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Mun CS, Surenkhuu B, Chen YF, Atassi N, Mun J, Kim C, Sheth T, Sarwar MA, Pradeep A, Jain S. Recombinant Deoxyribonuclease I Eye Drops for Ocular Graft Versus Host Disease: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial. Eye Contact Lens 2024; 50:233-240. [PMID: 38407974 DOI: 10.1097/icl.0000000000001078] [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] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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OBJECTIVE We have previously shown that neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are present on the ocular surface of patients with ocular graft versus host disease (oGVHD), contributing to inflammation and surface disease. Therefore, we performed a clinical trial using deoxyribonuclease I (DNAase) eye drops to test the hypothesis that reducing the abundance of NETs from the ocular surface will reduce signs and symptoms of oGVHD. METHODS A prospective, phase I or II, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-masked clinical trial was performed to determine the safety and preliminary efficacy of DNAase (0.1%) eye drops four times daily for 8 weeks in patients with oGVHD (n=58). Intent-to-treat analysis was performed to determine the change in safety outcome measures (drug tolerability and proportion of adverse events) and efficacy outcome measures (ocular surface disease index [OSDI] score and corneal staining) between baseline and week 8. RESULTS Tolerability and adverse events were similar in the vehicle and DNAase groups. Within the DNAase group (but not the vehicle group), corneal staining showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction at week 8 (3.50 [2.75; 5.00]) compared with baseline (5.00 [3.00; 7.00]). The OSDI score also showed a statistically significant clinically meaningful reduction of 18.4 (9.16; 33.1) ( P <0.001) at week 8 compared with baseline (45.5 [31.8; 50.0]) within the DNAase group. The proportion of eyes that had improvement in subjective global assessment (SGA) and mucous discharge was significantly greater in the DNAase group (55.6% and 57.7% at weeks 4 and 8, respectively; P <0.0001 at both time points) as compared with the vehicle group (35.7% and 34.0% at weeks 4 and 8, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Treatment of patients with oGVHD using DNAase eye drops is safe and demonstrates preliminary efficacy. Deoxyribonuclease I eye drops can potentially reduce the severity of signs and symptoms of ocular surface disease in patients with oGVHD.
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- Christine S Mun
- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory (C.S.M., B.S., N.A., J.M., C.K., T.S., A.P., S.J.), Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Center for Clinical and Translational Science (Y.-F.C.); and Department of Pharmacy Practice (M.A.S.), University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Yang G, Yang Y, Liu Y, Liu X. Regulation of alveolar macrophage death in pulmonary fibrosis: a review. Apoptosis 2023; 28:1505-1519. [PMID: 37707713 PMCID: PMC10618387 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-023-01888-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a disease in which excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation occurs in pulmonary mesenchyme, which induces the destruction of alveolar structures and poor prognosis. Macrophage death is responsible for ECM accumulation after alveolar epithelial injury in PF. Depending on the local micro-environments, macrophages can be polarized to either classically activated (M1) or alternatively activated (M2) macrophage phenotypes. In general, M1 macrophages can promote inflammation and sterilization, stop the continuous damage process and prevent excessive repair, while M2 macrophages are anti-inflammatory and promote tissue repair, and excessive M2 macrophage activity may inhibit the absorption and degradation of ECM. Emerging evidence has revealed that death forms such as pyroptosis mediated by inflammasome affect polarization direction and ultimately lead to the development of PF. Pharmacological manipulation of macrophages death signals may serve as a logical therapeutic strategy for PF. This review will focus on the current state of knowledge regarding the regulation and underlying mechanisms of macrophages and their mediators in the influence of macrophage death on the development of PF. We expect to provide help in developing effective therapeutic strategies in clinical settings.
