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Seo M, Park S, Kim W, Jung JY, Bak SH, Silverman EK, Park J. Multi-center Korean cohort study based on RNA-sequencing data targeting COPD patients. Sci Data 2024; 11:593. [PMID: 38844491 PMCID: PMC11156965 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03389-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/09/2024] Open
Abstract
In 2023, WHO ranked chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as the third leading cause of death, with 3.23 million fatalities in 2019. The intricate nature of the disease, which is influenced by genetics, environment, and lifestyle, is evident. The effect of air pollution and changes in atmospheric substances because of global warming highlight the need for this research. These environmental shifts are associated with the emergence of various respiratory infections such as COVID-19. RNA sequencing is pivotal in airway diseases, including COPD, as it enables comprehensive transcriptome analysis, biomarker discovery, and uncovers novel pathways. It facilitates personalized medicine by tracking dynamic changes in gene expression in response to various triggers. However, the limited research on East Asian populations may overlook the unique nuances of COPD development and progression. Bridging this gap and using peripheral blood samples for systemic analysis are crucial for comprehensive and globally applicable COPD diagnosis and treatment.
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- Minseok Seo
- Department of Computer and Information Science, Korea University, Sejong, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Computer and Information Science, Korea University, Sejong, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kangwon National University, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Chest Diseases, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Choudhury P, Dasgupta S, Kar A, Sarkar S, Chakraborty P, Bhattacharyya P, Roychowdhury S, Chaudhury K. Bioinformatics analysis of hypoxia associated genes and inflammatory cytokine profiling in COPD-PH. Respir Med 2024; 227:107658. [PMID: 38704051 DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2024.107658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Revised: 04/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with worse clinical outcomes and decreased survival rates. In absence of disease specific diagnostic/therapeutic targets and unclear pathophysiology, there is an urgent need for the identification of potential genetic/molecular markers and disease associated pathways. The present study aims to use a bioinformatics approach to identify and validate hypoxia-associated gene signatures in COPD-PH patients. Additionally, hypoxia-related inflammatory profile is also explored in these patients. Microarray dataset obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus repository was used to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in a hypoxic PH mice model. The top three hub genes identified were further validated in COPD-PH patients, with chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 9 (CXCL9) and CXCL12 showing significant changes in comparison to healthy controls. Furthermore, multiplexed analysis of 10 inflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), interleukin 1-beta (IL-1β), IL-4, IL-5, IL-6, IL-13, IL-17, IL-18 and IL-21 was also performed. These markers showed significant changes in COPD-PH patients as compared to controls. They also exhibited the ability to differentially diagnose COPD-PH patients in comparison to COPD. Additionally, IL-6 and IL-17 showed significant positive correlation with systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP). This study is the first report to assess the levels of CXCL9 and CXCL12 in COPD-PH patients and also explores their link with the inflammatory profile of these patients. Our findings could be extended to better understand the underlying disease mechanism and possibly used for tailoring therapies exclusive for the disease.
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- Priyanka Choudhury
- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Brainware University, Barasat, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India.
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Curtis KL, Chang A, Van Slooten R, Cooper C, Kirkham MN, Armond T, deBernardi Z, Pickett BE, Arroyo JA, Reynolds PR. Availability of Receptors for Advanced Glycation End-Products (RAGE) Influences Differential Transcriptome Expression in Lungs from Mice Exposed to Chronic Secondhand Smoke (SHS). Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:4940. [PMID: 38732159 PMCID: PMC11084232 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25094940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2024] [Revised: 04/17/2024] [Accepted: 04/30/2024] [Indexed: 05/13/2024] Open
Abstract
The receptor for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) has a central function in orchestrating inflammatory responses in multiple disease states including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). RAGE is a transmembrane pattern recognition receptor with particular interest in lung disease due to its naturally abundant pulmonary expression. Our previous research demonstrated an inflammatory role for RAGE following acute exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS). However, chronic inflammatory mechanisms associated with RAGE remain ambiguous. In this study, we assessed transcriptional outcomes in mice exposed to chronic SHS in the context of RAGE expression. RAGE knockout (RKO) and wild-type (WT) mice were delivered nose-only SHS via an exposure system for six months and compared to control mice exposed to room air (RA). We specifically compared WT + RA, WT + SHS, RKO + RA, and RKO + SHS. Analysis of gene expression data from WT + RA vs. WT + SHS showed FEZ1, Slpi, and Msln as significant at the three-month time point; while RKO + SHS vs. WT + SHS identified cytochrome p450 1a1 and Slc26a4 as significant at multiple time points; and the RKO + SHS vs. WT + RA revealed Tmem151A as significant at the three-month time point as well as Gprc5a and Dynlt1b as significant at the three- and six-month time points. Notable gene clusters were functionally analyzed and discovered to be specific to cytoskeletal elements, inflammatory signaling, lipogenesis, and ciliogenesis. We found gene ontologies (GO) demonstrated significant biological pathways differentially impacted by the presence of RAGE. We also observed evidence that the PI3K-Akt and NF-κB signaling pathways were significantly enriched in DEGs across multiple comparisons. These data collectively identify several opportunities to further dissect RAGE signaling in the context of SHS exposure and foreshadow possible therapeutic modalities.
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- Katrina L. Curtis
- Lung and Placenta Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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- Lung and Placenta Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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- Lung and Placenta Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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- Lung and Placenta Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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- Lung and Placenta Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA (B.E.P.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA (B.E.P.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA (B.E.P.)
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- Lung and Placenta Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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- Lung and Placenta Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Ryu MH, Yun JH, Kim K, Gentili M, Ghosh A, Sciurba F, Barwick L, Limper A, Criner G, Brown KK, Wise R, Martinez FJ, Flaherty KR, Cho MH, Castaldi PJ, DeMeo DL, Silverman EK, Hersh CP, Morrow JD. Computational Deconvolution of Cell Type-Specific Gene Expression in COPD and IPF Lungs Reveals Disease Severity Associations. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.03.26.24304775. [PMID: 38585732 PMCID: PMC10996764 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.26.24304775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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RATIONALE Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are debilitating diseases associated with divergent histopathological changes in the lungs. At present, due to cost and technical limitations, profiling cell types is not practical in large epidemiology cohorts (n>1000). Here, we used computational deconvolution to identify cell types in COPD and IPF lungs whose abundances and cell type-specific gene expression are associated with disease diagnosis and severity. METHODS We analyzed lung tissue RNA-seq data from 1026 subjects (COPD, n=465; IPF, n=213; control, n=348) from the Lung Tissue Research Consortium. We performed RNA-seq deconvolution, querying thirty-eight discrete cell-type varieties in the lungs. We tested whether deconvoluted cell-type abundance and cell type-specific gene expression were associated with disease severity. RESULTS The abundance score of twenty cell types significantly differed between IPF and control lungs. In IPF subjects, eleven and nine cell types were significantly associated with forced vital capacity (FVC) and diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO), respectively. Aberrant basaloid cells, a rare cells found in fibrotic lungs, were associated with worse FVC and DLCO in IPF subjects, indicating that this aberrant epithelial population increased with disease severity. Alveolar type 1 and vascular endothelial (VE) capillary A were decreased in COPD lungs compared to controls. An increase in macrophages and classical monocytes was associated with lower DLCO in IPF and COPD subjects. In both diseases, lower non-classical monocytes and VE capillary A cells were associated with increased disease severity. Alveolar type 2 cells and alveolar macrophages had the highest number of genes with cell type-specific differential expression by disease severity in COPD and IPF. In IPF, genes implicated in the pathogenesis of IPF, such as matrix metallopeptidase 7, growth differentiation factor 15, and eph receptor B2, were associated with disease severity in a cell type-specific manner. CONCLUSION Utilization of RNA-seq deconvolution enabled us to pinpoint cell types present in the lungs that are associated with the severity of COPD and IPF. This knowledge offers valuable insight into the alterations within tissues in more advanced illness, ultimately providing a better understanding of the underlying pathological processes that drive disease progression.
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Deritei D, Inuzuka H, Castaldi PJ, Yun JH, Xu Z, Anamika WJ, Asara JM, Guo F, Zhou X, Glass K, Wei W, Silverman EK. HHIP protein interactions in lung cells provide insight into COPD pathogenesis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.01.586839. [PMID: 38617310 PMCID: PMC11014494 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.01.586839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death worldwide. The primary causes of COPD are environmental, including cigarette smoking; however, genetic susceptibility also contributes to COPD risk. Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWASes) have revealed more than 80 genetic loci associated with COPD, leading to the identification of multiple COPD GWAS genes. However, the biological relationships between the identified COPD susceptibility genes are largely unknown. Genes associated with a complex disease are often in close network proximity, i.e. their protein products often interact directly with each other and/or similar proteins. In this study, we use affinity purification mass spectrometry (AP-MS) to identify protein interactions with HHIP , a well-established COPD GWAS gene which is part of the sonic hedgehog pathway, in two disease-relevant lung cell lines (IMR90 and 16HBE). To better understand the network neighborhood of HHIP , its proximity to the protein products of other COPD GWAS genes, and its functional role in COPD pathogenesis, we create HUBRIS, a protein-protein interaction network compiled from 8 publicly available databases. We identified both common and cell type-specific protein-protein interactors of HHIP. We find that our newly identified interactions shorten the network distance between HHIP and the protein products of several COPD GWAS genes, including DSP, MFAP2, TET2 , and FBLN5 . These new shorter paths include proteins that are encoded by genes involved in extracellular matrix and tissue organization. We found and validated interactions to proteins that provide new insights into COPD pathobiology, including CAVIN1 (IMR90) and TP53 (16HBE). The newly discovered HHIP interactions with CAVIN1 and TP53 implicate HHIP in response to oxidative stress.
