) showed significant inhibition of Cl- currents in hypoxic cells. Cytoplasmic free radicals showed time-dependent elevation peaking at 4 h (p < 0.0001). Airway surface liquid (p < 0.0001), periciliary liquid (p < 0.001), and MCT (p < 0.01) were diminished. Co-incubation with the free radical scavenger glutathione negated the impact of hypoxia on single channel currents and MCT markers. In sinusitis rabbits, mucosa exhibited low tissue oxygenation (p < 0.0001), increased HIF1α mRNA (p < 0.05), reduced pH (p < 0.01), and decreased MCT (p < 0.001). SPD measurements demonstrated markedly diminished transepithelial Cl- transport (p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION Hypoxia induces severe CFTR dysfunction via free radical production causing reduced MCT in vitro and in vivo. Improved oxygenation is critical to reducing the impact of persistent mucociliary dysfunction.
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- Do-Yeon Cho
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Wong SL, Kardia E, Vijayan A, Umashankar B, Pandzic E, Zhong L, Jaffe A, Waters SA. Molecular and Functional Characteristics of Airway Epithelium under Chronic Hypoxia. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24076475. [PMID: 37047450 PMCID: PMC10095024 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 03/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/14/2023] Open
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Localized and chronic hypoxia of airway mucosa is a common feature of progressive respiratory diseases, including cystic fibrosis (CF). However, the impact of prolonged hypoxia on airway stem cell function and differentiated epithelium is not well elucidated. Acute hypoxia alters the transcription and translation of many genes, including the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CFTR-targeted therapies (modulators) have not been investigated in vitro under chronic hypoxic conditions found in CF airways in vivo. Nasal epithelial cells (hNECs) derived from eight CF and three non-CF participants were expanded and differentiated at the air-liquid interface (26-30 days) at ambient and 2% oxygen tension (hypoxia). Morphology, global proteomics (LC-MS/MS) and function (barrier integrity, cilia motility and ion transport) of basal stem cells and differentiated cultures were assessed. hNECs expanded at chronic hypoxia, demonstrating epithelial cobblestone morphology and a similar proliferation rate to hNECs expanded at normoxia. Hypoxia-inducible proteins and pathways in stem cells and differentiated cultures were identified. Despite the stem cells' plasticity and adaptation to chronic hypoxia, the differentiated epithelium was significantly thinner with reduced barrier integrity. Stem cell lineage commitment shifted to a more secretory epithelial phenotype. Motile cilia abundance, length, beat frequency and coordination were significantly negatively modulated. Chronic hypoxia reduces the activity of epithelial sodium and CFTR ion channels. CFTR modulator drug response was diminished. Our findings shed light on the molecular pathophysiology of hypoxia and its implications in CF. Targeting hypoxia can be a strategy to augment mucosal function and may provide a means to enhance the efficacy of CFTR modulators.
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- Sharon L Wong
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Katharina Gaus Light Microscopy Facility, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Molecular and Integrative Cystic Fibrosis Research Centre (miCF_RC), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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Erfinanda L, Zou L, Gutbier B, Kneller L, Weidenfeld S, Michalick L, Lei D, Reppe K, Teixeira Alves LG, Schneider B, Zhang Q, Li C, Fatykhova D, Schneider P, Liedtke W, Sohara E, Mitchell TJ, Gruber AD, Hocke A, Hippenstiel S, Suttorp N, Olschewski A, Mall MA, Witzenrath M, Kuebler WM. Loss of endothelial CFTR drives barrier failure and edema formation in lung infection and can be targeted by CFTR potentiation. Sci Transl Med 2022; 14:eabg8577. [PMID: 36475904 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.abg8577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Pneumonia is the most common cause of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Here, we identified loss of endothelial cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) as an important pathomechanism leading to lung barrier failure in pneumonia-induced ARDS. CFTR was down-regulated after Streptococcus pneumoniae infection ex vivo or in vivo in human or murine lung tissue, respectively. Analysis of isolated perfused rat lungs revealed that CFTR inhibition increased endothelial permeability in parallel with intracellular chloride ion and calcium ion concentrations ([Cl-]i and [Ca2+]i). Inhibition of the chloride ion-sensitive with-no-lysine kinase 1 (WNK1) protein with tyrphostin 47 or WNK463 replicated the effect of CFTR inhibition on endothelial permeability and endothelial [Ca2+]i, whereas WNK1 activation by temozolomide attenuated it. Endothelial [Ca2+]i transients and permeability in response to inhibition of either CFTR or WNK1 were prevented by inhibition of the cation channel transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4). Mice deficient in Trpv4 (Trpv4-/-) developed less lung edema and protein leak than their wild-type littermates after infection with S. pneumoniae. The CFTR potentiator ivacaftor prevented lung CFTR loss, edema, and protein leak after S. pneumoniae infection in wild-type mice. In conclusion, lung infection caused loss of CFTR that promoted lung edema formation through intracellular chloride ion accumulation, inhibition of WNK1, and subsequent disinhibition of TRPV4, resulting in endothelial calcium ion influx and vascular barrier failure. Ivacaftor prevented CFTR loss in the lungs of mice with pneumonia and may, therefore, represent a possible therapeutic strategy in people suffering from ARDS due to severe pneumonia.
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- Lasti Erfinanda
- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.,German Heart Center, 13353 Berlin, Germany.,Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Pudong New Area Gongli Hospital, 200135 Shanghai, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.,German Heart Center, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department for General and Thoracic Surgery, DRK Clinics, 13359 Berlin, Germany
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- Departments of Neurology, Neurobiology, and Clinics for Pain and Palliative Care, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15-2TT, UK
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- Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Lung Research (DZL), associated partner site, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Lung Research (DZL), associated partner site, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Lung Research (DZL), associated partner site, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Experimental Anaesthesiology, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- German Center for Lung Research (DZL), associated partner site, 10117 Berlin, Germany.,Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Immunology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13353 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, 10117 Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Lung Research (DZL), associated partner site, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.,German Center for Lung Research (DZL), associated partner site, 10117 Berlin, Germany
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Blayac M, Coll P, Urbach V, Fanen P, Epaud R, Lanone S. The Impact of Air Pollution on the Course of Cystic Fibrosis: A Review. Front Physiol 2022; 13:908230. [PMID: 35721541 PMCID: PMC9202997 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.908230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lethal and widespread autosomal recessive disorder affecting over 80,000 people worldwide. It is caused by mutations of the CFTR gene, which encodes an epithelial anion channel. CF is characterized by a great phenotypic variability which is currently not fully understood. Although CF is genetically determined, the course of the disease might also depend on multiple other factors. Air pollution, whose effects on health and contribution to respiratory diseases are well established, is one environmental factor suspected to modulate the disease severity and influence the lung phenotype of CF patients. This is of particular interest as pulmonary failure is the primary cause of death in CF. The present review discusses current knowledge on the impact of air pollution on CF pathogenesis and aims to explore the underlying cellular and biological mechanisms involved in these effects.
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- Marion Blayac
- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France
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- Université Paris Cité and Univ Paris Est Créteil, CNRS, LISA, Paris, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France
- AP-HP, Hopital Henri-Mondor, Service Génétique, Creteil, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France
- Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal, Centre des Maladies Respiratoires Rares (RespiRare®)-CRCM, Creteil, France
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- Univ Paris Est Creteil, INSERM, IMRB, Creteil, France
- *Correspondence: Sophie Lanone,
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Nguyen JP, Huff RD, Cao QT, Tiessen N, Carlsten C, Hirota JA. Effects of environmental air pollutants on CFTR expression and function in human airway epithelial cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2021; 77:105253. [PMID: 34601066 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2021.105253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
The airway epithelium is exposed to a variety of air pollutants, which have been associated with the onset and worsening of respiratory diseases. These air pollutants can vary depending on their composition and associated chemicals, leading to different molecular interactions and biological effects. Mucociliary clearance is an important host defense mechanism against environmental air pollutants and this process is regulated by various ion transporters including the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). With evidence suggesting that environmental air pollutants can lead to acquired CFTR dysfunction, it may be possible to leverage therapeutic approaches used in cystic fibrosis (CF) management. The aim of our study was to test whether environmental air pollutants tobacco smoke extract, urban particulate matter, and diesel exhaust particles lead to acquired CFTR dysfunction and whether it could be rescued with pharmacological interventions. Human airway epithelial cells (Calu-3) were exposed to air pollutant extracts for 24 h, with and without pharmacological interventions, with readouts of CFTR expression and function. We demonstrate that both tobacco smoke extract and diesel exhaust particles led to acquired CFTR dysfunction and that rescue of acquired CFTR dysfunction is possible with pharmacological interventions in diesel exhaust particle models. Our study emphasizes that CFTR function is not only important in the context of CF but may also play a role in other respiratory diseases impacted by environmental air pollutants. In addition, the pharmacological interventions approved for CF management may be more broadly leveraged for chronic respiratory disease management.
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- Jenny P Nguyen
- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health - Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health - Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada
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- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health - Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Z6, Canada
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- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health - Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada; Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6H 3Z6, Canada; McMaster Immunology Research Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4K1, Canada; Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
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Del Mar Cendra M, Torrents E. Differential adaptability between reference strains and clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa into the lung epithelium intracellular lifestyle. Virulence 2021; 11:862-876. [PMID: 32697923 PMCID: PMC7549915 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2020.1787034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Intracellular invasion is an advantageous mechanism used by pathogens to evade host defense and antimicrobial therapy. In patients, the intracellular microbial lifestyle can lead to infection persistence and recurrence, thus worsening outcomes. Lung infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, especially in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, are often aggravated by intracellular invasion and persistence of the pathogen. Proliferation of the infectious species relies on a continuous deoxyribonucleotide (dNTP) supply, for which the ribonucleotide reductase enzyme (RNR) is the unique provider. The large genome plasticity of P. aeruginosa and its ability to rapidly adapt to different environments are challenges for studying the pathophysiology associated with this type of infection. Using different reference strains and clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa independently combined with alveolar (A549) and bronchial (16HBE14o- and CF-CFBE41o-) epithelial cells, we analyzed host-pathogen interactions and intracellular bacterial persistence with the aim of determining a cell type-directed infection promoted by the P. aeruginosa strains. The oscillations in cellular toxicity and oxygen consumption promoted by the intracellular persistence of the strains were also analyzed among the different infectious lung models. Significantly, we identified class II RNR as the enzyme that supplies dNTPs to intracellular P. aeruginosa. This discovery could contribute to the development of RNR-targeted strategies against the chronicity occurring in this type of lung infection. Overall our study demonstrates that the choice of bacterial strain is critical to properly study the type of infectious process with relevant translational outcomes.