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- Ganghao Yang
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan People's Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
- Department of Respiratory and Critical Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuai Fu Yuan Street, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
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Qin T, Feng D, Zhou B, Bai L, Zhou S, Du J, Xu G, Yin Y. Melatonin attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced immune dysfunction in dendritic cells. Int Immunopharmacol 2023; 120:110282. [PMID: 37224647 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110282] [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: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Melatonin, a ubiquitous hormone, is principally secreted from pineal gland in mammals and possesses strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. However, its specific roles in the immune functions of dendritic cells (DCs) during acute lung injury (ALI) remain unknown. In this study, we found that melatonin restored the body weight, decreased the lung weight/body weight ratio, alleviated the histopathological lung injury, and decreased the levels of cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-12p70, IL-17, and IL-10) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI murine model. Moreover, melatonin inhibited the major histocompatibility complex II (MHCII) expression of lung CD11b+ DCs after LPS challenge in vivo. In vitro, melatonin reversed the shape index, promoted the endocytosis, and inhibited phenotypic expression of MHCII, CD40, CD80, and CD86 in LPS-activated DCs. Furthermore, melatonin decreased the expression of an activated marker, CD69, and the secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-12p70, and IL-17) after LPS challenge. It hampered the LPS-activated DCs migration by downregulating the C-C chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) expression, and then weakened the ability of LPS-induced DCs to stimulate allogeneic CD4+ T cell proliferation. Melatonin shaped the immune function of DCs in a nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2 (Nrf-2)/heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) axis-dependent manner. These findings indicate that melatonin protects DCs from ALI-induced immunological stress and may be used to develop novel DC-targeting strategies for ALI therapy.
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- Tao Qin
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for the Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Disease and Zoonoses, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- College of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Laboratory Animal Center, Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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- Clinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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- College of Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China; Guangling College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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Amaral A, Fernandes C, Rebordão MR, Szóstek-Mioduchowska A, Lukasik K, Gawronska-Kozak B, Telo da Gama L, Skarzynski DJ, Ferreira-Dias G. The In Vitro Inhibitory Effect of Sivelestat on Elastase Induced Collagen and Metallopeptidase Expression in Equine Endometrium. Animals (Basel) 2020; 10:E863. [PMID: 32429399 PMCID: PMC7278485 DOI: 10.3390/ani10050863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) fight endometritis, and elastase (ELA), a protease found in NETs, might induce collagen type I (COL1) accumulation in equine endometrium. Metallopeptidases (MMPs) are involved in extracellular matrix balance. The aim was to evaluate the effects of ELA and sivelestat (selective elastase inhibitor) on MMP-2 and MMP-9 expression and gelatinolytic activity, as well as the potential inhibitory effect of sivelestat on ELA-induced COL1 in equine endometrium. Endometrial explants from follicular (FP) and mid-luteal (MLP) phases were treated for 24 or 48 h with ELA, sivelestat, and their combination. Transcripts of COL1A2, MMP2, and MMP9 were evaluated by qPCR; COL1 protein relative abundance by Western blot, and MMP-2 and MMP-9 gelatinolytic activity by zymography. In response to ELA treatment, there was an increase in MMP2 mRNA transcription (24 h) in active MMP-2 (48 h), both in FP, and in MMP9 transcripts in FP (48 h) and MLP (24 h) (p < 0.05). Sivelestat inhibited ELA-induced COL1A2 transcripts in FP (24 h) and MLP (24 h, 48 h) (p < 0.05). The sivelestat inhibitory effect was detected in MMP9 transcripts in FP at 48 h (p < 0.05), but proteases activity was unchanged. Thus, MMP-2 and MMP-9 might be implicated in endometrium fibrotic response to ELA. In mare endometrium, sivelestat may decrease ELA-induced COL1 deposition and hinder endometrosis development.
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- Ana Amaral
- CIISA—Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.A.); (C.F.); (M.R.R.); (L.T.d.G.)
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- CIISA—Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.A.); (C.F.); (M.R.R.); (L.T.d.G.)
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- CIISA—Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.A.); (C.F.); (M.R.R.); (L.T.d.G.)
- Coimbra College of Agriculture, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, 3045-601 Coimbra, Portugal
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Science,10-748 Olsztyn, Poland; (A.S.-M.); (K.L.); (B.G.-K.); (D.J.S.)
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Science,10-748 Olsztyn, Poland; (A.S.-M.); (K.L.); (B.G.-K.); (D.J.S.)
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Science,10-748 Olsztyn, Poland; (A.S.-M.); (K.L.); (B.G.-K.); (D.J.S.)
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- CIISA—Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.A.); (C.F.); (M.R.R.); (L.T.d.G.)
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Science,10-748 Olsztyn, Poland; (A.S.-M.); (K.L.); (B.G.-K.); (D.J.S.)
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- CIISA—Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Lisbon, 1300-477 Lisbon, Portugal; (A.A.); (C.F.); (M.R.R.); (L.T.d.G.)