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van den Berge M, Faiz A. Blood Biomarkers of Emphysema: What Can They Really Tell Us? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024; 209:235-237. [PMID: 38078855 PMCID: PMC10840767 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202311-2087ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Maarten van den Berge
- University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University Medical Center Groningen University of Groningen Groningen, the Netherlands
- Respiratory Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology Group The University of Technology Sydney Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia
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Suryadevara R, Gregory A, Lu R, Xu Z, Masoomi A, Lutz SM, Berman S, Yun JH, Saferali A, Ryu MH, Moll M, Sin DD, Hersh CP, Silverman EK, Dy J, Pratte KA, Bowler RP, Castaldi PJ, Boueiz A. Blood-based Transcriptomic and Proteomic Biomarkers of Emphysema. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2024; 209:273-287. [PMID: 37917913 PMCID: PMC10840768 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202301-0067oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/04/2023] Open
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Rationale: Emphysema is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease phenotype with important prognostic implications. Identifying blood-based biomarkers of emphysema will facilitate early diagnosis and development of targeted therapies. Objectives: To discover blood omics biomarkers for chest computed tomography-quantified emphysema and develop predictive biomarker panels. Methods: Emphysema blood biomarker discovery was performed using differential gene expression, alternative splicing, and protein association analyses in a training sample of 2,370 COPDGene participants with available blood RNA sequencing, plasma proteomics, and clinical data. Internal validation was conducted in a COPDGene testing sample (n = 1,016), and external validation was done in the ECLIPSE study (n = 526). Because low body mass index (BMI) and emphysema often co-occur, we performed a mediation analysis to quantify the effect of BMI on gene and protein associations with emphysema. Elastic net models with bootstrapping were also developed in the training sample sequentially using clinical, blood cell proportions, RNA-sequencing, and proteomic biomarkers to predict quantitative emphysema. Model accuracy was assessed by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curves for subjects stratified into tertiles of emphysema severity. Measurements and Main Results: Totals of 3,829 genes, 942 isoforms, 260 exons, and 714 proteins were significantly associated with emphysema (false discovery rate, 5%) and yielded 11 biological pathways. Seventy-four percent of these genes and 62% of these proteins showed mediation by BMI. Our prediction models demonstrated reasonable predictive performance in both COPDGene and ECLIPSE. The highest-performing model used clinical, blood cell, and protein data (area under the receiver operating characteristic curve in COPDGene testing, 0.90; 95% confidence interval, 0.85-0.90). Conclusions: Blood transcriptome and proteome-wide analyses revealed key biological pathways of emphysema and enhanced the prediction of emphysema.
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine Section, Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
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- Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Respiratory Division, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine
- Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and
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O’Farrell HE, Kok HC, Goel S, Chang AB, Yerkovich ST. Endotypes of Paediatric Cough-Do They Exist and Finding New Techniques to Improve Clinical Outcomes. J Clin Med 2024; 13:756. [PMID: 38337450 PMCID: PMC10856076 DOI: 10.3390/jcm13030756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Chronic cough is a common symptom of many childhood lung conditions. Given the phenotypic heterogeneity of chronic cough, better characterization through endotyping is required to provide diagnostic certainty, precision therapies and to identify pathobiological mechanisms. This review summarizes recent endotype discoveries in airway diseases, particularly in relation to children, and describes the multi-omic approaches that are required to define endotypes. Potential biospecimens that may contribute to endotype and biomarker discoveries are also discussed. Identifying endotypes of chronic cough can likely provide personalized medicine and contribute to improved clinical outcomes for children.
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- Hannah E. O’Farrell
- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Child and Maternal Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (H.C.K.); (A.B.C.); (S.T.Y.)
- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia;
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- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Child and Maternal Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (H.C.K.); (A.B.C.); (S.T.Y.)
- Department of Paediatrics, Sabah Women and Children’s Hospital, Kota Kinabalu 88996, Sabah, Malaysia
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- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia;
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- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Child and Maternal Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (H.C.K.); (A.B.C.); (S.T.Y.)
- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia;
- Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia
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- NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Bronchiectasis (AusBREATHE), Child and Maternal Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0810, Australia; (H.C.K.); (A.B.C.); (S.T.Y.)
- Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4000, Australia;
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Corleis B, Tzouanas CN, Wadsworth MH, Cho JL, Linder AH, Schiff AE, Zessin B, Stei F, Dorhoi A, Dickey AK, Medoff BD, Shalek AK, Kwon DS. Tobacco smoke exposure recruits inflammatory airspace monocytes that establish permissive lung niches for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Sci Transl Med 2023; 15:eadg3451. [PMID: 38055798 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adg3451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Tobacco smoking doubles the risk of active tuberculosis (TB) and accounts for up to 20% of all active TB cases globally. How smoking promotes lung microenvironments permissive to Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) growth remains incompletely understood. We investigated primary bronchoalveolar lavage cells from current and never smokers by performing single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq), flow cytometry, and functional assays. We observed the enrichment of immature inflammatory monocytes in the lungs of smokers compared with nonsmokers. These monocytes exhibited phenotypes consistent with recent recruitment from blood, ongoing differentiation, increased activation, and states similar to those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Using integrative scRNA-seq and flow cytometry, we identified CD93 as a marker for a subset of these newly recruited smoking-associated lung monocytes and further provided evidence that the recruitment of monocytes into the lung was mediated by CCR2-binding chemokines, including CCL11. We also show that these cells exhibit elevated inflammatory responses upon exposure to Mtb and accelerated intracellular growth of Mtb compared with mature macrophages. This elevated Mtb growth could be inhibited by anti-inflammatory small molecules, providing a connection between smoking-induced pro-inflammatory states and permissiveness to Mtb growth. Our findings suggest a model in which smoking leads to the recruitment of immature inflammatory monocytes from the periphery to the lung, which results in the accumulation of these Mtb-permissive cells in the airway. This work defines how smoking may lead to increased susceptibility to Mtb and identifies host-directed therapies to reduce the burden of TB among those who smoke.
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- Björn Corleis
- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald-Insel Riems, 17493, Germany
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Institute for Medical Engineering & Science (IMES), Department of Chemistry, and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Institute for Medical Engineering & Science (IMES), Department of Chemistry, and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald-Insel Riems, 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald-Insel Riems, 17493, Germany
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- Institute of Immunology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Greifswald-Insel Riems, 17493, Germany
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Institute for Medical Engineering & Science (IMES), Department of Chemistry, and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Song MA, Mori KM, McElroy JP, Freudenheim JL, Weng DY, Reisinger SA, Brasky TM, Wewers MD, Shields PG. Accelerated epigenetic age, inflammation, and gene expression in lung: comparisons of smokers and vapers with non-smokers. Clin Epigenetics 2023; 15:160. [PMID: 37821974 PMCID: PMC10568901 DOI: 10.1186/s13148-023-01577-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cigarette smoking and aging are the main risk factors for pulmonary diseases, including cancer. Epigenetic aging may explain the relationship between smoking, electronic cigarette vaping, and pulmonary health. No study has examined smoking and vaping-related epigenetic aging in relation to lung biomarkers. METHODS Lung epigenetic aging measured by DNA methylation (mAge) and its acceleration (mAA) was assessed in young (age 21-30) electronic cigarette vapers (EC, n = 14, including 3 never-smoking EC), smokers (SM, n = 16), and non-EC/non-SM (NS, n = 39). We investigated relationships of mAge estimates with chronological age (Horvath-mAge), lifespan/mortality (Grim-mAge), telomere length (TL-mAge), smoking/EC history, urinary biomarkers, lung cytokines, and transcriptome. RESULTS Compared to NS, EC and SM had significantly older Grim-mAge, shorter TL-mAge, significantly accelerated Grim-mAge and decelerated TL-mAge. Among SM, Grim-mAA was associated with nicotine intake and 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanol (NNAL). For EC, Horvath-mAA was significantly correlated with puffs per day. Overall, cytokines (IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-8) and 759 transcripts (651 unique genes) were significantly associated with Grim-mAA. Grim-mAA-associated genes were highly enriched in immune-related pathways and genes that play a role in the morphology and structures of cells/tissues. CONCLUSIONS Faster lung mAge for SM is consistent with prior studies of blood. Faster lung mAge for EC compared to NS indicates possible adverse pulmonary effects of EC on biological aging. Our findings support further research, particularly on epigenetic markers, on effects of smoking and vaping on pulmonary health. Given that most EC are former smokers, further study is needed to understand unique effects of electronic cigarettes on biological aging.
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- Min-Ae Song
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 404 Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH, 43210, USA.
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, 404 Cunz Hall, 1841 Neil Ave., Columbus, OH, 43210, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University and James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University and James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University and James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University and James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University and James Cancer Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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Castaldi P, Sauler M. Cigarette Smoking and the Airway Epithelium: Characterizing Changes in Gene Expression over Time. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2023; 208:749-750. [PMID: 37610776 PMCID: PMC10563183 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202308-1371ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/24/2023] Open
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- Peter Castaldi
- Channing Division of Network Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, Massachusetts
- Division of General Medicine Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Yale School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut
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Gerayeli FV, Milne S, Yang CX, Li X, Guinto E, Yang JSW, Cheung CY, Stach TR, Shaipanich T, Leung JM, Sin DD. Single-cell RNA sequencing of bronchoscopy specimens: development of a rapid minimal handling protocol. Biotechniques 2023; 75:157-167. [PMID: 37815826 DOI: 10.2144/btn-2023-0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
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Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) is an important tool for understanding disease pathophysiology, including airway diseases. Currently, the majority of scRNA-seq studies in airway diseases have used invasive methods (airway biopsy, surgical resection), which carry inherent risks and thus present a major limitation to scRNA-seq investigation of airway pathobiology. Bronchial brushing, where the airway mucosa is sampled using a cytological brush, is a viable, less invasive method of obtaining airway cells for scRNA-seq. Here we describe the development of a rapid and minimal handling protocol for preparing single-cell suspensions from bronchial brush specimens for scRNA-seq. Our optimized protocol maximizes cell recovery and cell quality and facilitates large-scale profiling of the airway transcriptome at single-cell resolution.
