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Lin J, Gettings SM, Talbi K, Schreiber R, Taggart MJ, Preller M, Kunzelmann K, Althaus M, Gray MA. Pharmacological inhibitors of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator exert off-target effects on epithelial cation channels. Pflugers Arch 2023; 475:167-179. [PMID: 36205782 PMCID: PMC9849171 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-022-02758-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) anion channel and the epithelial Na+ channel (ENaC) play essential roles in transepithelial ion and fluid transport in numerous epithelial tissues. Inhibitors of both channels have been important tools for defining their physiological role in vitro. However, two commonly used CFTR inhibitors, CFTRinh-172 and GlyH-101, also inhibit non-CFTR anion channels, indicating they are not CFTR specific. However, the potential off-target effects of these inhibitors on epithelial cation channels has to date not been addressed. Here, we show that both CFTR blockers, at concentrations routinely employed by many researchers, caused a significant inhibition of store-operated calcium entry (SOCE) that was time-dependent, poorly reversible and independent of CFTR. Patch clamp experiments showed that both CFTRinh-172 and GlyH-101 caused a significant block of Orai1-mediated whole cell currents, establishing that they likely reduce SOCE via modulation of this Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channel. In addition to off-target effects on calcium channels, both inhibitors significantly reduced human αβγ-ENaC-mediated currents after heterologous expression in Xenopus oocytes, but had differential effects on δβγ-ENaC function. Molecular docking identified two putative binding sites in the extracellular domain of ENaC for both CFTR blockers. Together, our results indicate that caution is needed when using these two CFTR inhibitors to dissect the role of CFTR, and potentially ENaC, in physiological processes.
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- JinHeng Lin
- grid.1006.70000 0001 0462 7212Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH UK ,grid.4991.50000 0004 1936 8948Present Address: Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QT UK
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- grid.1006.70000 0001 0462 7212School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK
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- grid.7727.50000 0001 2190 5763Physiological Institute, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- grid.7727.50000 0001 2190 5763Physiological Institute, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- grid.1006.70000 0001 0462 7212Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH UK
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- grid.425058.e0000 0004 0473 3519Department of Natural Sciences/Institute for Functional Gene Analytics, Structural Biology Group, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 53359 Rheinbach, Germany
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- grid.7727.50000 0001 2190 5763Physiological Institute, University of Regensburg, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- grid.1006.70000 0001 0462 7212School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU UK ,grid.425058.e0000 0004 0473 3519Present Address: Department of Natural Sciences /Institute for Functional Gene Analytics, Ion Transport Physiology Group, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 53359 Rheinbach, Germany
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- grid.1006.70000 0001 0462 7212Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH UK
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Narala VR, Thimmana LV, Panati K, Kolliputi N. Nitrated fatty acid, 10-nitrooleate protects against hyperoxia-induced acute lung injury in mice. Int Immunopharmacol 2022; 109:108838. [PMID: 35561478 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2022.108838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of electrophilic nitrated fatty acid (NFA); 10-nitrooleate, have been reported. The present study investigated whether 10-nitrooleate has a protective role against hyperoxic-induced acute lung injury (HALI). Using a C57BL/6 mice model of HALI, we investigated the protective effect of 10-nitrooleate. C57BL/6 mice were administered with NFA intratracheally, exposed to hyperoxia for 48 h to induce HALI, and kept at room air for 24 h. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and lung samples were collected after 24 h of post hyperoxia to analyze markers associated with HALI. Intratracheal (IT) and intraperitoneal (IP) administration of NFA notably attenuated hyperoxia-induced infiltration of inflammatory cells, alveolar-capillary leakage, upregulation of proinflammatory cytokine levels (IL-6 and TNFα) into the BAL fluid, and resolution of inflammation in the lung. Western blot analyses showed that 10-nitrooleate reduced the expression of the inflammatory transcription factor NFκB p65 subunit and increased antioxidant proteins HO-1 and NQO1 expression in the lung tissues compared to vehicle-treated animals. Moreover, 10-nitrooleate reversed the hyperoxia-induced expression of mitophagy-associated markers (PINK1 and p62/SQSTM1), thereby protecting the HALI/ acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). IT and IP delivery of 10-nitrooleate reduces hyperoxia-induced ALI/ARDS by regulating the antioxidant pathways and restoring the mitochondrial homeostasis by regulating mitophagy. It is suggested that NFAs can be further evaluated as supplementary therapy for critically ill patients like COVID-19/ARDS.