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- Maria Del Mar Cendra
- Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Therapies Group, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Barcelona, Spain
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- Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Therapies Group, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology , Barcelona, Spain.,Microbiology Section, Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona , Barcelona, Spain
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Rooj AK, Cormet-Boyaka E, Clark EB, Qadri YJ, Lee W, Boddu R, Agarwal A, Tambi R, Uddin M, Parpura V, Sorscher EJ, Fuller CM, Berdiev BK. Association of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator with epithelial sodium channel subunits carrying Liddle's syndrome mutations. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2021; 321:L308-L320. [PMID: 34037494 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00298.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
The association of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) in the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis (CF) is controversial. Previously, we demonstrated a close physical association between wild-type (WT) CFTR and WT ENaC. We have also shown that the F508del CFTR fails to associate with ENaC unless the mutant protein is rescued pharmacologically or by low temperature. In this study, we present the evidence for a direct physical association between WT CFTR and ENaC subunits carrying Liddle's syndrome mutations. We show that all three ENaC subunits bearing Liddle's syndrome mutations (both point mutations and the complete truncation of the carboxy terminus), could be coimmunoprecipitated with WT CFTR. The biochemical studies were complemented by fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), a distance-dependent approach that monitors protein-protein interactions between fluorescently labeled molecules. Our measurements revealed significantly increased fluorescence resonance energy transfer between CFTR and all tested ENaC combinations as compared with controls (ECFP and EYFP cotransfected cells). Our findings are consistent with the notion that CFTR and ENaC are within reach of each other even in the setting of Liddle's syndrome mutations, suggestive of a direct intermolecular interaction between these two proteins.
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- Arun K Rooj
- Department of Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
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- College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Neurobiology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell, Developmental & Integrative Biology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.,College of Medicine, Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Cho DY, Zhang S, Lazrak A, Skinner D, Thompson HM, Grayson J, Guroji P, Aggarwal S, Bebok Z, Rowe SM, Matalon S, Sorscher EJ, Woodworth BA. LPS decreases CFTR open probability and mucociliary transport through generation of reactive oxygen species. Redox Biol 2021; 43:101998. [PMID: 33971543 PMCID: PMC8129928 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2021.101998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) serves as the interface between gram-negative bacteria (GNB) and the innate immune response in respiratory epithelial cells (REC). Herein, we describe a novel biological role of LPS that permits GNB to persist in the respiratory tract through inducing CFTR and mucociliary dysfunction. LPS reduced cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulater (CFTR)-mediated short-circuit current in mammalian REC in Ussing chambers and nearly abrogated CFTR single channel activity (defined as forskolin-activated Cl- currents) in patch clamp studies, effects of which were blocked with toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 inhibitor. Unitary conductance and single-channel amplitude of CFTR were unaffected, but open probability and number of active channels were markedly decreased. LPS increased cytoplasmic and mitochondrial reactive oxygen species resulting in CFTR carbonylation. All effects of exposure were eliminated when reduced glutathione was added in the medium along with LPS. Functional microanatomy parameters, including mucociliary transport, in human sinonasal epithelial cells in vitro were also decreased, but restored with co-incubation with glutathione or TLR-4 inhibitor. In vivo measurements, following application of LPS in the nasal cavities showed significant decreases in transepithelial Cl- secretion as measured by nasal potential difference (NPD) – an effect that was nullified with glutathione and TLR-4 inhibitor. These data provide definitive evidence that LPS-generated reactive intermediates downregulate CFTR function in vitro and in vivo which results in cystic fibrosis-type disease. Findings have implications for therapeutic approaches intent on stimulating Cl- secretion and/or reducing oxidative stress to decrease the sequelae of GNB airway colonization and infection.
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- Do Yeon Cho
- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Veterans Affairs, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Cell Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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Lopes-Pacheco M, Pedemonte N, Veit G. Discovery of CFTR modulators for the treatment of cystic fibrosis. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2021; 16:897-913. [PMID: 33823716 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2021.1912732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening inherited disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein, an anion channel expressed at the apical membrane of secretory epithelia. CF leads to multiorgan dysfunction with progressive deterioration of lung function being the major cause of untimely death. Conventional CF therapies target only symptoms and consequences downstream of the primary genetic defect and the current life expectancy and quality of life of these individuals are still very limited. AREA COVERED CFTR modulator drugs are novel-specialized therapies that enhance or even restore functional expression of CFTR mutants and have been approved for clinical use for individuals with specific CF genotypes. This review summarizes classical approaches used for the pre-clinical development of CFTR correctors and potentiators as well as emerging strategies aiming to accelerate modulator development and expand theratyping efforts. EXPERT OPINION Highly effective CFTR modulator drugs are expected to deeply modify the disease course for the majority of individuals with CF. A multitude of experimental approaches have been established to accelerate the development of novel modulators. CF patient-derived specimens are valuable cell models to predict therapeutic effectiveness of existing (and novel) modulators in a precision medicine approach.
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- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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McCormick J, Hoffman K, Thompson H, Skinner D, Zhang S, Grayson J, Illek B, Cho DY, Woodworth BA. Differential Chloride Secretory Capacity in Transepithelial Ion Transport Properties in Chronic Rhinosinusitis. Am J Rhinol Allergy 2020; 34:830-837. [PMID: 32576027 PMCID: PMC9793428 DOI: 10.1177/1945892420930975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Epithelial ion transport regulates hydration of airway mucosal surfaces, and thus promotes effective mucociliary clearance (MCC). Decreased transepithelial Cl- transport may contribute to epithelial dysfunction by abrogating MCC and increasing mucus viscosity in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). The objective of the current study is to evaluate Cl- channel transport properties from cultures of human sinonasal epithelia. METHODS Human sinonasal epithelia (HSNE) from patients undergoing sinus surgery were cultured at an air-liquid interface to confluence and full differentiation. The epithelial monolayers were mounted in Ussing Chambers to investigate pharmacological manipulation of ion transport. Epithelial Na+ channel (via Amiloride), CFTR (via forskolin), and Ca2+-activated Cl- channel (CaCC, via UTP) transport were investigated among three different patient groups: Control, CRS and CRS with polyposis. CFTR mRNA levels were evaluated with quantitative RT-PCR. RESULTS HSNE cultures from 18 patients (Control = 9, CRS = 6, CRS with polyposis = 3) were evaluated in 142 experiments. Summary data from the 18 patients demonstrated that stimulated CFTR-mediated anion transport (Δ ISC) was significantly lower with CRS (7.58+/-2.24 µA/cm2) compared to control (25.86+/-3.44 µA/cm2) and CRS with polyposis (20.16+/-4.0 µA/cm2) (p = 0.004). No statistically significant difference was found for CaCC anion transport between groups (p = 0.39). Significantly decreased mRNA (relative expression) was noted in CRS cultures (CRS = 40.83+/-1.76 vs. control = 116.2+/-24.27, p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS A substantial decrease in the Cl- secretory capacity of HSNE monolayers was demonstrated in CRS subjects. Data suggest that CFTR may contribute more to abnormal ion transport in CRS than CaCC.
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- Justin McCormick
- Department of Otolaryngology—Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama
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- UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
Oakland, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland,
California
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama,Gregory Fleming James Cystic
Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama,Division of Otolaryngology,
Department of Surgery, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama,Do-Yeon Cho, Department of
Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1155
Faculty Office Tower 510 20th Street South, Birmingham, AL. 35233, USA.
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head
& Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama,Gregory Fleming James Cystic
Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham,
Alabama
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Shi R, Su WW, Zhu ZT, Guan MY, Cheng KL, Fan WY, Wei GY, Li PB, Yang ZY, Yao HL. Regulation effects of naringin on diesel particulate matter-induced abnormal airway surface liquid secretion. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2019; 63:153004. [PMID: 31301536 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2019.153004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 06/05/2019] [Accepted: 06/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND PM2.5 is closely related to the incidence and mortality of respiratory diseases. Diesel particulate matter (DPM) is the main component of particulate air pollution and an important source of PM2.5. HYPOTHESIS/PURPOSE This study mainly explored the effect of DPM on airway surface liquid (ASL) secretion and the regulation of naringin in this process, to evaluate therapeutic potentials of naringin for the treatment of abnormal secretion of the respiratory tract caused by PM2.5. METHODS The concentration of lysozyme was measured by Lysozyme Assay Kit. Total protein content was determined by the BCA Protein Assay Kit. The concentration of cAMP and MUC5AC, expressions of CFTR, AQP1, and AQP5 proteins were measured by ELISA. Expressions of CFTR, AQP1 and AQP5 mRNA were determined by qPCR. Amount of CFTR on the cell membrane was determined by immunofluorescence. RESULTS The in vitro and in vivo studies had indicated that DPM could inhibit ASL secretion and increased the viscosity of the liquid. Naringin had the functions to attenuate DPM-induced injury, reduce liquid viscosity by reducing MUC5AC and total protein secretion, increase DPM-induced CFTR, AQP1, and AQP5 mRNA and protein expression, positively regulate apical CFTR insertion and promote CFTR activation by increasing intracellular cAMP. CONCLUSION These results demonstrated that naringin had regulating effects on the DPM-induced abnormal secretion of the respiratory tract.
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- Rui Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center for Quality and Efficacy Re-evaluation of Post-market Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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Ueno T, Fischer JT, Boon EM. Nitric Oxide Enters Quorum Sensing via the H-NOX Signaling Pathway in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2108. [PMID: 31620101 PMCID: PMC6759604 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) plays a major role in the regulation of mammalian biological functions. In recent years, NO has also been implicated in bacterial life cycles, including in the regulation of biofilm formation, and the metabolism of the bacterial second messenger signaling molecule cyclic-di-GMP. In a previous study, we reported the discovery of an NO-responsive quorum sensing (QS) circuit in Vibrio harveyi. Here, we characterize the homologous QS pathway in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Spectroscopic analysis shows V. parahaemolyticus H-NOX is an NO sensory protein that binds NO in 5/6-coordinated mixed manner. Further, we demonstrate that through ligation to H-NOX, NO inhibits the autophosphorylation activity of an H-NOX-associated histidine kinase (HqsK; H-NOX-associated quorum sensing kinase) that transfers phosphate to the Hpt (histidine-containing phosphotransfer protein) protein LuxU. Indeed, among the three Hpt proteins encoded by V. parahaemolyticus, HqsK transfers phosphate only to the QS-associated phosphotransfer protein LuxU. Finally, we show that NO promotes transcription of the master quorum sensing regulatory gene opaR at low cell density.