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Mun C, Gulati S, Tibrewal S, Chen YF, An S, Surenkhuu B, Raju I, Buwick M, Ahn A, Kwon JE, Atassi N, Pradeep A, Rondelli D, Jain S. A Phase I/II Placebo-Controlled Randomized Pilot Clinical Trial of Recombinant Deoxyribonuclease (DNase) Eye Drops Use in Patients With Dry Eye Disease. Transl Vis Sci Technol 2019; 8:10. [PMID: 31110911 PMCID: PMC6504128 DOI: 10.1167/tvst.8.3.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Purpose To determine whether DNase eye drops have the potential to reduce signs and symptoms of dry eye disease (DED). Methods A placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial was performed to compare the safety and efficacy of DNase eye drops 0.1% four times a day for 8 weeks in patients with severe tear deficient DED. The change in safety outcome measures (drug tolerability and proportion of adverse events) and efficacy outcome measures (Ocular Surface Disease Index [OSDI] score, corneal and conjunctival staining) were analyzed between baseline and week 8. Results Tolerability and adverse events were similar in placebo group and DNase group. Within the DNase group (but not placebo group), corneal staining showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction at week 8 compared with baseline. The OSDI score also showed a significant median reduction of 27.3 at week 8 compared with baseline within the DNase group. The median reduction in corneal staining and mucoid debris/strands was significantly greater in the DNase group as compared with the placebo group. In the DNase group, the median reduction in OSDI (-20.75) was more than placebo group (-8.43); however, the difference between groups was borderline significant. Conclusions In this pilot study, treatment of severe tear deficient DED patients with DNase eye drops appears safe, well tolerated, and has the potential to reduce the severity of signs and symptoms. Translational Relevance Data from this pilot clinical trial demonstrate the therapeutic potential of DNase eye drops in dry eye disease, possibly due to degradation neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) from the ocular surface.
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- Christine Mun
- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Center for Clinical and Translational Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Corneal Translational Biology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Bron AJ, de Paiva CS, Chauhan SK, Bonini S, Gabison EE, Jain S, Knop E, Markoulli M, Ogawa Y, Perez V, Uchino Y, Yokoi N, Zoukhri D, Sullivan DA. TFOS DEWS II pathophysiology report. Ocul Surf 2017; 15:438-510. [PMID: 28736340 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtos.2017.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 955] [Impact Index Per Article: 136.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2017] [Accepted: 05/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The TFOS DEWS II Pathophysiology Subcommittee reviewed the mechanisms involved in the initiation and perpetuation of dry eye disease. Its central mechanism is evaporative water loss leading to hyperosmolar tissue damage. Research in human disease and in animal models has shown that this, either directly or by inducing inflammation, causes a loss of both epithelial and goblet cells. The consequent decrease in surface wettability leads to early tear film breakup and amplifies hyperosmolarity via a Vicious Circle. Pain in dry eye is caused by tear hyperosmolarity, loss of lubrication, inflammatory mediators and neurosensory factors, while visual symptoms arise from tear and ocular surface irregularity. Increased friction targets damage to the lids and ocular surface, resulting in characteristic punctate epithelial keratitis, superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis, filamentary keratitis, lid parallel conjunctival folds, and lid wiper epitheliopathy. Hybrid dry eye disease, with features of both aqueous deficiency and increased evaporation, is common and efforts should be made to determine the relative contribution of each form to the total picture. To this end, practical methods are needed to measure tear evaporation in the clinic, and similarly, methods are needed to measure osmolarity at the tissue level across the ocular surface, to better determine the severity of dry eye. Areas for future research include the role of genetic mechanisms in non-Sjögren syndrome dry eye, the targeting of the terminal duct in meibomian gland disease and the influence of gaze dynamics and the closed eye state on tear stability and ocular surface inflammation.