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- Firoozeh V Gerayeli
- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
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- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Biomedical Research Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Center for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Burnap SA, Ortega-Prieto AM, Jimenez-Guardeño JM, Ali H, Takov K, Fish M, Shankar-Hari M, Giacca M, Malim MH, Mayr M. Cross-Linking Mass Spectrometry Uncovers Interactions Between High-Density Lipoproteins and the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Glycoprotein. Mol Cell Proteomics 2023; 22:100600. [PMID: 37343697 PMCID: PMC10279469 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpro.2023.100600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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High-density lipoprotein (HDL) levels are reduced in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and the extent of this reduction is associated with poor clinical outcomes. While lipoproteins are known to play a key role during the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus, their influence on coronavirus (CoV) infections is poorly understood. In this study, we utilize cross-linking mass spectrometry (XL-MS) to determine circulating protein interactors of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein. XL-MS of plasma isolated from patients with COVID-19 uncovered HDL protein interaction networks, dominated by acute-phase serum amyloid proteins, whereby serum amyloid A2 was shown to bind to apolipoprotein (Apo) D. XL-MS on isolated HDL confirmed ApoD to interact with SARS-CoV-2 spike but not SARS-CoV-1 spike. Other direct interactions of SARS-CoV-2 spike upon HDL included ApoA1 and ApoC3. The interaction between ApoD and spike was further validated in cells using immunoprecipitation-MS, which uncovered a novel interaction between both ApoD and spike with membrane-associated progesterone receptor component 1. Mechanistically, XL-MS coupled with data-driven structural modeling determined that ApoD may interact within the receptor-binding domain of the spike. However, ApoD overexpression in multiple cell-based assays had no effect upon viral replication or infectivity. Thus, SARS-CoV-2 spike can bind to apolipoproteins on HDL, but these interactions do not appear to alter infectivity.
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- Sean A Burnap
- Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; The Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery, Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, London, UK.
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, London, UK; Division of Virology, Department of Pathology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK; Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, Institute of Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, NHS Lothian, Edinburgh, UK
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- King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, London, UK
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King's College London, London, UK
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- King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre, School of Cardiovascular Medicine and Sciences, London, UK.
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Yoon JK, Park S, Lee KH, Jeong D, Woo J, Park J, Yi SM, Han D, Yoo CG, Kim S, Lee CH. Machine Learning-Based Proteomics Reveals Ferroptosis in COPD Patient-Derived Airway Epithelial Cells Upon Smoking Exposure. J Korean Med Sci 2023; 38:e220. [PMID: 37489716 PMCID: PMC10366413 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2023.38.e220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/26/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Proteomics and genomics studies have contributed to understanding the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but previous studies have limitations. Here, using a machine learning (ML) algorithm, we attempted to identify pathways in cultured bronchial epithelial cells of COPD patients that were significantly affected when the cells were exposed to a cigarette smoke extract (CSE). METHODS Small airway epithelial cells were collected from patients with COPD and those without COPD who underwent bronchoscopy. After expansion through primary cell culture, the cells were treated with or without CSEs, and the proteomics of the cells were analyzed by mass spectrometry. ML-based feature selection was used to determine the most distinctive patterns in the proteomes of COPD and non-COPD cells after exposure to smoke extract. Publicly available single-cell RNA sequencing data from patients with COPD (GSE136831) were used to analyze and validate our findings. RESULTS Five patients with COPD and five without COPD were enrolled, and 7,953 proteins were detected. Ferroptosis was enriched in both COPD and non-COPD epithelial cells after their exposure to smoke extract. However, the ML-based analysis identified ferroptosis as the most dramatically different response between COPD and non-COPD epithelial cells, adjusted P value = 4.172 × 10-6, showing that epithelial cells from COPD patients are particularly vulnerable to the effects of smoke. Single-cell RNA sequencing data showed that in cells from COPD patients, ferroptosis is enriched in basal, goblet, and club cells in COPD but not in other cell types. CONCLUSION Our ML-based feature selection from proteomic data reveals ferroptosis to be the most distinctive feature of cultured COPD epithelial cells compared to non-COPD epithelial cells upon exposure to smoke extract.
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- Jung-Ki Yoon
- Division of Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Transdisciplinary Department of Medicine & Advanced Technology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- Proteomics Core Facility, Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Interdisciplinary Program in Bioinformatics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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Kapellos TS, Baßler K, Fujii W, Nalkurthi C, Schaar AC, Bonaguro L, Pecht T, Galvao I, Agrawal S, Saglam A, Dudkin E, Frishberg A, de Domenico E, Horne A, Donovan C, Kim RY, Gallego-Ortega D, Gillett TE, Ansari M, Schulte-Schrepping J, Offermann N, Antignano I, Sivri B, Lu W, Eapen MS, van Uelft M, Osei-Sarpong C, van den Berge M, Donker HC, Groen HJM, Sohal SS, Klein J, Schreiber T, Feißt A, Yildirim AÖ, Schiller HB, Nawijn MC, Becker M, Händler K, Beyer M, Capasso M, Ulas T, Hasenauer J, Pizarro C, Theis FJ, Hansbro PM, Skowasch D, Schultze JL. Systemic alterations in neutrophils and their precursors in early-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112525. [PMID: 37243592 PMCID: PMC10320832 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 03/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Systemic inflammation is established as part of late-stage severe lung disease, but molecular, functional, and phenotypic changes in peripheral immune cells in early disease stages remain ill defined. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major respiratory disease characterized by small-airway inflammation, emphysema, and severe breathing difficulties. Using single-cell analyses we demonstrate that blood neutrophils are already increased in early-stage COPD, and changes in molecular and functional neutrophil states correlate with lung function decline. Assessing neutrophils and their bone marrow precursors in a murine cigarette smoke exposure model identified similar molecular changes in blood neutrophils and precursor populations that also occur in the blood and lung. Our study shows that systemic molecular alterations in neutrophils and their precursors are part of early-stage COPD, a finding to be further explored for potential therapeutic targets and biomarkers for early diagnosis and patient stratification.
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- Theodore S Kapellos
- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany; Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Institute of Computational Biology (ICB), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany; Platform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE), German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Platform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE), German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Computational Life Sciences, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany; Institute of Computational Biology (ICB), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Platform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE), German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; Immune Health, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2305, Australia
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- University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; Immune Health, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton and The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW 2305, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and St Vincent's Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 AB Groningen, the Netherlands; GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Institute of Computational Biology (ICB), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Immunregulation, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Immunregulation, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Respiratory Translational Research Group, Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7250 TAS, Australia
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- Respiratory Translational Research Group, Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7250 TAS, Australia
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- Genomics and Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Immunogenomics & Neurodegeneration, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 AB Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 AB Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 AB Groningen, the Netherlands; Department of Pulmonary Diseases, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Respiratory Translational Research Group, Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7250 TAS, Australia
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Pneumology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Pneumology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- University Clinics for Radiology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 AB Groningen, the Netherlands; GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Modular HPC and AI, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Platform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE), German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany
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- Platform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE), German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany; Immunogenomics & Neurodegeneration, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Immunregulation, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Platform for Single Cell Genomics and Epigenomics (PRECISE), German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the University of Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Biology (ICB), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany; Computational Life Sciences, Life & Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Pneumology, University Hospital Bonn, 53127 Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Computational Biology (ICB), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
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- Centre for Inflammation, Centenary Institute and University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia; University of Technology Sydney, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Sydney, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Respiratory Translational Research Group, Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Health Sciences, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Launceston, 7250 TAS, Australia
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- Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC), Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany; Department of Mathematics, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany.
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Gautam LK, Harriott NC, Caceres AM, Ryan AL. Basic Science Perspective on Engineering and Modeling the Large Airways. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1413:73-106. [PMID: 37195527 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-26625-6_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The airway epithelium provides a physical and biochemical barrier playing a key role in protecting the lung from infiltration of pathogens and irritants and is, therefore, crucial in maintaining tissue homeostasis and regulating innate immunity. Due to continual inspiration and expiration of air during breathing, the epithelium is exposed to a plethora of environmental insults. When severe or persistent, these insults lead to inflammation and infection. The effectiveness of the epithelium as a barrier is reliant upon its capacity for mucociliary clearance, immune surveillance, and regeneration upon injury. These functions are accomplished by the cells that comprise the airway epithelium and the niche in which they reside. Engineering of new physiological and pathological models of the proximal airways requires the generation of complex structures comprising the surface airway epithelium, submucosal gland epithelium, extracellular matrix, and niche cells, including smooth muscle cells, fibroblasts, and immune cells. This chapter focuses on the structure-function relationships in the airways and the challenges of developing complex engineered models of the human airway.
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- Lalit K Gautam
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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The establishment of COPD organoids to study host-pathogen interaction reveals enhanced viral fitness of SARS-CoV-2 in bronchi. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7635. [PMID: 36496442 PMCID: PMC9735280 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-35253-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by airflow limitation and infective exacerbations, however, in-vitro model systems for the study of host-pathogen interaction at the individual level are lacking. Here, we describe the establishment of nasopharyngeal and bronchial organoids from healthy individuals and COPD that recapitulate disease at the individual level. In contrast to healthy organoids, goblet cell hyperplasia and reduced ciliary beat frequency were observed in COPD organoids, hallmark features of the disease. Single-cell transcriptomics uncovered evidence for altered cellular differentiation trajectories in COPD organoids. SARS-CoV-2 infection of COPD organoids revealed more productive replication in bronchi, the key site of infection in severe COVID-19. Viral and bacterial exposure of organoids induced greater pro-inflammatory responses in COPD organoids. In summary, we present an organoid model that recapitulates the in vivo physiological lung microenvironment at the individual level and is amenable to the study of host-pathogen interaction and emerging infectious disease.