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- Department of Zoology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Government College for Men, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Gopallawa I, Lee RJ. Targeting the phosphoinositide-3-kinase/protein kinase B pathway in airway innate immunity. World J Biol Chem 2020; 11:30-51. [PMID: 33024516 PMCID: PMC7520643 DOI: 10.4331/wjbc.v11.i2.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The airway innate immune system maintains the first line of defense against respiratory infections. The airway epithelium and associated immune cells protect the respiratory system from inhaled foreign organisms. These cells sense pathogens via activation of receptors like toll-like receptors and taste family 2 receptors (T2Rs) and respond by producing antimicrobials, inflammatory cytokines, and chemokines. Coordinated regulation of fluid secretion and ciliary beating facilitates clearance of pathogens via mucociliary transport. Airway cells also secrete antimicrobial peptides and radicals to directly kill microorganisms and inactivate viruses. The phosphoinositide-3-kinase/protein kinase B (Akt) kinase pathway regulates multiple cellular targets that modulate cell survival and proliferation. Akt also regulates proteins involved in innate immune pathways. Akt phosphorylates endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) enzymes expressed in airway epithelial cells. Activation of eNOS can have anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and anti-viral roles. Moreover, Akt can increase the activity of the transcription factor nuclear factor erythroid 2 related factor-2 that protects cells from oxidative stress and may limit inflammation. In this review, we summarize the recent findings of non-cancerous functions of Akt signaling in airway innate host defense mechanisms, including an overview of several known downstream targets of Akt involved in innate immunity.
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- Indiwari Gopallawa
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Department of Physiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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Li B, Ming Y, Liu Y, Xing H, Fu R, Li Z, Ni R, Li L, Duan D, Xu J, Li C, Xiang M, Song H, Chen J. Recent Developments in Pharmacological Effect, Mechanism and Application Prospect of Diazeniumdiolates. Front Pharmacol 2020; 11:923. [PMID: 32655397 PMCID: PMC7324472 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2020.00923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a simple structured and unstable free radical molecule, which participates in the regulation of many pathophysiological processes. It functions both as a second messenger and as an endogenous neurotransmitter. Diazeniumdiolates (NONOates) are a series of compounds containing the functional parent nuclear structure of [N(O)NO]-, which are the most widely studied NO donors. NONOates are unstable and easy to release NO in physiological conditions. The biomedical applications and drug development of NO donor have attracted the scientists' attention in recent years. In this review, recent advances in NONOates research are highlighted in terms of chemical structures, molecular characteristics, pharmacological effects, and biomedical application prospects.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Daping Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China
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Panati K, Thimmana LV, Narala VR. Electrophilic nitrated fatty acids are potential therapeutic candidates for inflammatory and fibrotic lung diseases. Nitric Oxide 2020; 102:28-38. [PMID: 32574817 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2020.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Several types of exposures can cause acute or chronic inflammatory reactions in the lungs often leading to asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), acute lung injury, lung cancer, and other deleterious health outcomes. Current therapy, with inhaled or oral glucocorticoids, successfully targets inflammation but also produces adverse effects that limit their enthusiastic use. Accordingly, the need remains for interventions that are safer and more effective. Nitrated fatty acids (NFAs) are highly electrophilic and are produced endogenously by non-enzymatic reactions of nitric oxide with conjugated unsaturated fatty acids. The literature indicates that NFAs are detected in humans at the nanomolar range and are produced more robustly under inflammatory conditions. Recent studies on novel NFAs report antiinflammatory, antioxidant, and antifibrotic effects, while also acting as partial agonists of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR-γ). Furthermore, these functions of NFAs occur via reversible electrophilic alkylation of cysteine residues and regulation of antiinflammatory, antioxidant signaling through modulation of transcription factors, including nuclear factor E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), PPAR-γ, and NF-κB. Here, we review and update the role of NFA signaling mechanisms and their therapeutic potential in various lung diseases. As NFAs display strong electrophilic interaction with multimechanistic pathways, they can be considered promising drug candidates for challenging lung diseases.