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- Takahiro Ueno
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
- Institute of Chemical Biology & Drug Discovery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States
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Nitration-induced ubiquitination and degradation control quality of ERK1. Biochem J 2019; 476:1911-1926. [PMID: 31196894 PMCID: PMC6604951 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The mitogen-activated protein kinase ERK1/2 (ERKs, extracellular-regulated protein kinases) plays important roles in a wide spectrum of cellular processes and have been implicated in many disease states. The spatiotemporal regulation of ERK activity has been extensively studied. However, scarce information has been available regarding the quality control of the kinases to scavenge malfunctioning ERKs. Using site-specific mutagenesis and mass spectrometry, we found that the disruption of the conserved H-bond between Y210 and E237 of ERK1 through point mutation at or naturally occurring nitration on Y210 initiates a quality control program dependent on chaperon systems and CHIP (C-terminal of Hsp70-interacting protein)-mediated ubiquitination and degradation. The H-bond is also important for the quality control of ERK2, but through a distinct mechanism. These findings clearly demonstrate how malfunctioning ERKs are eliminated when cells are in certain stress conditions or unhealthy states, and could represent a general mechanism for scavenging malfunctioning kinases in stress conditions.
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Mucociliary clearance is critically important in protecting the airways from infection and from the harmful effects of smoke and various inspired substances known to induce oxidative stress and persistent inflammation. An essential feature of the clearance mechanism involves regulation of the periciliary liquid layer on the surface of the airway epithelium, which is necessary for normal ciliary beating and maintenance of mucus hydration. The underlying ion transport processes associated with airway surface hydration include epithelial Na+ channel-dependent Na+ absorption occurring in parallel with CFTR and Ca2+-activated Cl- channel-dependent anion secretion, which are coordinately regulated to control the depth of the periciliary liquid layer. Oxidative stress is known to cause both acute and chronic effects on airway ion transport function, and an increasing number of studies in the past few years have identified an important role for autophagy as part of the physiological response to the damaging effects of oxidation. In this review, recent studies addressing the influence of oxidative stress and autophagy on airway ion transport pathways, along with results showing the potential of autophagy modulators in restoring the function of ion channels involved in transepithelial electrolyte transport necessary for effective mucociliary clearance, are presented.
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- Scott M O'Grady
- Departments of Animal Science, Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of Minnesota , St. Paul, Minnesota
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Valdivieso ÁG, Dugour AV, Sotomayor V, Clauzure M, Figueroa JM, Santa-Coloma TA. N-acetyl cysteine reverts the proinflammatory state induced by cigarette smoke extract in lung Calu-3 cells. Redox Biol 2018; 16:294-302. [PMID: 29573703 PMCID: PMC5953002 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2018.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) are lethal pulmonary diseases. Cigarette consumption is the main cause for development of COPD, while CF is produced by mutations in the CFTR gene. Although these diseases have a different etiology, both share a CFTR activity impairment and proinflammatory state even under sterile conditions. The aim of this work was to study the extent of the protective effect of the antioxidant N-acetylcysteine (NAC) over the proinflammatory state (IL-6 and IL-8), oxidative stress (reactive oxygen species, ROS), and CFTR levels, caused by Cigarette Smoke Extract (CSE) in Calu-3 airway epithelial cells. CSE treatment (100 µg/ml during 24 h) decreased CFTR mRNA expression and activity, and increased the release of IL-6 and IL-8. The effect on these cytokines was inhibited by N-acetyl cysteine (NAC, 5 mM) or the NF-kB inhibitor, IKK-2 (10 µM). CSE treatment also increased cellular and mitochondrial ROS levels. The cellular ROS levels were normalized to control values by NAC treatment, although significant effects on mitochondrial ROS levels were observed only at short times (5´) and effects on CFTR levels were not observed. In addition, CSE reduced the mitochondrial NADH-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (mCx I-III) activity, an effect that was not reverted by NAC. The reduced CFTR expression and the mitochondrial damage induced by CSE could not be normalized by NAC treatment, evidencing the need for a more specific reagent. In conclusion, CSE causes a sterile proinflammatory state and mitochondrial damage in Calu-3 cells that was partially recovered by NAC treatment.
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- Ángel G Valdivieso
- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, Buenos Aires C1107AFF, Argentina.
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, Buenos Aires C1107AFF, Argentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, Buenos Aires C1107AFF, Argentina
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- Institute for Biomedical Research (BIOMED, UCA-CONICET), Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Medical Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA) and The National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Alicia Moreau de Justo 1600, Buenos Aires C1107AFF, Argentina.
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Bartoszewska S, Kamysz W, Jakiela B, Sanak M, Króliczewski J, Bebok Z, Bartoszewski R, Collawn JF. miR-200b downregulates CFTR during hypoxia in human lung epithelial cells. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2017; 22:23. [PMID: 29167681 PMCID: PMC5688675 DOI: 10.1186/s11658-017-0054-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 10/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Hypoxic conditions induce the expression of hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) that allow cells to adapt to the changing conditions and alter the expression of a number of genes including the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). CFTR is a low abundance mRNA in airway epithelial cells even during normoxic conditions, but during hypoxia its mRNA expression decreases even further. Methods In the current studies, we examined the kinetics of hypoxia-induced changes in CFTR mRNA and protein levels in two human airway epithelial cell lines, Calu-3 and 16HBE14o-, and in normal primary bronchial epithelial cells. Our goal was to examine the posttranscriptional modifications that affected CFTR expression during hypoxia. We utilized in silico predictive protocols to establish potential miRNAs that could potentially regulate CFTR message stability and identified miR-200b as a candidate molecule. Results Analysis of each of the epithelial cell types during prolonged hypoxia revealed that CFTR expression decreased after 12 h during a time when miR-200b was continuously upregulated. Furthermore, manipulation of the miRNA levels during normoxia and hypoxia using miR-200b mimics and antagomirs decreased and increased CFTR mRNA levels, respectively, and thus established that miR-200b downregulates CFTR message levels during hypoxic conditions. Conclusion The data suggest that miR-200b may be a suitable target for modulating CFTR levels in vivo. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s11658-017-0054-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sylwia Bartoszewska
- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Chemical Biology, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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- Department of Biology and Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Gdansk, Hallera 107, 80-416 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
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Londino JD, Lazrak A, Collawn JF, Bebok Z, Harrod KS, Matalon S. Influenza virus infection alters ion channel function of airway and alveolar cells: mechanisms and physiological sequelae. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2017; 313:L845-L858. [PMID: 28775098 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00244.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channels (ENaC) are located in the apical membranes of airway and alveolar epithelial cells. These transporters play an important role in the regulation of lung fluid balance across airway and alveolar epithelia by being the conduits for chloride (Cl-) and bicarbonate ([Formula: see text]) secretion and sodium (Na+) ion absorption, respectively. The functional role of these channels in the respiratory tract is to maintain the optimum volume and ionic composition of the bronchial periciliary fluid (PCL) and alveolar lining fluid (ALF) layers. The PCL is required for proper mucociliary clearance of pathogens and debris, and the ALF is necessary for surfactant homeostasis and optimum gas exchange. Dysregulation of ion transport may lead to mucus accumulation, bacterial infections, inflammation, pulmonary edema, and compromised respiratory function. Influenza (or flu) in mammals is caused by influenza A and B viruses. Symptoms include dry cough, sore throat, and is often followed by secondary bacterial infections, accumulation of fluid in the alveolar spaces and acute lung injury. The underlying mechanisms of flu symptoms are not fully understood. This review summarizes our present knowledge of how influenza virus infections alter airway and alveolar epithelial cell CFTR and ENaC function in vivo and in vitro and the role of these changes in influenza pathogenesis.
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- James David Londino
- Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and
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Williams MTS, de Courcey F, Comer D, Elborn JS, Ennis M. Bronchial epithelial cell lines and primary nasal epithelial cells from cystic fibrosis respond differently to cigarette smoke exposure. J Cyst Fibros 2015; 15:467-72. [PMID: 26651594 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2015.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2015] [Revised: 10/22/2015] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The effects of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) on airway epithelial cells (AECs) from cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-cystic fibrosis (non-CF) individuals are not fully understood. It has been suggested that CSE modulates inflammatory cytokine release from AECs by modulating the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) pathway; these pathways could reveal novel therapeutic targets. We compared the effect of CSE pre-incubation on IL-8 release from CF and non-CF bronchial epithelial cell lines, and separately, with primary nasal epithelial cells (NECs) retrieved from CF and non-CF individuals. We also determined if the EGFR pathway regulates IL-8 release by LPS or cytomix in non-CF and CF AECs at baseline and following CSE exposure. CF and non-CF cell lines, NECs derived from both CF patients (R117H heterozygous and F508del homozygous), and from healthy subjects, were cultured in the presence or absence of CSE, and subsequently exposed to inflammatory stimuli. In cell lines CSE significantly reduced IL-8 release following inflammatory challenge. Conversely, CSE pre-treatment was pro-inflammatory in primary NECs. In NECs from control subjects, CSE increased cytomix and LPS induced IL-8 release, and for the R117H heterozygous NEC cultures, CSE enhanced basal IL-8 release. Cytomix and LPS induced IL-8 release from F508del homozygous NEC cultures was further heightened following CSE pre-treatment. EGFR inhibition mitigated IL-8 release from immortalised and primary non-CF and CF AECs, suggesting that constitutive and CSE elicited IL-8 release from AECs is partly regulated via the EGFR pathway. This study demonstrates the importance of the EGFR cascade in the regulation of constitutive and CSE induced inflammatory mediator release from immortalised and primary AECs. Moreover, it clearly highlights the significance of using primary cells to confirm results obtained from immortalised cell studies, as these model systems may respond very differently to the stimuli under investigation.
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- Mark Thomas Shaw Williams
- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom; Institute for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8TA Scotland, United Kingdom.