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Mumby S, Adcock IM. Recent evidence from omic analysis for redox signalling and mitochondrial oxidative stress in COPD. J Inflamm (Lond) 2022; 19:10. [PMID: 35820851 PMCID: PMC9277949 DOI: 10.1186/s12950-022-00308-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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COPD is driven by exogenous and endogenous oxidative stress derived from inhaled cigarette smoke, air pollution and reactive oxygen species from dysregulated mitochondria in activated inflammatory cells within the airway and lung. This is compounded by the loss in antioxidant defences including FOXO and NRF2 and other antioxidant transcription factors together with various key enzymes that attenuate oxidant effects. Oxidative stress enhances inflammation; airway remodelling including fibrosis and emphysema; post-translational protein modifications leading to autoantibody generation; DNA damage and cellular senescence. Recent studies using various omics technologies in the airways, lungs and blood of COPD patients has emphasised the importance of oxidative stress, particularly that derived from dysfunctional mitochondria in COPD and its role in immunity, inflammation, mucosal barrier function and infection. Therapeutic interventions targeting oxidative stress should overcome the deleterious pathologic effects of COPD if targeted to the lung. We require novel, more efficacious antioxidant COPD treatments among which mitochondria-targeted antioxidants and Nrf2 activators are promising.
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Senescence: Pathogenic Driver in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2022; 58:medicina58060817. [PMID: 35744080 PMCID: PMC9228143 DOI: 10.3390/medicina58060817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Revised: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is recognized as a disease of accelerated lung aging. Over the past two decades, mounting evidence suggests an accumulation of senescent cells within the lungs of patients with COPD that contributes to dysregulated tissue repair and the secretion of multiple inflammatory proteins, termed the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Cellular senescence in COPD is linked to telomere dysfunction, DNA damage, and oxidative stress. This review gives an overview of the mechanistic contributions and pathologic consequences of cellular senescence in COPD and discusses potential therapeutic approaches targeting senescence-associated signaling in COPD.
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Liu P, Wang Y, Zhang N, Zhao X, Li R, Wang Y, Chen C, Wang D, Zhang X, Chen L, Zhao D. Comprehensive identification of RNA transcripts and construction of RNA network in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respir Res 2022; 23:154. [PMID: 35690768 PMCID: PMC9188256 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-022-02069-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the world’s leading causes of death and a major chronic disease, highly prevalent in the aging population exposed to tobacco smoke and airborne pollutants, which calls for early and useful biomolecular predictors. Roles of noncoding RNAs in COPD have been proposed, however, not many studies have systematically investigated the crosstalk among various transcripts in this context. The construction of RNA functional networks such as lncRNA-mRNA, and circRNA-miRNA-mRNA interaction networks could therefore facilitate our understanding of RNA interactions in COPD. Here, we identified the expression of RNA transcripts in RNA sequencing from COPD patients, and the potential RNA networks were further constructed. Methods All fresh peripheral blood samples of three patients with COPD and three non-COPD patients were collected and examined for mRNA, miRNA, lncRNA, and circRNA expression followed by qRT-PCR validation. We also examined mRNA expression to enrich relevant biological pathways. lncRNA-mRNA coexpression network and circRNA-miRNA-mRNA network in COPD were constructed. Results In this study, we have comprehensively identified and analyzed the differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, miRNAs, and circRNAs in peripheral blood of COPD patients with high-throughput RNA sequencing. 282 mRNAs, 146 lncRNAs, 85 miRNAs, and 81 circRNAs were differentially expressed. GSEA analysis showed that these differentially expressed RNAs correlate with several critical biological processes such as “ncRNA metabolic process”, “ncRNA processing”, “ribosome biogenesis”, “rRNAs metabolic process”, “tRNA metabolic process” and “tRNA processing”, which might be participating in the progression of COPD. RT-qPCR with more clinical COPD samples was used for the validation of some differentially expressed RNAs, and the results were in high accordance with the RNA sequencing. Given the putative regulatory function of lncRNAs and circRNAs, we have constructed the co-expression network between lncRNA and mRNA. To demonstrate the potential interactions between circRNAs and miRNAs, we have also constructed a competing endogenous RNA (ceRNA) network of differential expression circRNA-miRNA-mRNA in COPD. Conclusions In this study, we have identified and analyzed the differentially expressed mRNAs, lncRNAs, miRNAs, and circRNAs, providing a systematic view of the differentially expressed RNA in the context of COPD. We have also constructed the lncRNA-mRNA co-expression network, and for the first time constructed the circRNA-miRNA-mRNA in COPD. This study reveals the RNA involvement and potential regulatory roles in COPD, and further uncovers the interactions among those RNAs, which will assist the pathological investigations of COPD and shed light on therapeutic targets exploration for COPD. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12931-022-02069-8.
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- Pengcheng Liu
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 678 Furong Road, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 678 Furong Road, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 678 Furong Road, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 678 Furong Road, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 678 Furong Road, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 678 Furong Road, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 678 Furong Road, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, 230601, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, The CAS Key Laboratory of Innate Immunity and Chronic Disease, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Division of Life Science and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230027, China.
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 678 Furong Road, Hefei, 230601, Anhui Province, China.
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Yun JH, Lee S, Srinivasa P, Morrow J, Chase R, Saferali A, Xu Z, Cho M, Castaldi P, Hersh CP. An interferon-inducible signature of airway disease from blood gene expression profiling. Eur Respir J 2022; 59:2100569. [PMID: 34649980 PMCID: PMC9245457 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00569-2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND The molecular basis of airway remodelling in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) remains poorly understood. We identified gene expression signatures associated with chest computed tomography (CT) scan airway measures to understand molecular pathways associated with airway disease. METHODS In 2396 subjects in the COPDGene Study, we examined the relationship between quantitative CT airway phenotypes and blood transcriptomes to identify airway disease-specific genes and to define an airway wall thickness (AWT) gene set score. Multivariable regression analyses were performed to identify associations of the AWT score with clinical phenotypes, bronchial gene expression and genetic variants. RESULTS Type 1 interferon (IFN)-induced genes were consistently associated with AWT, square root wall area of a hypothetical airway with 10 mm internal perimeter (Pi10) and wall area percentage, with the strongest enrichment in AWT. A score derived from 18 genes whose expression was associated with AWT was associated with COPD-related phenotypes including reduced lung function (forced expiratory volume in 1 s percentage predicted β= -3.4; p<0.05) and increased exacerbations (incidence rate ratio 1.7; p<0.05). The AWT score was reproducibly associated with AWT in bronchial samples from 23 subjects (β=3.22; p<0.05). The blood AWT score was associated with genetic variant rs876039, an expression quantitative trait locus for IKZF1, a gene that regulates IFN signalling and is associated with inflammatory diseases. CONCLUSIONS A gene expression signature with IFN-stimulated genes from peripheral blood and bronchial brushings is associated with CT AWT, lung function and exacerbations. Shared genes and genetic associations suggest viral responses and/or autoimmune dysregulation as potential underlying mechanisms of airway disease in COPD.
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- Jeong H Yun
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Ghosh AJ, Hobbs BD, Yun JH, Saferali A, Moll M, Xu Z, Chase RP, Morrow J, Ziniti J, Sciurba F, Barwick L, Limper AH, Flaherty K, Criner G, Brown KK, Wise R, Martinez FJ, McGoldrick D, Cho MH, DeMeo DL, Silverman EK, Castaldi PJ, Hersh CP. Lung tissue shows divergent gene expression between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respir Res 2022; 23:97. [PMID: 35449067 PMCID: PMC9026726 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-022-02013-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are characterized by shared exposures and clinical features, but distinct genetic and pathologic features exist. These features have not been well-studied using large-scale gene expression datasets. We hypothesized that there are divergent gene, pathway, and cellular signatures between COPD and IPF. METHODS We performed RNA-sequencing on lung tissues from individuals with IPF (n = 231) and COPD (n = 377) compared to control (n = 267), defined as individuals with normal spirometry. We grouped the overlapping differential expression gene sets based on direction of expression and examined the resultant sets for genes of interest, pathway enrichment, and cell composition. Using gene set variation analysis, we validated the overlap group gene sets in independent COPD and IPF data sets. RESULTS We found 5010 genes differentially expressed between COPD and control, and 11,454 genes differentially expressed between IPF and control (1% false discovery rate). 3846 genes overlapped between IPF and COPD. Several pathways were enriched for genes upregulated in COPD and downregulated in IPF; however, no pathways were enriched for genes downregulated in COPD and upregulated in IPF. There were many myeloid cell genes with increased expression in COPD but decreased in IPF. We found that the genes upregulated in COPD but downregulated in IPF were associated with lower lung function in the independent validation cohorts. CONCLUSIONS We identified a divergent gene expression signature between COPD and IPF, with increased expression in COPD and decreased in IPF. This signature is associated with worse lung function in both COPD and IPF.
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- Auyon J. Ghosh
- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- grid.21925.3d0000 0004 1936 9000Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA USA
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- grid.280434.90000 0004 0459 5494The Emmes Company, Rockville, MD USA
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- grid.66875.3a0000 0004 0459 167XDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- grid.214458.e0000000086837370Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Healthy System, Ann Arbor, MI USA
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- grid.264727.20000 0001 2248 3398Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- grid.240341.00000 0004 0396 0728Department of Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO USA
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- grid.21107.350000 0001 2171 9311Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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- grid.5386.8000000041936877XDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY USA
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- grid.34477.330000000122986657Northwest Genomics Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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- grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.62560.370000 0004 0378 8294Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA USA ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA USA
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Uwagboe I, Adcock IM, Lo Bello F, Caramori G, Mumby S. New drugs under development for COPD. Minerva Med 2022; 113:471-496. [PMID: 35142480 DOI: 10.23736/s0026-4806.22.08024-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
The characteristic features of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) include inflammation and remodelling of the lower airways and lung parenchyma together with activation of inflammatory and immune processes. Due to the increasing habit of cigarette smoking worldwide COPD prevalence is increasing globally. Current therapies are unable to prevent COPD progression in many patients or target many of its hallmark characteristics which may reflect the lack of adequate biomarkers to detect the heterogeneous clinical and molecular nature of COPD. In this chapter we review recent molecular data that may indicate novel pathways that underpin COPD subphenotypes and indicate potential improvements in the classes of drugs currently used to treat COPD. We also highlight the evidence for new drugs or approaches to treat COPD identified using molecular and other approaches including kinase inhibitors, cytokine- and chemokine-directed biologicals and small molecules, antioxidants and redox signalling pathway inhibitors, inhaled anti-infectious agents and senolytics. It is important to consider the phenotypes/molecular endotypes of COPD patients together with specific outcome measures to target new therapies to particular COPD subtypes. This will require greater understanding of COPD molecular pathologies and a focus on biomarkers of predicting disease subsets and responder/non-responder populations.