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- Anthony J Bron
- Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Vision and Eye Research Unit, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute & Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, University Campus Biomedico, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Fondation Ophtalmologique Rothschild & Hôpital Bichat Claude Bernard, Paris, France
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Departments of Cell and Neurobiology and Ocular Surface Center Berlin, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Schepens Eye Research Institute & Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Garratt LW, Sutanto EN, Ling KM, Looi K, Iosifidis T, Martinovich KM, Shaw NC, Buckley AG, Kicic-Starcevich E, Lannigan FJ, Knight DA, Stick SM, Kicic A. Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Mitigates the Inhibition of Airway Epithelial Cell Repair by Neutrophil Elastase. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2016. [PMID: 26221769 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2015-0074oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Neutrophil elastase (NE) activity is associated with many destructive lung diseases and is a predictor for structural lung damage in early cystic fibrosis (CF), which suggests normal maintenance of airway epithelium is prevented by uninhibited NE. However, limited data exist on how the NE activity in airways of very young children with CF affects function of the epithelia. The aim of this study was to determine if NE activity could inhibit epithelial homeostasis and repair and whether any functional effect was reversible by antiprotease alpha-1 antitrypsin (α1AT) treatment. Viability, inflammation, apoptosis, and proliferation were assessed in healthy non-CF and CF pediatric primary airway epithelial cells (pAECnon-CF and pAECCF, respectively) during exposure to physiologically relevant NE. The effect of NE activity on pAECCF wound repair was also assessed. We report that viability after 48 hours was significantly decreased by 100 nM NE in pAECnon-CF and pAECCF owing to rapid cellular detachment that was accompanied by inflammatory cytokine release. Furthermore, both phenotypes initiated an apoptotic response to 100 nM NE, whereas ≥ 50 nM NE activity significantly inhibited the proliferative capacity of cultures. Similar concentrations of NE also significantly inhibited wound repair of pAECCF, but this effect was reversed by the addition of α1AT. Collectively, our results demonstrate free NE activity is deleterious for epithelial homeostasis and support the hypothesis that proteases in the airway contribute directly to CF structural lung disease. Our results also highlight the need to investigate antiprotease therapies in early CF disease in more detail.
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- Luke W Garratt
- 1 School of Paediatrics and Child Health.,2 Telethon Kids Institute
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- 2 Telethon Kids Institute.,3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- 1 School of Paediatrics and Child Health
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- 1 School of Paediatrics and Child Health.,4 Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, and
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- 2 Telethon Kids Institute.,5 Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- 2 Telethon Kids Institute.,3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- 1 School of Paediatrics and Child Health.,6 School of Medicine, Notre Dame University, Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- 7 School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia.,8 Priority Research Centre for Asthma and Respiratory Disease, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.,9 Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- 1 School of Paediatrics and Child Health.,2 Telethon Kids Institute.,4 Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, and.,3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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- 1 School of Paediatrics and Child Health.,2 Telethon Kids Institute.,4 Centre for Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine, and.,3 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.,10 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; and.,11 Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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O’Flaherty BM, Matar CG, Wakeman BS, Garcia A, Wilke CA, Courtney CL, Moore BB, Speck SH. CD8+ T Cell Response to Gammaherpesvirus Infection Mediates Inflammation and Fibrosis in Interferon Gamma Receptor-Deficient Mice. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0135719. [PMID: 26317335 PMCID: PMC4552722 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), one of the most severe interstitial lung diseases, is a progressive fibrotic disorder of unknown etiology. However, there is growing appreciation for the role of viral infection in disease induction and/or progression. A small animal model of multi-organ fibrosis, which involves murine gammaherpesvirus (MHV68) infection of interferon gamma receptor deficient (IFNγR-/-) mice, has been utilized to model the association of gammaherpesvirus infections and lung fibrosis. Notably, several MHV68 mutants which fail to induce fibrosis have been identified. Our current study aimed to better define the role of the unique MHV68 gene, M1, in development of pulmonary fibrosis. We have previously shown that the M1 gene encodes a secreted protein which possesses superantigen-like function to drive the expansion and activation of Vβ4+ CD8+ T cells. Here we show that M1-dependent fibrosis is correlated with heightened levels of inflammation in the lung. We observe an M1-dependent cellular infiltrate of innate immune cells with most striking differences at 28 days-post infection. Furthermore, in the absence of M1 protein expression we observed reduced CD8+ T cells and MHV68 epitope specific CD8+ T cells to the lungs-despite equivalent levels of viral replication between M1 null and wild type MHV68. Notably, backcrossing the IFNγR-/- onto the Balb/c background, which has previously been shown to exhibit weak MHV68-driven Vβ4+ CD8+ T cell expansion, eliminated MHV68-induced fibrosis-further implicating the activated Vβ4+ CD8+ T cell population in the induction of fibrosis. We further addressed the role that CD8+ T cells play in the induction of fibrosis by depleting CD8+ T cells, which protected the mice from fibrotic disease. Taken together these findings are consistent with the hypothesized role of Vβ4+ CD8+ T cells as mediators of fibrotic disease in IFNγR-/- mice.