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Afolayan AJ, Eis A, Alexander M, Michalkiewicz T, Teng RJ, Lakshminrusimha S, Konduri GG. Decreased endothelial nitric oxide synthase expression and function contribute to impaired mitochondrial biogenesis and oxidative stress in fetal lambs with persistent pulmonary hypertension. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2015; 310:L40-9. [PMID: 26519208 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00392.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 10/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Impaired vasodilation in persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is characterized by mitochondrial dysfunction. We investigated the hypothesis that a decreased endothelial nitric oxide synthase level leads to impaired mitochondrial biogenesis and function in a lamb model of PPHN induced by prenatal ductus arteriosus constriction. We ventilated PPHN lambs with 100% O2 alone or with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO). We treated pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAECs) from normal and PPHN lambs with detaNONOate, an NO donor. We observed decreased mitochondrial (mt) DNA copy number, electron transport chain (ETC) complex subunit levels, and ATP levels in PAECs and lung tissue of PPHN fetal lambs at baseline compared with gestation matched controls. Phosphorylation of AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and levels of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator 1-α (PGC-1α) and sirtuin-1, which facilitate mitochondrial biogenesis, were decreased in PPHN. Ventilation with 100% O2 was associated with larger decreases in ETC subunits in the lungs of PPHN lambs compared with unventilated PPHN lambs. iNO administration, which facilitated weaning of FiO2 , partly restored mtDNA copy number, ETC subunit levels, and ATP levels. DetaNONOate increased eNOS phosphorylation and its interaction with heat shock protein 90 (HSP90); increased levels of superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2) mRNA, protein, and activity; and decreased the mitochondrial superoxide levels in PPHN-PAECs. Knockdown of eNOS decreased ETC protein levels in control PAECs. We conclude that ventilation with 100% O2 amplifies oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in PPHN, which are partly improved by iNO and weaning of oxygen.
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- Adeleye J Afolayan
- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute and Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute and Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute and Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute and Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute and Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Research Institute and Cardiovascular Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and
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Dysregulation of intracellular calcium transporters in animal models of sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy. Shock 2015; 43:3-15. [PMID: 25186837 DOI: 10.1097/shk.0000000000000261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Sepsis-induced cardiomyopathy (SIC) develops as the result of myocardial calcium (Ca) dysregulation. Here we reviewed all published studies that quantified the dysfunction of intracellular Ca transporters and the myofilaments in animal models of SIC. Cardiomyocytes isolated from septic animals showed, invariably, a decreased twitch amplitude, which is frequently caused by a decrease in the amplitude of cellular Ca transients (ΔCai) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca load (CaSR). Underlying these deficits, the L-type Ca channel is downregulated, through mechanisms that may involve adrenomedullin-mediated redox signaling. The SR Ca pump is also inhibited, through oxidative modifications (sulfonylation) of one reactive thiol group (on Cys) and/or modulation of phospholamban. Diastolic Ca leak of ryanodine receptors is frequently increased. In contrast, Na/Ca exchange inhibition may play a partially compensatory role by increasing CaSR and ΔCai. The action potential is usually shortened. Myofilaments show a bidirectional regulation, with decreased Ca sensitivity in milder forms of disease (due to troponin I hyperphosphorylation) and an increase (redox mediated) in more severe forms. Most deficits occurred similarly in two different disease models, induced by either intraperitoneal administration of bacterial lipopolysaccharide or cecal ligation and puncture. In conclusion, substantial cumulative evidence implicates various Ca transporters and the myofilaments in SIC pathology. What is less clear, however, are the identity and interplay of the signaling pathways that are responsible for Ca transporters dysfunction. With few exceptions, all studies we found used solely male animals. Identifying sex differences in Ca dysregulation in SIC becomes, therefore, another priority.
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Woodworth BA. Resveratrol ameliorates abnormalities of fluid and electrolyte secretion in a hypoxia-Induced model of acquired CFTR deficiency. Laryngoscope 2015; 125 Suppl 7:S1-S13. [PMID: 25946147 DOI: 10.1002/lary.25335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS Ineffective mucociliary clearance (MCC) is a common pathophysiologic process that underlies airway inflammation and infection. A dominant fluid and electrolyte secretory pathway in the nasal airways is governed by the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). Decreased transepithelial Cl(-) transport secondary to an acquired CFTR deficiency may exacerbate respiratory epithelial dysfunction by diminishing MCC and increasing mucus viscosity. The objectives of the present study are to 1) develop a model of acquired CFTR deficiency in sinonasal epithelium using hypoxia, 2) investigate whether the polyphenol resveratrol promotes CFTR-mediated anion transport, 3) explore resveratrol mechanism of action and determine therapeutic suitability for overcoming acquired CFTR defects, and 4) test the drug in the hypoxic model of acquired CFTR deficiency in preparation for a clinical trial in human sinus disease. We hypothesize that hypoxia will induce depletion of airway surface liquid (ASL) secondary to acquired CFTR deficiency and that resveratrol will restore transepithelial Cl(-) secretion and recover ASL hydration. STUDY DESIGN Basic science. METHODS Murine nasal septal (MNSE) and human sinonasal epithelial (HSNE) cultures were incubated under hypoxic conditions (1% O2 , 5% CO2 ) and transepithelial ion transport (change in short-circuit current = ΔISC ) evaluated in Ussing chambers. Resveratrol was tested using primary cells and HEK293 cells expressing human CFTR by Ussing chamber and patch clamp techniques under both phosphorylating and nonphosphorylating conditions. CFTR activation was evaluated in human explants and by murine in vivo (nasal potential difference) assessment. Cellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) (ELISA) and subsequent CFTR regulatory domain (R-D) phosphorylation (gel-shift assay) were also evaluated. Effects of hypoxia and resveratrol on ASL were tested using confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) and micro-optical coherence tomography (µOCT). RESULTS Hypoxia significantly decreased ΔISC (in µA/cm(2) ) attributable to CFTR at 12 and 24 hours of exposure in both MNSE (13.55 ± 0.46 [12 hours]; 12.75 ± 0.07 [24 hours] vs. 19.23 ± 0.18 [control]; P < 0.05) and HSNE (19.55 ± 0.56 [12 hours]; 17.67 ± 1.13 [24 hours] vs. 25.49 ± 1.48 [control]; P < 0.05). We have shown that resveratrol (100 μM) enhanced CFTR-dependent Cl(-) secretion in HSNE to an extent comparable to the recently Food and Drug Administration-approved CFTR potentiator, ivacaftor. Cl(-) transport across human sinonasal explants (78.42 ± 1.75 vs. 1.75 ± 1.5 [control]; P < 0.05) and in vivo murine nasal epithelium (-4 ± 1.8 vs. -0.8 ± 1.7 mV [control]; P < 0.05) were also significantly increased by the drug. No increase in cAMP or CFTR R-D phosphorylation was detected. Inside-out patches showed increased CFTR open probability (NPo/N (N = channel number]) compared to controls in both MNSE (0.329 ± 0.116 vs. 0.119 ± 0.059 [control]; P < 0.05) and HEK293 cells (0.22 ± 0.048 vs. 0.125 ± 0.07 [control]; P < 0.05). ASL thickness was decreased under hypoxic conditions when measured by CLSM (4.19 ± 0.44 vs. 6.88 ± 0.67 [control]; P < 0.05). A 30-minute apical application of resveratrol increased ASL depth in normal epithelium (8.08 ± 1.68 vs. 6.11 ± 0.47 [control]; P < 0.05). Furthermore, hypoxia-induced abnormalities of fluid and electrolyte secretion in sinonasal epithelium were restored with resveratrol treatment (5.55 ± 0.74 vs. 3.13 ± 0.17 [control]; P < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS CFTR activation with a leading edge Cl(-) secretagogue such as resveratrol represents an innovative approach to overcoming acquired CFTR defects in sinus and nasal airway disease. This exciting new strategy bears further testing in non-CF individuals with chronic rhinosinusitis. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE N/A. Laryngoscope, 125:S1-S13, 2015.
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- Bradford A Woodworth
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A
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Rab A, Rowe SM, Raju SV, Bebok Z, Matalon S, Collawn JF. Cigarette smoke and CFTR: implications in the pathogenesis of COPD. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 305:L530-41. [PMID: 23934925 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00039.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive respiratory disorder consisting of chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. COPD patients suffer from chronic infections and display exaggerated inflammatory responses and a progressive decline in respiratory function. The respiratory symptoms of COPD are similar to those seen in cystic fibrosis (CF), although the molecular basis of the two disorders differs. CF is a genetic disease caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene encoding a chloride and bicarbonate channel (CFTR), leading to CFTR dysfunction. The majority of COPD cases result from chronic oxidative insults such as cigarette smoke. Interestingly, environmental stresses including cigarette smoke, hypoxia, and chronic inflammation have also been implicated in reduced CFTR function, and this suggests a common mechanism that may contribute to both the CF and COPD. Therefore, improving CFTR function may offer an excellent opportunity for the development of a common treatment for CF and COPD. In this article, we review what is known about the CF respiratory phenotype and discuss how diminished CFTR expression-associated ion transport defects may contribute to some of the pathological changes seen in COPD.
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- Andras Rab
- Dept. of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 Univ. Blvd., MCLM 395, Birmingham, AL 35294.
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Londino JD, Lazrak A, Jurkuvenaite A, Collawn JF, Noah JW, Matalon S. Influenza matrix protein 2 alters CFTR expression and function through its ion channel activity. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 304:L582-92. [PMID: 23457187 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00314.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a cyclic AMP-activated chloride (Cl(-)) channel in the lung epithelium that helps regulate the thickness and composition of the lung epithelial lining fluid. We investigated whether influenza M2 protein, a pH-activated proton (H(+)) channel that traffics to the plasma membrane of infected cells, altered CFTR expression and function. M2 decreased CFTR activity in 1) Xenopus oocytes injected with human CFTR, 2) epithelial cells (HEK-293) stably transfected with CFTR, and 3) human bronchial epithelial cells (16HBE14o-) expressing native CFTR. This inhibition was partially reversed by an inhibitor of the ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1. Next we investigated whether the M2 inhibition of CFTR activity was due to an increase of secretory organelle pH by M2. Incubation of Xenopus oocytes expressing CFTR with ammonium chloride or concanamycin A, two agents that alkalinize the secretory pathway, inhibited CFTR activity in a dose-dependent manner. Treatment of M2- and CFTR-expressing oocytes with the M2 ion channel inhibitor amantadine prevented the loss in CFTR expression and activity; in addition, M2 mutants, lacking the ability to transport H(+), did not alter CFTR activity in Xenopus oocytes and HEK cells. Expression of an M2 mutant retained in the endoplasmic reticulum also failed to alter CFTR activity. In summary, our data show that M2 decreases CFTR activity by increasing secretory organelle pH, which targets CFTR for destruction by the ubiquitin system. Alteration of CFTR activity has important consequences for fluid regulation and may potentially modify the immune response to viral infection.