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- Kalpana Panati
- Department of Biotechnology, Government College for Men, Kadapa, A.P, India
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- Department of Zoology, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, 516 005, A.P, India
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Rambacher KM, Moniri NH. The β2-adrenergic receptor-ROS signaling axis: An overlooked component of β2AR function? Biochem Pharmacol 2019; 171:113690. [PMID: 31697929 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2019.113690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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β2-Adrenergic receptor (β2AR) agonists are clinically used to elicit rapid bronchodilation for the treatment of bronchospasms in pulmonary diseases such as asthma and COPD, both of which exhibit characteristically high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS); likely secondary to over-expression of ROS generating enzymes and chronically heightened inflammation. Interestingly, β2AR has long-been linked to ROS, yet the involvement of ROS in β2AR function has not been as vigorously studied as other aspects of β2AR signaling. Herein, we discuss the existing body of evidence linking β2AR activation to intracellular ROS generation and importantly, the role of ROS in regulating β2AR function. The reciprocal interplay of the β2AR and ROS appear to endow this receptor with the ability to self-regulate signaling efficacy and ligand binding, hereby unveiling a redox-axis that may be unfavorably altered in pathological states contributing to both disease progression and therapeutic drug responses.
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- Kalyn M Rambacher
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Mercer University Health Sciences Center, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Mercer University Health Sciences Center, Mercer University, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA.
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Transepithelial Fluid and Salt Re-Absorption Regulated by cGK2 Signals. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19030881. [PMID: 29547542 PMCID: PMC5877742 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19030881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Transepithelial fluid and salt re-absorption in epithelial tissues play an important role in fluid and salt homeostasis. In absorptive epithelium, fluid and salt flux is controlled by machinery mainly composed of epithelial sodium channels (ENaC), cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger (NHE), aquaporin, and sodium potassium adenosine triphosphatase (Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase). Dysregulation of fluid and salt transport across epithelium contributes to the pathogenesis of many diseases, such as pulmonary edema and cystic fibrosis. Intracellular and extracellular signals, i.e., hormones and protein kinases, regulate fluid and salt turnover and resolution. Increasing evidence demonstrates that transepithelial fluid transport is regulated by cyclic guanosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase (cGK) signals. cGK2 was originally identified and cloned from intestinal specimens, the presence of which has also been confirmed in the kidney and the lung. cGK2 regulates fluid and salt through ENaC, CFTR and NHE. Deficient cGK2 regulation of transepithelial ion transport was seen in acute lung injury, and cGK2 could be a novel druggable target to restore edematous disorder in epithelial tissues.
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Londino JD, Lazrak A, Collawn JF, Bebok Z, Harrod KS, Matalon S. Influenza virus infection alters ion channel function of airway and alveolar cells: mechanisms and physiological sequelae. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2017; 313:L845-L858. [PMID: 28775098 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00244.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and the amiloride-sensitive epithelial sodium channels (ENaC) are located in the apical membranes of airway and alveolar epithelial cells. These transporters play an important role in the regulation of lung fluid balance across airway and alveolar epithelia by being the conduits for chloride (Cl-) and bicarbonate ([Formula: see text]) secretion and sodium (Na+) ion absorption, respectively. The functional role of these channels in the respiratory tract is to maintain the optimum volume and ionic composition of the bronchial periciliary fluid (PCL) and alveolar lining fluid (ALF) layers. The PCL is required for proper mucociliary clearance of pathogens and debris, and the ALF is necessary for surfactant homeostasis and optimum gas exchange. Dysregulation of ion transport may lead to mucus accumulation, bacterial infections, inflammation, pulmonary edema, and compromised respiratory function. Influenza (or flu) in mammals is caused by influenza A and B viruses. Symptoms include dry cough, sore throat, and is often followed by secondary bacterial infections, accumulation of fluid in the alveolar spaces and acute lung injury. The underlying mechanisms of flu symptoms are not fully understood. This review summarizes our present knowledge of how influenza virus infections alter airway and alveolar epithelial cell CFTR and ENaC function in vivo and in vitro and the role of these changes in influenza pathogenesis.