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- Brigid M. O’Flaherty
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
- Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
- Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
- Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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- Division of Pathology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta GA, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Division of Pathology, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta GA, United States of America
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
- Emory Vaccine Center, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States of America
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Muley MM, Reid AR, Botz B, Bölcskei K, Helyes Z, McDougall JJ. Neutrophil elastase induces inflammation and pain in mouse knee joints via activation of proteinase-activated receptor-2. Br J Pharmacol 2015; 173:766-77. [PMID: 26140667 DOI: 10.1111/bph.13237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2015] [Revised: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Neutrophil elastase plays a crucial role in arthritis. Here, its potential in triggering joint inflammation and pain was assessed, and whether these effects were mediated by proteinase-activated receptor-2 (PAR2). EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Neutrophil elastase (5 μg) was injected into the knee joints of mice and changes in blood perfusion, leukocyte kinetics and paw withdrawal threshold were assessed. Similar experiments were performed in animals pretreated with the neutrophil elastase inhibitor sivelestat, the PAR2 antagonist GB83, the p44/42 MAPK inhibitor U0126 and in PAR2 receptor knockout (KO) mice. Neutrophil elastase activity was also evaluated in arthritic joints by fluorescent imaging and sivelestat was assessed for anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. KEY RESULTS Intra-articular injection of neutrophil elastase caused an increase in blood perfusion, leukocyte kinetics and a decrease in paw withdrawal threshold. Sivelestat treatment suppressed this effect. The PAR2 antagonist GB83 reversed neutrophil elastase-induced synovitis and pain and these responses were also attenuated in PAR2 KO mice. The MAPK inhibitor U0126 also blocked neutrophil elastase-induced inflammation and pain. Active neutrophil elastase was increased in acutely inflamed knees as shown by an activatable fluorescent probe. Sivelestat appeared to reduce neutrophil elastase activity, but had only a moderate anti-inflammatory effect in this model. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS Neutrophil elastase induced acute inflammation and pain in knee joints of mice. These changes are PAR2-dependent and appear to involve activation of a p44/42 MAPK pathway. Blocking neutrophil elastase, PAR2 and p44/42 MAPK activity can reduce inflammation and pain, suggesting their utility as therapeutic targets.
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- Milind M Muley
- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Pécs, School of Medicine, Pécs, Hungary.,János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Molecular Pharmacology Research Team, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Pécs, School of Medicine, Pécs, Hungary.,János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Molecular Pharmacology Research Team, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Pécs, School of Medicine, Pécs, Hungary.,MTA NAP B Pain Research Group, University of Pécs, School of Medicine, Pécs, Hungary.,János Szentágothai Research Centre, University of Pécs, Molecular Pharmacology Research Team, Pécs, Hungary
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.,Department of Anaesthesia, Pain Management & Perioperative Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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The Ability of Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor to Inhibit Apoptosis in Monocytes Is Independent of Its Antiprotease Activity. J Immunol Res 2015; 2015:507315. [PMID: 26247039 PMCID: PMC4515294 DOI: 10.1155/2015/507315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 06/20/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Secretory Leukocyte Protease Inhibitor (SLPI) is a serine protease inhibitor produced by epithelial and myeloid cells with anti-inflammatory properties. Research has shown that SLPI exerts its anti-inflammatory activity by directly binding to NF-κB DNA binding sites and, in so doing, prevents binding and subsequent transcription of proinflammatory gene expression. In the current study, we demonstrate that SLPI can inhibit TNF-α-induced apoptosis in U937 cells and peripheral blood monocytes. Specifically, SLPI inhibits TNF-α-induced caspase-3 activation and DNA degradation associated with apoptosis. We go on to show that this ability of SLPI to inhibit apoptosis is not dependent on its antiprotease activity as antiprotease deficient variants of SLPI can also inhibit TNF-α-induced apoptosis. This reduction in monocyte apoptosis may preserve monocyte function during inflammation resolution and promote infection clearance at mucosal sites.