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- James D Londino
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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Blouquit-Laye S, Dannhoffer L, Braun C, Dinh-Xuan AT, Sage E, Chinet T. Effect of nitric oxide on epithelial ion transports in noncystic fibrosis and cystic fibrosis human proximal and distal airways. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 303:L617-25. [DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00368.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The airways of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) exhibit decreased nitric oxide (NO) concentrations, which might affect airway function. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of NO on ion transport in human airway epithelia. Primary cultures of non-CF and CF bronchial and bronchiolar epithelial cells were exposed to the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP), and bioelectric variables were measured in Ussing chambers. Amiloride was added to inhibit the Na+channel ENaC, and forskolin and ATP were added successively to stimulate cAMP- and Ca2+-dependent Cl−secretions, respectively. The involvement of cGMP was assessed by measuring the intracellular cGMP concentration in bronchial cells exposed to SNP and the ion transports in cultures exposed to 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo-[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one, an inhibitor of the soluble guanylate cyclase (ODQ), or to 8Z, a cocktail of 8-bromo-cGMP and zaprinast (phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor). SNP decreased the baseline short-circuit current ( Isc) and the changes in Iscinduced by amiloride, forskolin, and ATP in non-CF bronchial and bronchiolar cultures. The mechanism of this inhibition was studied in bronchial cells. SNP increased the intracellular cGMP concentration ([cGMP]i). The inhibitory effect of SNP was abolished by 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide, an NO scavenger (PTIO) and ODQ and was partly mimicked by increasing [cGMP]i. In CF cultures, SNP did not significantly modify ion transport; in CF bronchial cells, 8Z had no effect; however, SNP increased the [cGMP]i. In conclusion, exogenous NO may reduce transepithelial Na+absorption and Cl−secretion in human non-CF airway epithelia through a cGMP-dependent pathway. In CF airways, the NO/cGMP pathway appears to exert no effect on transepithelial ion transport.
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- Sabine Blouquit-Laye
- UPRES EA220, UFR Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne, France
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- UPRES EA220, UFR Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne, France
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- UPRES EA220, UFR Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne, France
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- Service de Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France; and
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- Service de chirurgie thoracique, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- UPRES EA220, UFR Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne, France
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Anjos SM, Robert R, Waller D, Zhang DL, Balghi H, Sampson HM, Ciciriello F, Lesimple P, Carlile GW, Goepp J, Liao J, Ferraro P, Phillipe R, Dantzer F, Hanrahan JW, Thomas DY. Decreasing Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase Activity Restores ΔF508 CFTR Trafficking. Front Pharmacol 2012; 3:165. [PMID: 22988441 PMCID: PMC3439826 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2012.00165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 08/21/2012] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Most cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in CFTR that prevent its trafficking from the ER to the plasma membrane and is associated with exaggerated inflammation, altered metabolism, and diminished responses to oxidative stress. PARP-1 is activated by oxidative stress and causes energy depletion and cell dysfunction. Inhibition of this enzyme protects against excessive inflammation and recent studies have also implicated it in intracellular protein trafficking. We hypothesized that PARP-1 activity is altered in CF and affects trafficking and function of the most common CF mutant ΔF508 CFTR. Indeed, PARP-1 activity was 2.9-fold higher in CF (ΔF508/ΔF508) human bronchial epithelial primary cells than in non-CF cells, and similar results were obtained by comparing CF vs. non-CF bronchial epithelial cell lines (2.5-fold higher in CFBE41o− vs. 16HBE14o−, P < 0.002). A PARP-1 inhibitor (ABT-888, Veliparib) partially restored CFTR channel activity in CFBE41o− cells overexpressing ΔF508 CFTR. Similarly, reducing PARP-1 activity by 85% in ileum from transgenic CF mice (Cftrtm1Eur) partially rescued ΔF508 CFTR activity to 7% of wild type mouse levels, and similar correction (7.8%) was observed in vivo by measuring salivary secretion. Inhibiting PARP-1 with ABT-888 or siRNA partially restored ΔF508 CFTR trafficking in cell lines, and most ΔF508 CFTR was complex glycosylated when heterologously expressed in PARP-1−/− mouse embryonic fibroblasts. Finally, levels of the mature glycoform of CFTR were reduced by peroxynitrite, a strong activator of PARP-1. These results demonstrate that PARP-1 activity is increased in CF, and identify a novel pathway that could be targeted by proteostatic correctors of CFTR trafficking.
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- Suzana M Anjos
- Cystic Fibrosis Translational Research Center, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University Montreal, QC, Canada
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Qadri YJ, Cormet-Boyaka E, Rooj AK, Lee W, Parpura V, Fuller CM, Berdiev BK. Low temperature and chemical rescue affect molecular proximity of DeltaF508-cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and epithelial sodium channel (ENaC). J Biol Chem 2012; 287:16781-90. [PMID: 22442149 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.332031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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An imbalance of chloride and sodium ion transport in several epithelia is a feature of cystic fibrosis (CF), an inherited disease that is a consequence of mutations in the cftr gene. The cftr gene codes for a Cl(-) channel, the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). Some mutations in this gene cause the balance between Cl(-) secretion and Na(+) absorption to be disturbed in the airways; Cl(-) secretion is impaired, whereas Na(+) absorption is elevated. Enhanced Na(+) absorption through the epithelial sodium channel (ENaC) is attributed to the failure of mutated CFTR to restrict ENaC-mediated Na(+) transport. The mechanism of this regulation is controversial. Recently, we have found evidence for a close association of wild type (WT) CFTR and WT ENaC, further underscoring the role of ENaC along with CFTR in the pathophysiology of CF airway disease. In this study, we have examined the association of ENaC subunits with mutated ΔF508-CFTR, the most common mutation in CF. Deletion of phenylalanine at position 508 (ΔF508) prevents proper processing and targeting of CFTR to the plasma membrane. When ΔF508-CFTR and ENaC subunits were co-expressed in HEK293T cells, we found that individual ENaC subunits could be co-immunoprecipitated with ΔF508-CFTR, much like WT CFTR. However, when we evaluated the ΔF508-CFTR and ENaC association using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), FRET efficiencies were not significantly different from negative controls, suggesting that ΔF508-CFTR and ENaC are not in close proximity to each other under basal conditions. However, with partial correction of ΔF508-CFTR misprocessing by low temperature and chemical rescue, leading to surface expression as assessed by total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy, we observed a positive FRET signal. Our findings suggest that the ΔF508 mutation alters the close association of CFTR and ENaC.
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- Yawar J Qadri
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27511, USA
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Blount A, Zhang S, Chestnut M, Hixon B, Skinner D, Sorscher EJ, Woodworth BA. Transepithelial ion transport is suppressed in hypoxic sinonasal epithelium. Laryngoscope 2011; 121:1929-34. [PMID: 22024847 DOI: 10.1002/lary.21921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 04/11/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Sinonasal respiratory epithelial mucociliary clearance is dependent on the transepithelial transport of ions such as Cl(-) . The objectives of the present study were to investigate the role of oxygen restriction in 1) Cl(-) transport across primary sinonasal epithelial monolayers, 2) expression of the apical Cl(-) channels cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and transmembrane protein 16A (TMEM16A), and 3) the pathogenesis of chronic rhinosinusitis. STUDY DESIGN In vitro investigation. METHODS Murine nasal septal epithelial (MNSE), wild type, and human sinonasal epithelial (HSNE) cultures were incubated under hypoxic conditions (1% O(2) , 5% CO(2) ). Cultures were mounted in Ussing chambers for ion transport measurements. CFTR and TMEM16A expression were measured using quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). RESULTS The change in short-circuit current (ΔI(SC) in microamperes per square centimeter) attributable to CFTR (forskolin-stimulated) was significantly decreased due to a 12-hour hypoxia exposure in both MNSE (13.55 ± 0.46 vs. 19.23 ± 0.18) and HSNE (19.55 ± 0.56 vs. 25.49 ± 1.48 [control]; P < .05). TMEM16A (uridine triphosphate-stimulated transport) was inhibited by 48 hours of hypoxic exposure in MNSE (15.92 ± 2.87 vs. 51.44 ± 3.71 [control]; P < .05) and by 12 hours of hypoxic exposure in HSNE (16.75 ± 0.68 vs. 24.15 ± 1.35 [control]). Quantitative RT-PCR (reported as relative mRNA levels ± standard deviation) demonstrated significant reductions in both CFTR and TMEM16A mRNA expression in MNSE and HSNE owing to airway epithelial hypoxia. CONCLUSIONS Sinonasal epithelial CFTR and TMEM16A-mediated Cl(-) transport and mRNA expression were robustly decreased in an oxygen-restricted environment. These findings indicate that persistent hypoxia may lead to acquired defects in sinonasal Cl(-) transport in a fashion likely to confer mucociliary dysfunction in chronic rhinosinusitis.
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- Angela Blount
- Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Tyrosine nitration limits stretch-induced CD40 expression and disconnects CD40 signaling in human endothelial cells. Blood 2011; 118:3734-42. [PMID: 21832282 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-11-320259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Hemodynamic forces are important effectors of endothelial cell phenotype and function. Because CD40-CD154 interactions between endothelial cells and mononuclear leukocytes or activated platelets play an important role in vascular dysfunction, we investigated the effects of cyclic stretch on CD40 expression in human cultured endothelial cells. Short-term stretch transiently up-regulated CD40 expression while long-term stretch resulted in a distinct decline in CD40 protein which was prevented by inhibition of the 20S proteasome or scavenging of peroxynitrite. Tyrosine nitration of CD40 also occurred under static conditions on addition of authentic peroxynitrite, and according to mass spectrometry analysis Tyr-82 but not Tyr-31 was its target in the native protein. Immunofluorescence analysis of endothelial cells transduced with a control or Tyr-82 to Ala mutated AAV9-CD40-eGFP expression construct confirmed a peroxynitrite-dependent redistribution of the protein from the cell membrane to the cytoplasm, which was prevented by methyl-β-cyclodextrin. Moreover, CD154-stimulated IL-12p40 and E-selectin expression markedly decreased after exposure to authentic peroxynitrite or cyclic stretch, respectively. Coimmunoprecipitation demonstrated a decreased binding of TRAF2 and TRAF6 to the CD40 protein after tyrosine nitration. Through this posttranslational oxidative modification of an important costimulatory molecule, endothelial cells are able to quickly adapt to unfavorable hemodynamics and maintain their anti-inflammatory phenotype.