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- Isabel Uwagboe
- Airways Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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- Airways Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK -
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- Pneumologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Odontoiatriche e delle Immagini Morfologiche e Funzionali (BIOMORF), Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Pneumologia, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Odontoiatriche e delle Immagini Morfologiche e Funzionali (BIOMORF), Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Airways Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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Ghosh AJ, Saferali A, Lee S, Chase R, Moll M, Morrow J, Yun J, Castaldi PJ, Hersh CP. Blood RNA sequencing shows overlapping gene expression across COPD phenotype domains. Thorax 2022; 77:115-122. [PMID: 34168019 PMCID: PMC8711128 DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-216401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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RATIONALE COPD can be assessed using multidimensional grading systems with components from three domains: pulmonary function tests, symptoms and systemic features. Clinically, measures may be used interchangeably, though it is not known if they share similar pathobiology. OBJECTIVE To use RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to determine if there is an overlap in the underlying biological mechanisms and consequences driving different components of the multidimensional grading systems. METHODS Whole blood was collected for RNA-seq from current and former smokers in the Genetic Epidemiology of COPD study. We tested the overlap in gene expression and biological pathways associated with case-control status and quantitative COPD phenotypes within and between the three domains. RESULTS In 2647 subjects, there were 3030 genes differentially expressed in any of the three domains or case-control status. There were five genes that overlapped between the three domains and case-control status, including G protein-coupled receptor 15(GPR15), sestrin 1 (SESN1) and interferon-induced guanylate-binding protein 1 (GBP1), which were associated with longitudinal decline in FEV1. The overlap between the three domains was enriched for pathways related to cellular components. CONCLUSIONS We identified gene sets and pathways that overlap between 12 COPD-related phenotypes and case-control status. There were no pathways represented in the overlap between the three domains and case-control status, but we identified multiple genes that demonstrated a consistent pattern of expression across several of the phenotypes. Patterns of gene expression correlation were generally similar to the correlation of clinical phenotypes in the PFT and symptom domains but not the systemic features.
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- Auyon J Ghosh
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Zheng W, Wang T, Wu P, Yan Q, Liu C, Wu H, Zhan S, Liu X, Jiang Y, Zhuang H. Host Factor Interaction Networks Identified by Integrative Bioinformatics Analysis Reveals Therapeutic Implications in COPD Patients With COVID-19. Front Pharmacol 2021; 12:718874. [PMID: 35002688 PMCID: PMC8733735 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2021.718874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background: The COVID-19 pandemic poses an imminent threat to humanity, especially for those who have comorbidities. Evidence of COVID-19 and COPD comorbidities is accumulating. However, data revealing the molecular mechanism of COVID-19 and COPD comorbid diseases is limited. Methods: We got COVID-19/COPD -related genes from different databases by restricted screening conditions (top500), respectively, and then supplemented with COVID-19/COPD-associated genes (FDR<0.05, |LogFC|≥1) from clinical sample data sets. By taking the intersection, 42 co-morbid host factors for COVID-19 and COPD were finally obtained. On the basis of shared host factors, we conducted a series of bioinformatics analysis, including protein-protein interaction analysis, gene ontology and pathway enrichment analysis, transcription factor-gene interaction network analysis, gene-microRNA co-regulatory network analysis, tissue-specific enrichment analysis and candidate drug prediction. Results: We revealed the comorbidity mechanism of COVID-19 and COPD from the perspective of host factor interaction, obtained the top ten gene and 3 modules with different biological functions. Furthermore, we have obtained the signaling pathways and concluded that dexamethasone, estradiol, progesterone, and nitric oxide shows effective interventions. Conclusion: This study revealed host factor interaction networks for COVID-19 and COPD, which could confirm the potential drugs for treating the comorbidity, ultimately, enhancing the management of the respiratory disease.
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- Wenjiang Zheng
- The First Clinical Medical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Clinical Medical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Clinical Medical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Clinical Medical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Clinical Medical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Clinical Medical School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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- Shenzhen Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Shenzhen, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China
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Guan Q, Tian Y, Zhang Z, Zhang L, Zhao P, Li J. Identification of Potential Key Genes in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Through Bioinformatics Analysis. Front Genet 2021; 12:754569. [PMID: 34804123 PMCID: PMC8595135 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2021.754569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common respiratory disease with high morbidity and mortality. The etiology of COPD is complex, and the pathogenesis mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we used rat and human COPD gene expression data from our laboratory and the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between individuals with COPD and healthy individuals. Then, protein–protein interaction (PPI) networks were constructed, and hub genes were identified. Cytoscape was used to construct the co-expressed network and competitive endogenous RNA (ceRNA) networks. A total of 198 DEGs were identified, and a PPI network with 144 nodes and 355 edges was constructed. Twelve hub genes were identified by the cytoHubba plugin in Cytoscape. Of these genes, CCR3, CCL2, COL4A2, VWF, IL1RN, IL2RA, and CCL13 were related to inflammation or immunity, or tissue-specific expression in lung tissue, and their messenger RNA (mRNA) levels were validated by qRT-PCR. COL4A2, VWF, and IL1RN were further verified by the GEO dataset GSE76925, and the ceRNA network was constructed with Cytoscape. These three genes were consistent with COPD rat model data compared with control data, and their dysregulation direction was reversed when the COPD rat model was treated with effective-component compatibility of Bufei Yishen formula III. This bioinformatics analysis strategy may be useful for elucidating novel mechanisms underlying COPD. We pinpointed three key genes that may play a role in COPD pathogenesis and therapy, which deserved to be further studied.
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- Qingzhou Guan
- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases Co-constructed by Henan Province and Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases Co-constructed by Henan Province and Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases Co-constructed by Henan Province and Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases Co-constructed by Henan Province and Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.,Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases Co-constructed by Henan Province and Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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- Henan Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Respiratory Disease, Collaborative Innovation Center for Chinese Medicine and Respiratory Diseases Co-constructed by Henan Province and Education Ministry of P.R. China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.,Department of Respiratory Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China
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Lian N, Zhang Q, Chen J, Chen M, Huang J, Lin Q. The Role of Ferroptosis in Bronchoalveolar Epithelial Cell Injury Induced by Cigarette Smoke Extract. Front Physiol 2021; 12:751206. [PMID: 34658933 PMCID: PMC8511776 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.751206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background: Cigarette smoking is a major risk factor for bronchoalveolar epithelial cell (BAEC) injury. Understanding the relevant pathogenesis is important for the treatment of cigarette smoke–related chronic airway diseases such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Methods: In this study, BAECs were cultured in 5% cigarette smoke extract (CSE) or regular culture medium for 24 h. Differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were detected by next-generation RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) and validated by quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). Bioinformatic analysis was performed on DEGs. Co-treated BAECs with 5% CSE and the ferroptosis inhibitor, ferrostatin-1 was applied to observe the role of ferroptosis. Results: In the CSE group, 210 upregulated genes and 159 downregulated genes were identified compared with the control group. Gene Ontology and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses showed that the DEGs were related to oxidative stress and ferroptosis. Ferroptosis-related genes were further verified by qRT-PCR. The mRNA level of GPX4 decreased; the mRNA levels of ACSL4, FTH1 and SLC7A11 increased (p < 0.05). Pretreatment with the ferroptosis inhibitor ferrostatin-1 mitigated CSE-induced ROS accumulation and inflammatory mediator expression in BAECs (p < 0.05). Conclusion: CSE treatment altered ferroptosis-related gene expression patterns in cultured BAECs. Inhibition of ferroptosis reduced the inflammatory response of CSE-treated BAECs. These data provide a better understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms of CSE-related lung injury.
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- Ningfang Lian
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Institute of Respiratory Disease, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Han L, Wang J, Ji XB, Wang ZY, Wang Y, Zhang LY, Li HP, Zhang ZM, Li QY. Transcriptomics Analysis Identifies the Presence of Upregulated Ribosomal Housekeeping Genes in the Alveolar Macrophages of Patients with Smoking-Induced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 2021; 16:2653-2664. [PMID: 34588774 PMCID: PMC8473850 DOI: 10.2147/copd.s313252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Background and Aims Alveolar macrophages (AM) play a crucial role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The role that AM plays in the molecular pathways and clinical phenotypes associated with tobacco-related emphysema remain poorly understood. Thus, we investigated the transcriptomic profile of AM in COPD patients with a history of smoking and explored the molecular mechanisms associated with enriched pathways and hub genes. Methods Four data sets (GSE2125, GSE8823, GSE13896 and GSE130928) were retrieved from the GEO Database. A total of 203 GEO samples (GSM) were collated for this study. About 125 of these cases were classified as smokers (91 as healthy non-COPD smokers and 34 as COPD smokers). Based on the bioinformatics obtained using the R3.6.1 program, the data were successively adopted for differential genetic expression analysis, enrichment analysis (EA), and then protein–protein interaction analysis (PPI) in a STRING database. Finally, Cytoscape 3.8 software was used to screen the hub genes. A further data analysis was performed using a set of 154 cases, classified as 64 healthy non-smokers and 91 as healthy smokers. The same procedures were used as for the COPD dataset. Results When comparing the data pertaining to COPD-smokers and non-COPD smokers, the top ten genes with the greatest transcriptional differences were found to be NADK, DRAP1, DEDD, NONO, KLHL12, PRKAR1A, ITGAL, GLE1, SLC8A1, SVIL. A GSEA (Gene Set Enrichment Analysis) revealed that these genes manifested an up-regulated ribosomal pathway in contrast with other genes that exhibited an extensive down-regulated pathway. The hub genes were mainly genes encoding ribosomal subunits through PPI. Furthermore, it was found that there is a narrow transcriptional difference between healthy non-smokers and non-COPD smokers and the hub genes identified here are mainly members of the chemokines, including CCL5, CCR5, CXCL9 and CXCL11. Conclusion An elevated activity of the ribosome pathway in addition to the increased expression of ribosomal housekeeping genes (also known as hub genes) were identified with COPD-smokers, and these have the potential to cause a wide range of downstream pathogenetic effects. As for the preclinical phase, non-COPD smokers were found to be characterized by enriched pathways of several chemokines in AM.