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A system biology study of BALF from patients affected by idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and healthy controls. Proteomics Clin Appl 2014; 8:932-50. [DOI: 10.1002/prca.201400001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2014] [Revised: 06/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Park JS, Park KH, Kim H, Choi SY. Effects of sivelestat treatment on acute lung injury in paraquat-intoxicated rats. Drug Chem Toxicol 2013; 37:114-20. [PMID: 24111663 DOI: 10.3109/01480545.2013.834351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Lung injury is the main cause of death in acute paraquat (PQ) intoxication. Sivelestat (SV), a neutrophil elastase inhibitor, is effective in reducing inflammation in acute lung injury. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of SV on acute lung injury in PQ-intoxicated rats. Seven-week-old male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned to four groups: (1) control group (group N; n = 5); (2) PQ + normal saline (group P; n = 6); (3) normal saline + SV (group S; n = 6) and (4) PQ + SV (group PS; n = 6). SV treatment (intraperitoneally [i.p.], 20 mg/kg) was performed 30 minutes after PQ injection (i.p., 100 mg/kg), and injections were continued every hour for a total of five doses. One hour after the last treatment, blood samples were obtained for analysis of interleukin (IL)-6 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). Lung sections were stained with hematoxylin--eosin for light microscopic analysis. Neutrophil infiltration score of group PS was significantly lower than that of group P (p < 0.05). But, other scores and total score had no significant differences. IL-6 of group PS did not differ, compared to group P. In addition, there were no differences among the four groups. TNF-α of group PS was reduced, in comparison to the level of group P. SV attenuated neutrophil infiltration in PQ-induced acute lung injury in rats. In addition, systemic inflammation was partially suppressed with SV treatment, suppressing TNF-α production. These results suggest that SV reduces paraquat-induced lung injury, at least partially, by inhibiting neutrophil infiltration and TNF-α secretion.
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- Jung Soo Park
- Department of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University , Cheongju , Korea
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Towards a functional proteomics approach to the comprehension of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, systemic sclerosis and pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis. J Proteomics 2013; 83:60-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2012] [Revised: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 03/09/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Sonawane S, Khanolkar V, Namavari A, Chaudhary S, Gandhi S, Tibrewal S, Jassim SH, Shaheen B, Hallak J, Horner JH, Newcomb M, Sarkar J, Jain S. Ocular surface extracellular DNA and nuclease activity imbalance: a new paradigm for inflammation in dry eye disease. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2012; 53:8253-63. [PMID: 23169882 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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PURPOSE We determined whether nucleases are deficient in the tear fluid of dry eye disease (DED) patients, and whether this causes extracellular DNA (eDNA) and neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) accumulation in the precorneal tear film, thus causing ocular surface inflammation. METHODS Exfoliated cells adhered to Schirmer test strips were collected on glass slides, and immunofluorescence confocal microscopy was used to evaluate neutrophils, eDNA, NETs, and their molecular components. Similar experiments were performed with mucoid films collected from the inferior conjunctival fornix or bulbar conjunctiva. We used quantitative PCR to evaluate eDNA signaling pathways and inflammatory cytokine expression. We also determined the amount of ocular surface eDNA and evaluated tear fluid nuclease activity. RESULTS eDNA, NETs, and neutrophils were present on the ocular surface in DED patients and abundant in mucoid films. NETs consisted of eDNA, histones, cathelicidin, and neutrophil elastase. Tear fluid nuclease activity was decreased significantly in DED patients, whereas the amount of eDNA on the ocular surface was increased significantly. Expression of genes downstream of eDNA signaling, such as TLR9, MyD88, and type I interferon, as well as the inflammatory cytokines interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α, was significantly increased in DED patients. CONCLUSIONS Extracellular DNA production and clearance mechanisms are dysregulated in DED. Nuclease deficiency in tear fluid allows eDNA and NETs to accumulate in precorneal tear film, and results in ocular surface inflammation. These findings point to novel therapeutic interventions in severe DED based on clearance of eDNA, NETs, and other molecular components from the ocular surface.