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Kim Y, Kim H, Yoo HY, Kang JS, Kim SJ, Kim JK, Cho HS. Suppression of CFTR-mediated Cl secretion of airway epithelium in vitamin C-deficient mice. J Korean Med Sci 2011; 26:317-24. [PMID: 21394297 PMCID: PMC3051076 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2011.26.3.317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2010] [Accepted: 12/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Hyperoxic ventilation induces detrimental effects on the respiratory system, and ambient oxygen may be harmful unless compensated by physiological anti-oxidants, such as vitamin C. Here we investigate the changes in electrolyte transport of airway epithelium in mice exposed to normobaric hyperoxia and in gulonolacton oxidase knock-out (gulo[-/-]) mice without vitamin C (Vit-C) supplementation. Short-circuit current (I(sc)) of tracheal epithelium was measured using Ussing chamber technique. After confirming amiloride-sensitive Na(+) absorption (ΔI(sc,amil)), cAMP-dependent Cl(-) secretion (ΔI(sc,forsk)) was induced by forskolin. To evaluate Ca(2+)-dependent Cl(-) secretion, ATP was applied to the luminal side (ΔI(sc,ATP)). In mice exposed to 98% PO(2) for 36 hr, ΔI(sc,forsk) decreased, ΔI(sc,amil) and ΔI(sc,ATP) was not affected. In gulo(-/-) mice, both ΔI(sc,forsk) and ΔI(sc,ATP) decreased from three weeks after Vit-C deprivation, while both were unchanged with Vit-C supplementation. At the fourth week, tissue resistance and all electrolyte transport activities were decreased. An immunofluorescence study showed that the expression of cystic fibrosis conductance regulator (CFTR) was decreased in gulo(-/-) mice, whereas the expression of KCNQ1 K(+) channel was preserved. Taken together, the CFTR-mediated Cl(-) secretion of airway epithelium is susceptible to oxidative stress, which suggests that supplementation of the antioxidant might be beneficial for the maintenance of airway surface liquid.
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- Yeryung Kim
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Bartoszewski R, Rab A, Fu L, Bartoszewska S, Collawn J, Bebok Z. CFTR expression regulation by the unfolded protein response. Methods Enzymol 2011; 491:3-24. [PMID: 21329791 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385928-0.00001-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a chloride channel and key regulator of epithelial functions. Mutations in the CFTR gene lead to reduced or dysfunctional CFTR protein and cause cystic fibrosis (CF), a generalized exocrinopathy affecting multiple organs. In the airways, loss of CFTR function leads to thickened mucus, reduced mucociliary clearance, chronic infections, and respiratory failure. Common airway disorders such as bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) also present CF-like symptoms such as mucus congestion and chronic inflammation without mutations in CFTR. The primary risk factors for COPD and chronic bronchitis include environmental stress insults such as pollutants and infections that often result in hypoxic conditions. Furthermore, environmental factors such as cigarette smoke and reactive oxygen species have been implicated in reduced CFTR function. Activation of cellular stress responses by these factors promotes differential, stress-associated gene expression regulation. During our investigations on the mechanisms of CFTR expression regulation, we have shown that the ER stress response, the unfolded protein response (UPR), decreases CFTR expression at the transcriptional, translational, and maturational levels. Here, we provide a detailed description of the methods we employ to study CFTR expression regulation by the UPR. Similar approaches are applicable in studies on other genes and how they are affected by the UPR.
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- Rafal Bartoszewski
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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Azbell C, Zhang S, Skinner D, Fortenberry J, Sorscher EJ, Woodworth BA. Hesperidin stimulates cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator-mediated chloride secretion and ciliary beat frequency in sinonasal epithelium. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2010; 143:397-404. [PMID: 20723778 DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Revised: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Pharmacologic agents designed to promote mucociliary clearance (MCC) in chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) represent a novel therapeutic strategy. The objectives of the present study were to investigate whether the natural bioflavonoid hesperidin 1) increases transepithelial chloride (Cl(-)) secretion in vitro and in vivo, 2) enhances ciliary beat frequency (CBF), and 3) exerts its mechanistic effects through cAMP/PKA-dependent pathways. STUDY DESIGN In vitro and in vivo study. SETTING Laboratory. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Transepithelial Cl(-) transport (Ussing chamber) and CBF were investigated in primary murine nasal septal (MNSE) and human sinonasal epithelial (HSNE) cultures. In vivo activity was measured using the murine nasal potential difference (NPD) assay, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) R-domain phosphorylation, and cAMP levels were investigated to rule out a cAMP/PKA-dependent mechanism of activation. RESULTS Hesperidin significantly increased CFTR-mediated Cl(-) transport (change in short-circuit current, DeltaI(SC)) in both MNSE (13.51 +/- 0.77 vs 4.4 +/- 0.66 [control]; P < 0.05) and HSNE (12.28 +/- 1.08 vs 0.69 +/- 0.32 [control]; P < 0.05). Cl(-) transport across in vivo murine nasal epithelium was also significantly enhanced with hesperidin (-2.3 +/- 1.0 vs -0.8 +/- 0.8 mV [control], P < 0.05). There was no increase in cellular cAMP or phosphorylation of the CFTR R-domain. Hesperidin significantly increased CBF (ratio of pretreatment to post-treatment) with both basal (1.31 +/- 0.07 vs 0.93 +/- 0.06 [control]; P < 0.05), apical (1.72 +/- 0.09 vs 1.40 +/- 0.07 [control]; P < 0.05), and basal + apical delivery (2.26 +/- 0.18 vs 1.60 +/- 0.21, respectively; P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Our in vitro and in vivo investigations provide strong support for future testing of this robust Cl(-) secretagogue and CBF activator in human clinical trials for CRS.
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- Christopher Azbell
- Department of Surgery/Division of Otolaryngology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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Cho DY, Hwang PH, Illek B. Characteristics of chloride transport in nasal mucosa from patients with primary ciliary dyskinesia. Laryngoscope 2010; 120:1460-4. [PMID: 20564725 DOI: 10.1002/lary.20928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is an inherited disorder that produces lifelong difficulties with chronic airway inflammation. Little is known about the role of chronic airway inflammation on chloride ion transport properties in PCD. This study assessed the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)-regulated chloride (Cl) ion transport properties of freshly excised nasal mucosa from PCD compared with normal and chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). STUDY DESIGN Electrophysiology study utilizing Ussing type hemi-chamber technique with three different types of nasal tissue (normal, CRS, PCD) obtained from patients during endoscopic surgery at a tertiary referral center. METHODS Nasal tissues were examined under short-circuit conditions, and gradient-driven Cl currents were continuously recorded. The cAMP elevating agonist (forskolin) was added to stimulate cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator-mediated Cl secretion. To prevent misinterpretation of flux measurement, Cl transport inhibitors were used at the end of all experiments. Basal Cl currents (I(Cl)) and changes in I(Cl) to forskolin (DeltaI(Cl)) were compared between normal, CRS, and PCD nasal tissues. RESULTS Forskolin stimulated Cl currents across all different types of nasal epithelia. The Cl secretory response was effectively blocked by the Cl ion transport inhibitors. I(Cl) were significantly higher in normals (155.0 +/- 9.3 microA/cm(2)) compared to CRS (79.1 +/- 15.0 microA/cm(2)) and PCD (70.9 +/- 20.4 microA/cm(2)) (P = .005). DeltaI(Cl) in CRS (14.8 +/- 2.3 microA/cm(2)) and PCD (12.2 +/- 2.4 microA/cm(2)) were markedly diminished compared to normals (28.3 +/- 4.7 microA/cm(2)) (P = .024). CONCLUSIONS PCD tissues were characterized by impaired I(Cl) and DeltaI(Cl). Both parameters were reduced by 54.3% and 56.9% in PCD when compared to normals.
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- Do-Yeon Cho
- Division of Rhinology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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René C, Lopez E, Claustres M, Taulan M, Romey-Chatelain MC. NF-E2-related factor 2, a key inducer of antioxidant defenses, negatively regulates the CFTR transcription. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:2297-309. [PMID: 20309604 PMCID: PMC11115627 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0336-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2009] [Revised: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 02/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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A few studies have clearly indicated that oxidative stress suppresses the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance receptor (CFTR) function and expression. However, the mechanisms by which this occurs are still poorly understood. To clarify this effect, we investigated the role of NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2) transcription factor, a key cellular sensor of oxidative stress. A conserved antioxidant response element (ARE) in the CFTR minimal promoter, which binds Nrf2, has been identified. Surprisingly, Nrf2 exerts an unexpected repressive role on the CFTR gene promoter activity. To decipher the molecular mechanisms involved, we evaluated the role of YY1 in the Nrf2-mediated transcriptional activity and showed cooperation between these two factors. We demonstrated that Nrf2 promotes YY1 nuclear localization and increases its binding to the CFTR promoter. To our knowledge, this study is the first to report a repressor role of Nrf2 through the cooperation with YY1 and contributes to clarify the cascade events leading to the oxidative stress-suppressed CFTR expression.
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Howard M, Roux J, Lee H, Miyazawa B, Lee JW, Gartland B, Howard AJ, Matthay MA, Carles M, Pittet JF. Activation of the stress protein response inhibits the STAT1 signalling pathway and iNOS function in alveolar macrophages: role of Hsp90 and Hsp70. Thorax 2010; 65:346-53. [PMID: 20388761 DOI: 10.1136/thx.2008.101139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIM Alveolar fluid clearance is impaired by inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS)/nitric oxide (NO)-dependent mechanisms in acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The activation of the stress protein response (SPR) in alveolar macrophages on iNOS-dependent NO production in response to interferon gamma (IFNgamma), a major cytokine present in the airspace of patients with ALI, was investigated. METHODS The SPR was activated in murine and primary human alveolar macrophages prior to analysis of signal transducer and activator of transcription factor 1 (STAT1) activation, iNOS mRNA and protein synthesis, and NO production. RESULTS SPR activation resulted in inhibition of IFNgamma-mediated NO production (p=0.001) with >95% detergent insolubilisation of the STAT1 protein. Its subsequent proteasomal degradation was partially reversed with pretreatment of cells with the chemical chaperone glycerol. This early effect of the SPR was caused by the complete disruption of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90)-STAT1 binding, as shown by immunoprecipitation. Recovery of STAT1 activation and recovery of iNOS synthesis occurred within 12 h after SPR activation (p=0.02). NO production (as compared with non-SPR controls) did not occur until 48 h later (p=0.02). SPR-induced Hsp70 (Hsp70i) expression caused a late inhibition of NO production (p=0.02). Inhibiting >50% Hsp70i expression recovered NO production to control levels whereas overexpressing Hsp70i in the absence of the SPR inhibited NO production (p=0.02). CONCLUSION Early inhibition of STAT1 following its dissociation from Hsp90, and later inhibition of iNOS activity by Hsp70i, represent novel mechanisms by which SPR activation modulates the IFNgamma signalling in alveolar macrophages. These results highlight a potential clinical application for Hsp90 inhibitors in modulating NO signalling during the early phase of acute lung injury.