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- Li Han
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Science Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Science Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Science Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Science Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Science Affiliated Zhoupu Hospital, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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Shen W, Wang S, Wang R, Zhang Y, Tian H, Yang X, Wei W. Analysis of the polarization states of the alveolar macrophages in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease samples based on miRNA-mRNA network signatures. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2021; 9:1333. [PMID: 34532470 PMCID: PMC8422127 DOI: 10.21037/atm-21-3815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Background Multiple gene expression studies have been performed to investigate the biomarkers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, few studies have related COPD to macrophage cells. Methods The gene expression levels of clinical samples of COPD smokers (COPD; n=6), healthy smokers (Smoke; n=11), and never smokers (Never; n=4) were downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repository of GSE124180. The expression levels of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs) in macrophage cells of M0 (n=7), M1 (n=7), and M2 (n=7) were downloaded from the GEO repository of GSE46903 and GSE51307. Differentially expressed (DE) mRNAs (DEmRNAs) were identified by edgeR and GEO2R, with an adjusted P value <0.05 and |log2fold change (FC)| ≥1 chosen as the cut-off threshold. The potential target genes of miRNA were identified using miRanda (v3.3a) and TargetScan (v6.0) with default settings. Gene Ontology (GO) and Reactome pathway analyses were performed. Results The composition of macrophages was quite different between COPD, Never, and Smoke samples. The proportion of M1 cells was lower than that of M0 and M2 cells in Smokers and COPD samples. Most of the genes specifically up-regulated in M1 are related to inflammation/immunity. The expression levels of miR-30a-5p, miR-200c-3p, miR-20b-5p, miR-199b-5p, and miR-301b-3p in M1 macrophages were all lower than that of M0. Their expression levels in M2 macrophages compared with M1 varied, with higher expression in miR-30a-5p, miR-20b-5p, and lower expression in miR-200c-3p, and miR-301b-3p. The mRNAs of the fms related receptor tyrosine kinase 1 (FLT1), cardiotrophin like cytokine factor 1 (CLCF1), phosphodiesterase 4D (PDE4D), coagulation factor III, and tissue factor (F3) were dysregulated in COPD and macrophage cells. Conclusions The present study mined the miRNA-mRNA signature which might play an essential role in COPD and macrophage polarization.
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- Wen Shen
- Respiratory Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Respiratory Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Respiratory Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Respiratory Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Respiratory Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Respiratory Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Respiratory Medicine Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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Hall RJ, O'Loughlin J, Billington CK, Thakker D, Hall IP, Sayers I. Functional genomics of GPR126 in airway smooth muscle and bronchial epithelial cells. FASEB J 2021; 35:e21300. [PMID: 34165809 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202002073r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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GPR126 is an adhesion G protein-coupled receptor which lies on chromosome 6q24. Genetic variants in this region are reproducibly associated with lung function and COPD in genome wide association studies (GWAS). The aims of this study were to define the role of GPR126 in the human lung and in pulmonary disease and identify possible casual variants. Online tools (GTEx and LDlink) identified SNPs which may have effects on GPR126 function/ expression, including missense variant Ser123Gly and an intronic variant that shows eQTL effects on GPR126 expression. GPR126 signaling via cAMP-mediated pathways was identified in human structural airway cells when activated with the tethered agonist, stachel. RNA-seq was used to identify downstream genes/ pathways affected by stachel-mediated GPR126 activation in human airway smooth muscle cells. We identified ~350 differentially expressed genes at 4 and 24 hours post stimulation with ~20% overlap. We identified that genes regulated by GPR126 activation include IL33, CTGF, and SERPINE1, which already have known roles in lung biology. Pathways altered by GPR126 included those involved in cell cycle progression and cell proliferation. Here, we suggest a role for GPR126 in airway remodeling.
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- Robert J Hall
- Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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- Division of Respiratory Medicine, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Biodiscovery Institute, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
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Identification of Macrophage Polarization-Related Genes as Biomarkers of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Based on Bioinformatics Analyses. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:9921012. [PMID: 34250093 PMCID: PMC8238569 DOI: 10.1155/2021/9921012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Objectives Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by lung inflammation and remodeling. Macrophage polarization is associated with inflammation and tissue remodeling, as well as immunity. Therefore, this study attempts to investigate the diagnostic value and regulatory mechanism of macrophage polarization-related genes for COPD by bioinformatics analysis and to provide a new theoretical basis for experimental research. Methods The raw gene expression profile dataset (GSE124180) was collected from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Next, a weighted gene coexpression network analysis (WGCNA) was conducted to screen macrophage polarization-related genes. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the COPD and normal samples were generated using DESeq2 v3.11 and overlapped with the macrophage polarization-related genes. Moreover, functional annotations of overlapped genes were conducted by Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID) Bioinformatics Resource. The immune-related genes were selected, and their correlation with the differential immune cells was analyzed by Pearson. Finally, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were used to verify the diagnostic value of genes. Results A total of 4922 coexpressed genes related to macrophage polarization were overlapped with the 203 DEGs between the COPD and normal samples, obtaining 25 genes related to COPD and macrophage polarization. GEM, S100B, and GZMA of them participated in the immune response, which were considered the candidate biomarkers. GEM and S100B were significantly correlated with marker genes of B cells which had a significant difference between the COPD and normal samples. Moreover, GEM was highly associated with the genes in the PI3K/Akt/GSK3β signaling pathway, regulation of actin cytoskeleton, and calcium signaling pathway based on a Pearson correlation analysis of the candidate genes and the genes in the B cell receptor signaling pathway. PPI network analysis also indicated that GEM might participate in the regulation of the PI3K/Akt/GSK3β signaling pathway. The ROC curve showed that GEM possessed an excellent accuracy in distinguishing COPD from normal samples. Conclusions The data provide a transcriptome-based evidence that GEM is related to COPD and macrophage polarization likely contributes to COPD diagnosis. At the same time, it is hoped that in-depth functional mining can provide new ideas for exploring the COPD pathogenesis.
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Samaha E, Vierlinger K, Weinhappel W, Godnic-Cvar J, Nöhammer C, Koczan D, Thiesen HJ, Yanai H, Fraifeld VE, Ziesche R. Expression Profiling Suggests Loss of Surface Integrity and Failure of Regenerative Repair as Major Driving Forces for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Progression. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2021; 64:441-452. [PMID: 33524306 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2020-0270oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) poses a major risk for public health, yet remarkably little is known about its detailed pathophysiology. Definition of COPD as nonreversible pulmonary obstruction revealing more about spatial orientation than about mechanisms of pathology may be a major reason for this. We conducted a controlled observational study allowing for simultaneous assessment of clinical and biological development in COPD. Sixteen healthy control subjects and 104 subjects with chronic bronchitis, with or without pulmonary obstruction at baseline, were investigated. Using both the extent of and change in bronchial obstruction as main scoring criteria for the analysis of gene expression in lung tissue, we identified 410 genes significantly associated with progression of COPD. One hundred ten of these genes demonstrated a distinctive expression pattern, with their functional annotations indicating participation in the regulation of cellular coherence, membrane integrity, growth, and differentiation, as well as inflammation and fibroproliferative repair. The regulatory pattern indicates a sequentially unfolding pathology that centers on a two-step failure of surface integrity commencing with a loss of epithelial coherence as early as chronic bronchitis. Decline of regenerative repair starting in Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease stage I then activates degradation of extracellular-matrix hyaluronan, causing structural failure of the bronchial wall that is only resolved by scar formation. Although they require independent confirmation, our findings provide the first tangible pathophysiological concept of COPD to be further explored.Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT00618137).
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- Eslam Samaha
- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Health and Environment, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Health and Environment, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Immunology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; and
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Beer-Sheva Campus, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Xiong R, Wu Y, Wu Q, Muskhelishvili L, Davis K, Tripathi P, Chen Y, Chen T, Bryant M, Rosenfeldt H, Healy SM, Cao X. Integration of transcriptome analysis with pathophysiological endpoints to evaluate cigarette smoke toxicity in an in vitro human airway tissue model. Arch Toxicol 2021; 95:1739-1761. [PMID: 33660061 PMCID: PMC8113308 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-021-03008-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Exposure to cigarette smoke (CS) is a known risk factor in the pathogenesis of smoking-caused diseases, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) and lung cancer. To assess the effects of CS on the function and phenotype of airway epithelial cells, we developed a novel repeated treatment protocol and comprehensively evaluated the progression of key molecular, functional, and structural abnormalities induced by CS in a human in vitro air-liquid-interface (ALI) airway tissue model. Cultures were exposed to CS (diluted with 0.5 L/min, 1.0 L/min, and 4.0 L/min clean air) generated from smoking five 3R4F University of Kentucky reference cigarettes under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) machine smoking regimen, every other day for 4 weeks (3 days per week, 40 min/day). By integrating the transcriptomics-based approach with the in vitro pathophysiological measurements, we demonstrated CS-mediated effects on oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory cytokines and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), ciliary function, expression and secretion of mucins, and squamous cell differentiation that are highly consistent with abnormalities observed in airways of smokers. Enrichment analysis on the transcriptomic profiles of the ALI cultures revealed key molecular pathways, such as xenobiotic metabolism, oxidative stress, and inflammatory responses that were perturbed in response to CS exposure. These responses, in turn, may trigger aberrant tissue remodeling, eventually leading to the onset of respiratory diseases. Furthermore, changes of a panel of genes known to be disturbed in smokers with COPD were successfully reproduced in the ALI cultures exposed to CS. In summary, findings from this study suggest that such an integrative approach may be a useful tool for identifying genes and adverse cellular events caused by inhaled toxicants, like CS.