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- Snehal Sonawane
- Corneal Neurobiology Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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Fox J, Haston CK. CXC receptor 1 and 2 and neutrophil elastase inhibitors alter radiation-induced lung disease in the mouse. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012; 85:215-22. [PMID: 22929857 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/10/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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PURPOSE We previously reported increased numbers of neutrophils to be associated with the development of the radiation-induced lung responses of alveolitis (pneumonitis) and fibrosis in mice. In the present study we investigated whether CXC receptor 1 and 2 antagonism with DF2156A, a small molecule inhibitor of neutrophil chemotaxis, or the neutrophil elastase inhibitor sivelestat decreases the lung response to irradiation. METHODS AND MATERIALS KK/HIJ mice received 14 Gy whole-thorax irradiation, and a subset of them received drug treatment 3 times per week from the day of irradiation until they were killed because of respiratory distress symptoms. RESULTS Irradiated mice receiving sivelestat survived 18% longer than did mice receiving radiation alone (73 vs 60 days for female mice, 91 vs 79 days for male mice), whereas postirradiation survival times did not differ between the group of mice receiving DF2156A and the radiation-only group. The numbers of neutrophils in lung tissue and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid did not differ among groups of irradiated mice, but they significantly exceeded the levels in unirradiated control mice. The extent of alveolitis, assessed histologically, did not differ between irradiated mice treated with either drug and those receiving radiation alone, when assessed at the end of the experiment, but it was significantly reduced, as were the neutrophil measures, in sivelestat-treated mice at the common kill time of 60 days after irradiation. Mice treated with radiation and DF2156A developed significantly less fibrosis than did mice receiving radiation alone, and this difference was associated with decreased expression of interleukin-13 in lung tissue. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that neutrophil elastase inhibition affects alveolitis and prolongs survival, whereas CXCR1/2 antagonism reduces radiation-induced fibrotic lung disease in mice without affecting the onset of distress.
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- Jessica Fox
- Department of Medicine and the Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Fujino N, Kubo H, Suzuki T, He M, Suzuki T, Yamada M, Takahashi T, Ota C, Yamaya M. Administration of a specific inhibitor of neutrophil elastase attenuates pulmonary fibrosis after acute lung injury in mice. Exp Lung Res 2011; 38:28-36. [PMID: 22148910 DOI: 10.3109/01902148.2011.633306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Excess production of neutrophil elastase contributes to the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, the role of neutrophil elastase in the repair process following ALI/ARDS is not well understood. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of neutrophil elastase on the process of tissue repair after acute lung injury in mice. C57BL/6 mice were exposed to sublethal irradiation followed by intranasal instillation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to generate a model of impaired lung repair. The authors assessed the histopathology, lung mechanics, and total lung collagen content 7 days after irradiation and/or LPS-induced injury with daily administration of a neutrophil elastase inhibitor. The number of inflammatory cells in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was also evaluated. In addition, the concentration of activated transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 in the BALF and the expression of phospho-SMAD2/3 were investigated. Irradiated and LPS-treated mice developed pulmonary fibrosis after injury. The neutrophil elastase inhibitor significantly decreased the collagen deposition in lung parenchyma and improved the static lung compliance of injured lungs. Administration of the neutrophil elastase inhibitor also decreased the accumulation of neutrophils in the BALF, TGF-β1 activation, and expression of phospho-SMAD2/3. The authors conclude that inhibiting neutrophil elastase protects against the development of lung fibrosis after acute injury. In addition, these data suggest that this neutrophil elastase inhibitor has therapeutic potential for the fibroproliferative phase of ALI/ARDS.
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- Naoya Fujino
- Department of Advanced Preventive Medicine for Infectious Disease, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Wang L, Jin M, Zang BX, Wu Y. Inhibitory effect of safflor yellow on pulmonary fibrosis. Biol Pharm Bull 2011; 34:511-6. [PMID: 21467638 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.34.511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Myofibroblast plays an important role in the progression of pulmonary fibrosis, featured by the presence of α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA). It has been a novel therapeutic target. Safflor yellow (SY) is extracted from safflower, a traditional Chinese medicine. The aim of our study is to investigate the effects of SY on rats of pulmonary fibrosis induced by bleomycin (BLM) and on differentiation of lung fibroblast into myofibroblast stimulated by transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). Two dose SY (intraperitoneal, 25, 50 mg/kg/d) were administered to rats treated by BLM consecutively for four weeks. It was found that SY alleviated the loss in body weight, the increase of hydroxyproline content in the lung tissues and pathologic changes of pulmonary fibrosis caused by BLM instillation. SY also prevented the increase of α-SMA positive cells and TGF-β1 expression induced by BLM. These effects were more significant when treatment with high-dose SY. Moreover, SY (0.05, 0.25, 1.25 mg/ml) inhibited the expression of α-SMA during differentiation of lung fibroblast into myofibroblast stimulated by TGF-β1. SY had anti-fibrotic effect in experiment and might be employed as a therapeutic candidate agent for attenuating pulmonary fibrosis.
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- Lin Wang
- Department of Pharmacology, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Disease-Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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