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- Marybeth Howard
- Laboratory of Surgical Research, Department of Anesthesia, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA.
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Qu F, Qin XQ, Cui YR, Xiang Y, Tan YR, Liu HJ, Peng LH, Zhou XY, Liu C, Zhu XL. Ozone stress down-regulates the expression of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator in human bronchial epithelial cells. Chem Biol Interact 2009; 179:219-26. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.10.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2008] [Revised: 10/29/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Song W, Liu G, Bosworth CA, Walker JR, Megaw GA, Lazrak A, Abraham E, Sullender WM, Matalon S. Respiratory syncytial virus inhibits lung epithelial Na+ channels by up-regulating inducible nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:7294-306. [PMID: 19131335 PMCID: PMC2652346 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m806816200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Revised: 01/06/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has been shown to reduce Na+-driven alveolar fluid clearance in BALB/c mice in vivo. To investigate the cellular mechanisms by which RSV inhibits amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na+ channels (ENaC), the main pathways through which Na+ ions enter lung epithelial cells, we infected human Clara-like lung (H441) cells with RSV that expresses green fluorescent protein (rRA2). 3-6 days later patch clamp recordings showed that infected cells (i.e. cells expressing green fluorescence; GFP+) had significantly lower whole-cell amiloride-sensitive currents and single channel activity (NPo) as compared with non-infected (GFP-), non-inoculated, or cells infected with UV-inactivated RSV. Both alpha and beta ENaC mRNA levels were significantly reduced in GFP+ cells as measured by real-time reverse transcription-PCR. Infection with RSV increased expression of the inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS) and nitrite concentration in the culture medium; nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB p65 subunit and NF-kappaB activation were also up-regulated. iNOS up-regulation in GFP+ cells was prevented by knocking down IkappaB kinase gamma before infection. Furthermore, pretreatment of H441 cells with the specific iNOS inhibitor 1400W (1 microM) resulted in a doubling of the amiloride-sensitive Na+ current in GFP+ cells. Additionally, preincubation of H441 cells with A77-1726 (20 microM), a de novo UTP synthesis inhibitor, and 1400W completely reversed the RSV inhibition of amiloride-sensitive currents in GFP+ cells. Thus, both UTP- and iNOS-generated reactive species contribute to ENaC down-regulation in RSV-infected airway epithelial cells.
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- Weifeng Song
- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
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Martínez MC, Andriantsitohaina R. Reactive nitrogen species: molecular mechanisms and potential significance in health and disease. Antioxid Redox Signal 2009; 11:669-702. [PMID: 19014277 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2007.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Reactive nitrogen species (RNS) are various nitric oxide-derived compounds, including nitroxyl anion, nitrosonium cation, higher oxides of nitrogen, S-nitrosothiols, and dinitrosyl iron complexes. RNS have been recognized as playing a crucial role in the physiologic regulation of many, if not all, living cells, such as smooth muscle cells, cardiomyocytes, platelets, and nervous and juxtaglomerular cells. They possess pleiotropic properties on cellular targets after both posttranslational modifications and interactions with reactive oxygen species. Elevated levels of RNS have been implicated in cell injury and death by inducing nitrosative stress. The aim of this comprehensive review is to address the mechanisms of formation and removal of RNS, highlighting their potential cellular targets: lipids, DNA, and proteins. The specific importance of RNS and their paradoxic effects, depending on their local concentration under physiologic conditions, is underscored. An increasing number of compounds that modulate RNS processing or targets are being identified. Such compounds are now undergoing preclinical and clinical evaluations in the treatment of pathologies associated with RNS-induced cellular damage. Future research should help to elucidate the involvement of RNS in the therapeutic effect of drugs used to treat neurodegenerative, cardiovascular, metabolic, and inflammatory diseases and cancer.
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- M Carmen Martínez
- INSERM, U771, CNRS UMR, 6214, and Université d' Angers, Angers, France
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Kovacic P, Somanathan R. Pulmonary toxicity and environmental contamination: radicals, electron transfer, and protection by antioxidants. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2009; 201:41-69. [PMID: 19484588 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0032-6_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The atmosphere is replete with a mixture of toxic substances, both natural and man-made. Inhalation of toxic substances produces a variety of insults to the pulmonary system. Lung poisons include industrial materials, particulates from mining and combustion, agricultural chemicals, cigarette smoke, ozone, and nitrogen oxides, among a large number of other chemicals and environmental contaminants. Many proposals have been advanced to explain the mode of action of pulmonary toxicants. In this review we focus on mechanisms of pulmonary toxicity that involve ET, ROS, and OS. The vast majority of toxicants or their metabolites possess chemical ET functionalities that can undergo redox cycling. Such recycling may generate ROS that can injure various cellular constituents in the lung and in other tissues. ET agents include quinones, metal complexes, aromatic nitro compounds, and conjugated iminium ions. Often, these agents are formed metabolically from parent toxicants. Such metabolic reactions are often catalytic and require only small amounts of the offending material. Oxidative attack is commonly associated with lipid peroxidation and oxidation of DNA, and it may result in strand cleavage and 8-OH-DG production. Toxicity is often accompanied by depletion of natural AOs, which further exacerbates the toxic effect. It is not surprising that the use of AOs, both natural in fruits and vegetables, as well as synthetic, may provide protection from the adverse effects of toxicant exposure. The mechanistic framework described earlier is also applicable to some of the more prominent pulmonary illnesses, such as asthma, COPD, and cancer.
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- Peter Kovacic
- Department of Chemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182-1030, USA.
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Schwarzer C, Fischer H, Kim EJ, Barber KJ, Mills AD, Kurth MJ, Gruenert DC, Suh JH, Machen TE, Illek B. Oxidative stress caused by pyocyanin impairs CFTR Cl(-) transport in human bronchial epithelial cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2008; 45:1653-62. [PMID: 18845244 PMCID: PMC2628806 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2008] [Revised: 08/25/2008] [Accepted: 09/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pyocyanin (N-methyl-1-hydroxyphenazine), a redox-active virulence factor produced by the human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, is known to compromise mucociliary clearance. Exposure of human bronchial epithelial cells to pyocyanin increased the rate of cellular release of H(2)O(2) threefold above the endogenous H(2)O(2) production. Real-time measurements of the redox potential of the cytosolic compartment using the redox sensor roGFP1 showed that pyocyanin (100 microM) oxidized the cytosol from a resting value of -318+/-5 mV by 48.0+/-4.6 mV within 2 h; a comparable oxidation was induced by 100 microM H(2)O(2). Whereas resting Cl(-) secretion was slightly activated by pyocyanin (to 10% of maximal currents), forskolin-stimulated Cl(-) secretion was inhibited by 86%. The decline was linearly related to the cytosolic redox potential (1.8% inhibition/mV oxidation). Cystic fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells homozygous for DeltaF508 CFTR failed to secrete Cl(-) in response to pyocyanin or H(2)O(2), indicating that these oxidants specifically target the CFTR and not other Cl(-) conductances. Treatment with pyocyanin also decreased total cellular glutathione levels to 62% and cellular ATP levels to 46% after 24 h. We conclude that pyocyanin is a key factor that redox cycles in the cytosol, generates H(2)O(2), depletes glutathione and ATP, and impairs CFTR function in Pseudomonas-infected lungs.
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- Christian Schwarzer
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, California
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- California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
- Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Center, Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California
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Chen L, Song W, Davis IC, Shrestha K, Schwiebert E, Sullender WM, Matalon S. Inhibition of Na+ transport in lung epithelial cells by respiratory syncytial virus infection. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2008; 40:588-600. [PMID: 18952569 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0034oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We investigated the mechanisms by which respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection decreases vectorial Na+ transport across respiratory epithelial cells. Mouse tracheal epithelial (MTE) cells from either BALB/c or C57BL/6 mice and human airway H441 cells were grown on semipermeable supports under an air-liquid interface. Cells were infected with RSV-A2 and mounted in Ussing chambers for measurements of short-circuit currents (I(sc)). Infection with RSV for 24 hours (multiplicity of infection = 1) resulted in positive immunofluorescence for RSV antigen in less than 10% of MTE or H441 cells. In spite of the limited number of cells infected, RSV reduced both basal and amiloride-sensitive I(sc) in both MTE and H441 cells by approximately 50%, without causing a concomitant reduction in transepithelial resistance. Agents that increased intracellular cAMP (forskolin, cpt-CAMP, and IBMX) increased mainly Cl(-) secretion in MTE cells and Na+ absorption in H441 cells. RSV infection for 24 hours blunted both variables. In contrast, ouabain sensitive I(sc), measured across apically permeabilized H441 monolayers, remained unchanged. Western blot analysis of H441 cell lysates demonstrated reductions in alpha- but not gamma-ENaC subunit protein levels at 24 hours after RSV infection. The reduction in amiloride-sensitive I(sc) in H441 cells was prevented by pretreatment with inhibitors of de novo pyrimidine or purine synthesis (A77-1726 and 6-MP, respectively, 50 microM). Our results suggest that infection of both murine and human respiratory epithelial cells with RSV inhibits vectorial Na+ transport via nucleotide release. These findings are consistent with our previous studies showing reduced alveolar fluid clearance after RSV infection of BALB/c mice.