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- Rui Xiong
- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Biochemical Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Toxicologic Pathology Associates, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Office of Scientific Coordination, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Nonclinical Science, Center for Tobacco Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA
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- Division of Nonclinical Science, Center for Tobacco Products, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20993, USA
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- Division of Genetic and Molecular Toxicology, National Center for Toxicological Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA.
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Scott MA, Woolums AR, Swiderski CE, Perkins AD, Nanduri B, Smith DR, Karisch BB, Epperson WB, Blanton JR. Comprehensive at-arrival transcriptomic analysis of post-weaned beef cattle uncovers type I interferon and antiviral mechanisms associated with bovine respiratory disease mortality. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0250758. [PMID: 33901263 PMCID: PMC8075194 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0250758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background Despite decades of extensive research, bovine respiratory disease (BRD) remains the most devastating disease in beef cattle production. Establishing a clinical diagnosis often relies upon visual detection of non-specific signs, leading to low diagnostic accuracy. Thus, post-weaned beef cattle are often metaphylactically administered antimicrobials at facility arrival, which poses concerns regarding antimicrobial stewardship and resistance. Additionally, there is a lack of high-quality research that addresses the gene-by-environment interactions that underlie why some cattle that develop BRD die while others survive. Therefore, it is necessary to decipher the underlying host genomic factors associated with BRD mortality versus survival to help determine BRD risk and severity. Using transcriptomic analysis of at-arrival whole blood samples from cattle that died of BRD, as compared to those that developed signs of BRD but lived (n = 3 DEAD, n = 3 ALIVE), we identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and associated pathways in cattle that died of BRD. Additionally, we evaluated unmapped reads, which are often overlooked within transcriptomic experiments. Results 69 DEGs (FDR<0.10) were identified between ALIVE and DEAD cohorts. Several DEGs possess immunological and proinflammatory function and associations with TLR4 and IL6. Biological processes, pathways, and disease phenotype associations related to type-I interferon production and antiviral defense were enriched in DEAD cattle at arrival. Unmapped reads aligned primarily to various ungulate assemblies, but failed to align to viral assemblies. Conclusion This study further revealed increased proinflammatory immunological mechanisms in cattle that develop BRD. DEGs upregulated in DEAD cattle were predominantly involved in innate immune pathways typically associated with antiviral defense, although no viral genes were identified within unmapped reads. Our findings provide genomic targets for further analysis in cattle at highest risk of BRD, suggesting that mechanisms related to type I interferons and antiviral defense may be indicative of viral respiratory disease at arrival and contribute to eventual BRD mortality.
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- Matthew A Scott
- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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- Department of Animal and Dairy Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America
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Li X, Noell G, Tabib T, Gregory AD, Trejo Bittar HE, Vats R, Kaminski TW, Sembrat J, Snyder ME, Chandra D, Chen K, Zou C, Zhang Y, Sundd P, McDyer JF, Sciurba F, Rojas M, Lafyatis R, Shapiro SD, Faner R, Nyunoya T. Single cell RNA sequencing identifies IGFBP5 and QKI as ciliated epithelial cell genes associated with severe COPD. Respir Res 2021; 22:100. [PMID: 33823868 PMCID: PMC8022543 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01675-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Whole lung tissue transcriptomic profiling studies in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have led to the identification of several genes associated with the severity of airflow limitation and/or the presence of emphysema, however, the cell types driving these gene expression signatures remain unidentified. Methods To determine cell specific transcriptomic changes in severe COPD, we conducted single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA seq) on n = 29,961 cells from the peripheral lung parenchymal tissue of nonsmoking subjects without underlying lung disease (n = 3) and patients with severe COPD (n = 3). The cell type composition and cell specific gene expression signature was assessed. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) was used to identify the specific cell types contributing to the previously reported transcriptomic signatures. Results T-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding and clustering of scRNA seq data revealed a total of 17 distinct populations. Among them, the populations with more differentially expressed genes in cases vs. controls (log fold change >|0.4| and FDR = 0.05) were: monocytes (n = 1499); macrophages (n = 868) and ciliated epithelial cells (n = 590), respectively. Using GSEA, we found that only ciliated and cytotoxic T cells manifested a trend towards enrichment of the previously reported 127 regional emphysema gene signatures (normalized enrichment score [NES] = 1.28 and = 1.33, FDR = 0.085 and = 0.092 respectively). Among the significantly altered genes present in ciliated epithelial cells of the COPD lungs, QKI and IGFBP5 protein levels were also found to be altered in the COPD lungs. Conclusions scRNA seq is useful for identifying transcriptional changes and possibly individual protein levels that may contribute to the development of emphysema in a cell-type specific manner. ![]()
Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12931-021-01675-2.
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- Xiuying Li
- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.,VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Centro Investigación Biomedica en Red (CIBERES), Institut D'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Vascular Medicine Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Vascular Medicine Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.,VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Vascular Medicine Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA
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- Centro Investigación Biomedica en Red (CIBERES), Institut D'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, NW628 UPMC Montefiore, 3459 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. .,VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Qi C, Vonk JM, van der Plaat DA, Nieuwenhuis MAE, Dijk FN, Aïssi D, Siroux V, Boezen HM, Xu CJ, Koppelman GH. Epigenome-wide association study identifies DNA methylation markers for asthma remission in whole blood and nasal epithelium. Clin Transl Allergy 2020; 10:60. [PMID: 33303027 PMCID: PMC7731549 DOI: 10.1186/s13601-020-00365-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Asthma is a chronic respiratory disease which is not curable, yet some patients experience spontaneous remission. We hypothesized that epigenetic mechanisms may be involved in asthma remission. METHODS Clinical remission (ClinR) was defined as the absence of asthma symptoms and medication for at least 12 months, and complete remission (ComR) was defined as ClinR with normal lung function and absence of airway hyperresponsiveness. We analyzed differential DNA methylation of ClinR and ComR comparing to persistent asthma (PersA) in whole blood samples (n = 72) and nasal brushing samples (n = 97) in a longitudinal cohort of well characterized asthma patients. Significant findings of whole blood DNA methylation were tested for replication in two independent cohorts, Lifelines and Epidemiological study on the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA). RESULTS We identified differentially methylated CpG sites associated with ClinR (7 CpG sites) and ComR (129 CpG sites) in whole blood. One CpG (cg13378519, Chr1) associated with ClinR was replicated and annotated to PEX11 (Peroxisomal Biogenesis Factor 11 Beta). The whole blood DNA methylation levels of this CpG were also different between ClinR and healthy subjects. One ComR-associated CpG (cg24788483, Chr10) that annotated to TCF7L2 (Transcription Factor 7 Like 2) was replicated and associated with expression of TCF7L2 gene. One out of seven ClinR-associated CpG sites and 8 out of 129 ComR-associated CpG sites identified from whole blood samples showed nominal significance (P < 0.05) and the same direction of effect in nasal brushes. CONCLUSION We identified DNA methylation markers possibly associated with clinical and complete asthma remission in nasal brushes and whole blood, and two CpG sites identified from whole blood can be replicated in independent cohorts and may play a role in peroxisome proliferation and Wnt signaling pathway.
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- Cancan Qi
- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergy, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, the Netherlands.,GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergy, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, the Netherlands.,GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CNRS, Team of environmental epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory health, IAB (Institute for Advanced Biosciences), 38000, Grenoble, France
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- University Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, CNRS, Team of environmental epidemiology applied to Reproduction and Respiratory health, IAB (Institute for Advanced Biosciences), 38000, Grenoble, France
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- GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Research Group of Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics, CiiM, Centre for individualized infection medicine, A Joint Venture Between Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.,Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, A Joint Venture Between the Hannover Medical School and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Hannover, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology and Pediatric Allergy, Beatrix Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, the Netherlands. .,GRIAC Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Hao Y, Bates S, Mou H, Yun JH, Pham B, Liu J, Qiu W, Guo F, Morrow JD, Hersh CP, Benway CJ, Gong L, Zhang Y, Rosas IO, Cho MH, Park JA, Castaldi PJ, Du F, Zhou X. Genome-Wide Association Study: Functional Variant rs2076295 Regulates Desmoplakin Expression in Airway Epithelial Cells. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2020; 202:1225-1236. [PMID: 32551799 PMCID: PMC7605184 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201910-1958oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Rationale: Genetic association studies have identified rs2076295 in association with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). We hypothesized that rs2076295 is the functional variant regulating DSP (desmoplakin) expression in human bronchial epithelial cells, and DSP regulates extracellular matrix-related gene expression and cell migration, which is relevant to IPF development.Objectives: To determine whether rs2076295 regulates DSP expression and the function of DSP in airway epithelial cells.Methods: Using CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat)/Cas9 editing (including regional deletion, indel, CRISPR interference, and single-base editing), we modified rs2076295 and measured DSP expression in edited 16HBE14o- and primary airway epithelial cells. Cellular integrity, migration, and genome-wide gene expression changes were examined in 16HBE14o- single colonies with DSP knockout. The expression of DSP and its relevant matrix genes was measured by quantitative PCR and also analyzed in single-cell RNA-sequencing data from control and IPF lungs.Measurements and Main Results:DSP is expressed predominantly in bronchial and alveolar epithelial cells, with reduced expression in alveolar epithelial cells in IPF lungs. The deletion of the DNA region-spanning rs2076295 led to reduced expression of DSP, and the edited rs2076295GG 16HBE14o- line has lower expression of DSP than the rs2076295TT lines. Knockout of DSP in 16HBE14o- cells decreased transepithelial resistance but increased cell migration, with increased expression of extracellular matrix-related genes, including MMP7 and MMP9. Silencing of MMP7 and MMP9 abolished increased migration in DSP-knockout cells.Conclusions: rs2076295 regulates DSP expression in human airway epithelial cells. The loss of DSP enhances extracellular matrix-related gene expression and promotes cell migration, which may contribute to the pathogenesis of IPF.
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- Yuan Hao
- Channing Division of Network Medicine and
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- Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine and
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine and
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine and
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- Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine and
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Groth EE, Weber M, Bahmer T, Pedersen F, Kirsten A, Börnigen D, Rabe KF, Watz H, Ammerpohl O, Goldmann T. Exploration of the sputum methylome and omics deconvolution by quadratic programming in molecular profiling of asthma and COPD: the road to sputum omics 2.0. Respir Res 2020; 21:274. [PMID: 33076907 PMCID: PMC7574293 DOI: 10.1186/s12931-020-01544-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To date, most studies involving high-throughput analyses of sputum in asthma and COPD have focused on identifying transcriptomic signatures of disease. No whole-genome methylation analysis of sputum cells has been performed yet. In this context, the highly variable cellular composition of sputum has potential to confound the molecular analyses. METHODS Whole-genome transcription (Agilent Human 4 × 44 k array) and methylation (Illumina 450 k BeadChip) analyses were performed on sputum samples of 9 asthmatics, 10 healthy and 10 COPD subjects. RNA integrity was checked by capillary electrophoresis and used to correct in silico for bias conferred by RNA degradation during biobank sample storage. Estimates of cell type-specific molecular profiles were derived via regression by quadratic programming based on sputum differential cell counts. All analyses were conducted using the open-source R/Bioconductor software framework. RESULTS A linear regression step was found to perform well in removing RNA degradation-related bias among the main principal components of the gene expression data, increasing the number of genes detectable as differentially expressed in asthma and COPD sputa (compared to controls). We observed a strong influence of the cellular composition on the results of mixed-cell sputum analyses. Exemplarily, upregulated genes derived from mixed-cell data in asthma were dominated by genes predominantly expressed in eosinophils after deconvolution. The deconvolution, however, allowed to perform differential expression and methylation analyses on the level of individual cell types and, though we only analyzed a limited number of biological replicates, was found to provide good estimates compared to previously published data about gene expression in lung eosinophils in asthma. Analysis of the sputum methylome indicated presence of differential methylation in genomic regions of interest, e.g. mapping to a number of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes related to both major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II molecules in asthma and COPD macrophages. Furthermore, we found the SMAD3 (SMAD family member 3) gene, among others, to lie within differentially methylated regions which has been previously reported in the context of asthma. CONCLUSIONS In this methodology-oriented study, we show that methylation profiling can be easily integrated into sputum analysis workflows and exhibits a strong potential to contribute to the profiling and understanding of pulmonary inflammation. Wherever RNA degradation is of concern, in silico correction can be effective in improving both sensitivity and specificity of downstream analyses. We suggest that deconvolution methods should be integrated in sputum omics analysis workflows whenever possible in order to facilitate the unbiased discovery and interpretation of molecular patterns of inflammation.
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- Espen E Groth
- LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Großhansdorf, Germany. .,Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Großhansdorf, Germany. .,Department of Internal Medicine I, Pneumology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany. .,Department of Oncology, Hematology and BMT with Section Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Großhansdorf, Germany.,Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Großhansdorf, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine I, Pneumology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Großhansdorf, Germany.,Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Großhansdorf, Germany.,Pulmonary Research Institute at LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Großhansdorf, Germany
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- Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Großhansdorf, Germany.,Pulmonary Research Institute at LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Großhansdorf, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Core Unit, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Großhansdorf, Germany.,Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Großhansdorf, Germany
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- Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Großhansdorf, Germany.,Pulmonary Research Institute at LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Großhansdorf, Germany
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- Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Großhansdorf, Germany.,Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Großhansdorf, Germany.,Research Center Borstel, Pathology, Borstel, Germany
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Alexander MJ, Budinger GRS, Reyfman PA. Breathing fresh air into respiratory research with single-cell RNA sequencing. Eur Respir Rev 2020; 29:29/156/200060. [PMID: 32620586 PMCID: PMC7719403 DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0060-2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The complex cellular heterogeneity of the lung poses a unique challenge to researchers in the field. While the use of bulk RNA sequencing has become a ubiquitous technology in systems biology, the technique necessarily averages out individual contributions to the overall transcriptional landscape of a tissue. Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) provides a robust, unbiased survey of the transcriptome comparable to bulk RNA sequencing while preserving information on cellular heterogeneity. In just a few years since this technology was developed, scRNA-seq has already been adopted widely in respiratory research and has contributed to impressive advancements such as the discoveries of the pulmonary ionocyte and of a profibrotic macrophage population in pulmonary fibrosis. In this review, we discuss general technical considerations when considering the use of scRNA-seq and examine how leading investigators have applied the technology to gain novel insights into respiratory biology, from development to disease. In addition, we discuss the evolution of single-cell technologies with a focus on spatial and multi-omics approaches that promise to drive continued innovation in respiratory research.
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- Michael J Alexander
- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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Chu SG, Poli De Frias S, Raby BA, Rosas IO. An RNA-seq primer for pulmonologists. Eur Respir J 2020; 55:13993003.01625-2018. [PMID: 31601712 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01625-2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Sarah G Chu
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.,Division of Pulmonary and Respiratory Diseases, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Baschal EE, Larson ED, Bootpetch Roberts TC, Pathak S, Frank G, Handley E, Dinwiddie J, Moloney M, Yoon PJ, Gubbels SP, Scholes MA, Cass SP, Jenkins HA, Frank DN, Yang IV, Schwartz DA, Ramakrishnan VR, Santos-Cortez RLP. Identification of Novel Genes and Biological Pathways That Overlap in Infectious and Nonallergic Diseases of the Upper and Lower Airways Using Network Analyses. Front Genet 2020; 10:1352. [PMID: 32010199 PMCID: PMC6979043 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Previous genetic studies on susceptibility to otitis media and airway infections have focused on immune pathways acting within the local mucosal epithelium, and outside of allergic rhinitis and asthma, limited studies exist on the overlaps at the gene, pathway or network level between the upper and lower airways. In this report, we compared [1] pathways identified from network analysis using genes derived from published genome-wide family-based and association studies for otitis media, sinusitis, and lung phenotypes, to [2] pathways identified using differentially expressed genes from RNA-sequence data from lower airway, sinus, and middle ear tissues, in particular cholesteatoma tissue compared to middle ear mucosa. For otitis media, a large number of genes (n = 1,806) were identified as differentially expressed between cholesteatoma and middle ear mucosa, which in turn led to the identification of 68 pathways that are enriched in cholesteatoma. Two differentially expressed genes CR1 and SAA1 overlap in middle ear, sinus, and lower airway samples and are potentially novel genes for otitis media susceptibility. In addition, 56 genes were differentially expressed in both tissues from the middle ear and either sinus or lower airways. Pathways that are common in upper and lower airway diseases, whether from published DNA studies or from our RNA-sequencing analyses, include chromatin organization/remodeling, endocytosis, immune system process, protein folding, and viral process. Taken together, our findings from genetic susceptibility and differential tissue expression studies support the hypothesis that the unified airway theory wherein the upper and lower respiratory tracts act as an integrated unit also applies to infectious and nonallergic airway epithelial disease. Our results may be used as reference for identification of genes or pathways that are relevant to upper and lower airways, whether common across sites, or unique to each disease.
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- Erin E Baschal
- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States.,Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States
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Ji JJ, Fan J. Discovering myeloid cell heterogeneity in the lung by means of next generation sequencing. Mil Med Res 2019; 6:33. [PMID: 31651369 PMCID: PMC6814050 DOI: 10.1186/s40779-019-0222-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The lung plays a vital role in maintaining homeostasis, as it is responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Pulmonary homeostasis is maintained by a network of tissue-resident cells, including epithelial cells, endothelial cells and leukocytes. Myeloid cells of the innate immune system and epithelial cells form a critical barrier in the lung. Recently developed unbiased next generation sequencing (NGS) has revealed cell heterogeneity in the lung with respect to physiology and pathology and has reshaped our knowledge. New phenotypes and distinct gene signatures have been identified, and these new findings enhance the diagnosis and treatment of lung diseases. Here, we present a review of the new NGS findings on myeloid cells in lung development, homeostasis, and lung diseases, including acute lung injury (ALI), lung fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and lung cancer.
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- Jing-Jing Ji
- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.,Department of Pathophysiology, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, China
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA. .,Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Pittsburgh, PA, 15240, USA. .,McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 15219, USA.
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Wang W, Liu B, Duan X, Feng X, Wang T, Wang P, Ding M, Liu S, Li L, Liu J, Tang L, Niu X, Zhang Y, Li G, Yao W, Yang Y. Telomere length in workers was effected by omethoate exposure and interaction between smoking and p21 polymorphisms. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2019; 54:948-953. [PMID: 31405322 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2019.1652074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Omethoate is an organophosphorus pesticide that poses a major health hazard, especially DNA damage. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting telomere length in workers exposed to omethoate by analyzing the interaction between cell cycle gene polymorphism and environmental factors. The exposure group consisted of 118 workers exposed to omethoate for 8-10 years, the control group comprised 115 healthy people without occupational toxicant exposure history. The telomere length of genomic DNA from peripheral blood leucocyte was determined with real-time PCR. Polymerase chain reaction and restriction fragment length polymorphism was used to detect the polymorphisms in p53, p21 and MDM2 gene. The telomere length in the (CA + AA) genotypes for p21 rs1801270 polymorphism was longer than that in the CC genotype in control group (P = 0.015). The generalized linear model analysis indicated the interaction of the p21 rs1801270 polymorphic (CA + AA) genotypes and smoking has a significant effect on telomere length (β = -0.258, P = 0.085). The prolongation of telomere length in omethoate-exposed workers was associated with genotypes (CA + AA) of p21 rs1801270, and interactions of (CA + AA) genotypes and smoking factor.
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- Wei Wang
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
- The Key Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Health Inspection of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Zhengzhou, Institute of Occupational Health, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Zhengzhou, Institute of Occupational Health, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Zhengzhou, Institute of Occupational Health, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Zhengzhou, Institute of Occupational Health, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Zhengzhou, Institute of Occupational Health, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Zhengzhou, Institute of Occupational Health, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Zhengzhou, Institute of Occupational Health, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
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