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- Lan Chen
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35205-3703, USA
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Guimbellot JS, Fortenberry JA, Siegal GP, Moore B, Wen H, Venglarik C, Chen YF, Oparil S, Sorscher EJ, Hong JS. Role of oxygen availability in CFTR expression and function. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2008; 39:514-21. [PMID: 18474670 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2007-0452oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) serves a pivotal role in normal epithelial homeostasis; its absence leads to destruction of exocrine tissues, including those of the gastrointestinal tract and lung. Acute regulation of CFTR protein in response to environmental stimuli occurs at several levels (e.g., ion channel phosphorylation, ATP hydrolysis, apical membrane recycling). However, less information is available concerning the regulatory pathways that control levels of CFTR mRNA. In the present study, we investigated regulation of CFTR mRNA during oxygen restriction, examined effects of hypoxic signaling on chloride transport across cell monolayers, and related these findings to a possible role in the pathogenesis of chronic hypoxic lung disease. CFTR mRNA, protein, and function were robustly and reversibly altered in human cells in relation to hypoxia. In mice subjected to low oxygen in vivo, CFTR mRNA expression in airways, gastrointestinal tissues, and liver was repressed. CFTR mRNA expression was also diminished in pulmonary tissues taken from hypoxemic subjects at the time of lung transplantation. Environmental factors that induce hypoxic signaling regulate CFTR mRNA and epithelial Cl(-) transport in vitro and in vivo.
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- Jennifer S Guimbellot
- Department of Genetics, Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0005, USA
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Bartoszewski R, Rab A, Jurkuvenaite A, Mazur M, Wakefield J, Collawn JF, Bebok Z. Activation of the unfolded protein response by deltaF508 CFTR. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2008; 39:448-57. [PMID: 18458236 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0065oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Environmental insults and misfolded proteins cause endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and activate the unfolded protein response (UPR). The UPR decreases endogenous cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mRNA levels and protein maturation efficiency. Herein, we investigated the effects of the folding-deficient deltaF508 CFTR on ER stress induction and UPR activation. For these studies, we developed and characterized stable clones of Calu3deltaF cells that express different levels of endogenous wild-type (WT) and recombinant deltaF508 CFTR. We also present a novel RT-PCR-based assay for differential quantification of wild-type CFTR mRNA in the presence of deltaF508 CFTR message. The assay is based on a TaqMan minor groove binding (MGB) probe that recognizes a specific TTT sequence (encoding phenylalanine at position 508 in human CFTR). The MGB probe is extremely specific and sensitive to changes in WT CFTR message levels. In RNA samples that contain both WT and deltaF508 CFTR mRNAs, measurement of WT CFTR mRNA levels (using the MGB probe) and total CFTR mRNA (using commercial primers) allowed us to calculate deltaF508 CFTR mRNA levels. The results indicate that overexpression of deltaF508 CFTR causes ER stress and activates the UPR. UPR activation precedes a marked decrease in endogenous WT CFTR mRNA expression. Furthermore, polarized airway epithelial cell lines are important tools in cystic fibrosis research, and herein we provide an airway epithelial model to study the biogenesis and function of WT and deltaF508 CFTR expressed within the same cell.
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- Rafal Bartoszewski
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-0005, USA
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Bartoszewski R, Rab A, Twitty G, Stevenson L, Fortenberry J, Piotrowski A, Dumanski JP, Bebok Z. The mechanism of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator transcriptional repression during the unfolded protein response. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:12154-65. [PMID: 18319256 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m707610200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The unfolded protein response (UPR) aids cellular recovery by increasing the capacity and decreasing the protein load of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Although the main pathways of the UPR are known, the mechanisms of UPR-associated transcriptional repression have not been explored in mammalian cells. Previous studies indicate that endogenous cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mRNA levels and protein maturation efficiency decrease when the UPR is activated. In the present study, we demonstrate that inhibition of CFTR expression under ER stress leads to reduced cAMP-activated chloride secretion in epithelial monolayers, an indication of diminished CFTR function. Moreover, ER stress and the UPR obliterate endogenous DeltaF508 CFTR mRNA expression in CFPAC-1 cells without affecting recombinant DeltaF508 CFTR mRNA levels or mRNA half-life. These results emphasize that transcriptional repression of CFTR under ER stress, in concert with decreased CFTR maturation efficiency, leads to diminished function. Using human CFTR promoter reporter constructs, we confined the ER stress-associated CFTR transcriptional repression to the minimal promoter. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assays established the binding of the UPR-activated ATF6 transcription factor to this region during ER stress, which links the repression to the UPR. Methylation-specific PCR (MSP) revealed hypermethylation of CpG sites inside and in the vicinity of the MAZ transcription factor binding region of CFTR, demonstrating methylation-dependent repression. Using pharmacological inhibitors, we show that both DNA methylation and histone deacetylation contribute to CFTR transcriptional inhibition. These studies provide novel insight into the mechanism of gene repression during the mammalian UPR.
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- Rafal Bartoszewski
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0005, USA
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Chen L, Bosworth CA, Pico T, Collawn JF, Varga K, Gao Z, Clancy JP, Fortenberry JA, Lancaster JR, Matalon S. DETANO and nitrated lipids increase chloride secretion across lung airway cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2008; 39:150-62. [PMID: 18314534 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0005oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We investigated the cellular mechanisms by which nitric oxide (NO) increases chloride (Cl-) secretion across lung epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo. Addition of (Z)-1-[2-(2-aminoethyl)-N-(2-ammonioethyl) amino] diazen-1-ium-1, 2-diolate (DETANONOate [DETANO];1-1,000 microM) into apical compartments of Ussing chambers containing Calu-3 cells increased short-circuit currents (I(sc)) from 5.2 +/- 0.8 to 15.0 +/- 2.1 microA/cm(2) (X +/- 1 SE; n = 7; P < 0.001). NO generated from two nitrated lipids (nitrolinoleic and nitrooleic acids; 1-10 microM) also increased I(sc) by about 100%. Similar effects were noted across basolaterally, but not apically, permeabilized Calu-3 cells. None of these NO donors increased I(sc) in Calu-3 cells pretreated with 10 microM 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (an inhibitor of soluble guanylyl cyclase). Scavenging of NO either prevented or reversed the increase of I(sc). These data indicate that NO stimulation of soluble guanylyl cyclase was sufficient and necessary for the increase of I(sc) via stimulation of the apical cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR). Both Calu-3 and alveolar type II (ATII) cells contained CFTR, as demonstrated by in vitro phosphorylation of immunoprecipitated CFTR by protein kinase (PK) A. PKGII (but not PKGI) phosphorylated CFTR immuniprecipitated from Calu-3 cells. Corresponding values in ATII cells were below the threshold of detection. Furthermore, DETANO, 8-Br-cGMP, or 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-cGMP (up to 2 mM each) did not increase Cl- secretion across amiloride-treated ATII cells in vitro. Measurements of nasal potential differences in anesthetized mice showed that perfusion of the nares with DETANO activated glybenclamide-sensitive Cl- secretion. These findings suggest that small concentrations of NO donors may prove beneficial in stimulating Cl- secretion across airway cells without promoting alveolar edema.
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- Lan Chen
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35205-3703, USA
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Gaston B. Chapter 4 Effects of Nitrogen Oxides on Chloride Channels. CURRENT TOPICS IN MEMBRANES 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/s1063-5823(08)00204-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Berdiev BK, Cormet-Boyaka E, Tousson A, Qadri YJ, Oosterveld-Hut HMJ, Hong JS, Gonzales PA, Fuller CM, Sorscher EJ, Lukacs GL, Benos DJ. Molecular proximity of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and epithelial sodium channel assessed by fluorescence resonance energy transfer. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:36481-8. [PMID: 17913705 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708089200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We present the evidence for a direct physical association of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and epithelial sodium channel (ENaC), two major ion channels implicated in the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis, a devastating inherited disease. We employed fluorescence resonance energy transfer, a distance-dependent imaging technique with capability to detect molecular complexes with near angstrom resolution, to estimate the proximity of CFTR and ENaC, an essential variable for possible physical interaction to occur. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer studies were complemented with a classic biochemical approach: coimmunoprecipitation. Our results place CFTR and ENaC within reach of each other, suggestive of a direct interaction between these two proteins.
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- Bakhrom K Berdiev
- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294-0005, USA.
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Eisenhut M. A mechanism for effects of nitric oxide donors on LPS-induced pulmonary oedema. Injury 2007; 38:1218-9; author reply 1219. [PMID: 17640643 DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2007.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2007] [Revised: 04/24/2007] [Accepted: 04/25/2007] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Fischer H, Illek B. Vitamin C and Flavonoids Potentiate CFTR Cl Transport in Human Airway Epithelia. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23250-8_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rowe SM, Bates E, Miller S, Alexander M, Mazur M, Fortenberry JA, Bebok Z, Sorscher EJ. Bioelectric effects of quinine on polarized airway epithelial cells. J Cyst Fibros 2007; 6:351-9. [PMID: 17329172 PMCID: PMC2077327 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2007.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2006] [Revised: 12/14/2006] [Accepted: 01/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Quinine has been increasingly utilized as a placebo in cystic fibrosis (CF) clinical trials, including those leading to FDA approval of inhaled tobramycin, recent studies of anti-inflammatory aerosols such as glutathione, and clinical testing of hypertonic saline aerosols to augment mucous clearance. The drug effectively masks taste of experimental therapeutics, but could also confer changes in processes contributing to CF pathogenesis, including chloride secretion and paracellular ion permeability. In the Ussing chamber, concentrations of quinine (1 mg/ml) anticipated in the airways of CF subjects after aerosolization led to changes in chloride transport in Calu-3 (airway serous glandular) cell monolayers. Tissue resistance was significantly disrupted by the compound in both Calu-3 and primary airway epithelial cells in vitro. Lower doses of quinine (between 10 and 100 microg/ml) strongly inhibited the chloride secretory mechanism that utilizes CFTR, and forskolin activated I(SC) was reduced by approximately 24% and 44% in the presence of 10 and 100 microg/ml quinine, respectively. Our findings indicate that quinine disrupts airway epithelial functional integrity and blocks transepithelial chloride transport. The use of quinine as a taste-masking agent may have bioelectric effects relevant to CF trials using aerosolized drug delivery.
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- Steven M. Rowe
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
- Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
- Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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Bradbury NA. Freedom of expression.Focus on “Endoplasmic reticulum stress and the unfolded protein response regulate cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator expression”. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2007; 292:C687-8. [PMID: 17005602 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00494.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Neil A Bradbury
- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Chicago Medical School, 3333 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064, USA.
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