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- James David Londino
- Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and
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Ji HL, Nie HG, Chang Y, Lian Q, Liu SL. CPT-cGMP Is A New Ligand of Epithelial Sodium Channels. Int J Biol Sci 2016; 12:359-66. [PMID: 27019621 PMCID: PMC4807156 DOI: 10.7150/ijbs.13764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Epithelial sodium channels (ENaC) are localized at the apical membrane of the epithelium, and are responsible for salt and fluid reabsorption. Renal ENaC takes up salt, thereby controlling salt content in serum. Loss-of-function ENaC mutations lead to low blood pressure due to salt-wasting, while gain-of-function mutations cause impaired sodium excretion and subsequent hypertension as well as hypokalemia. ENaC activity is regulated by intracellular and extracellular signals, including hormones, neurotransmitters, protein kinases, and small compounds. Cyclic nucleotides are broadly involved in stimulating protein kinase A and protein kinase G signaling pathways, and, surprisingly, also appear to have a role in regulating ENaC. Increasing evidence suggests that the cGMP analog, CPT-cGMP, activates αβγ-ENaC activity reversibly through an extracellular pathway in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, the parachlorophenylthio moiety and ribose 2'-hydroxy group of CPT-cGMP are essential for facilitating the opening of ENaC channels by this compound. Serving as an extracellular ligand, CPT-cGMP eliminates sodium self-inhibition, which is a novel mechanism for stimulating salt reabsorption in parallel to the traditional NO/cGMP/PKG signal pathway. In conclusion, ENaC may be a druggable target for CPT-cGMP, leading to treatments for kidney malfunctions in salt reabsorption.
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- Hong-Long Ji
- 1. Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas 75708, USA
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- 2. Institute of Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development, China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China
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- 3. Barrow Neurological Institute, St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, 85013, USA
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- 4. Department of Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- 5. Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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Breitling S, Ravindran K, Goldenberg NM, Kuebler WM. The pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2015; 309:L924-41. [DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00146.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 08/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure leading to right-sided heart failure and can arise from a wide range of etiologies. The most common cause of PH, termed Group 2 PH, is left-sided heart failure and is commonly known as pulmonary hypertension with left heart disease (PH-LHD). Importantly, while sharing many clinical features with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), PH-LHD differs significantly at the cellular and physiological levels. These fundamental pathophysiological differences largely account for the poor response to PAH therapies experienced by PH-LHD patients. The relatively high prevalence of this disease, coupled with its unique features compared with PAH, signal the importance of an in-depth understanding of the mechanistic details of PH-LHD. The present review will focus on the current state of knowledge regarding the pathomechanisms of PH-LHD, highlighting work carried out both in human trials and in preclinical animal models. Adaptive processes at the alveolocapillary barrier and in the pulmonary circulation, including alterations in alveolar fluid transport, endothelial junctional integrity, and vasoactive mediator secretion will be discussed in detail, highlighting the aspects that impact the response to, and development of, novel therapeutics.
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- Siegfried Breitling
- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Anesthesia, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Institute of Physiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
- Departments of Surgery and Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and
- German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Matalon S, Bartoszewski R, Collawn JF. Role of epithelial sodium channels in the regulation of lung fluid homeostasis. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2015; 309:L1229-38. [PMID: 26432872 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00319.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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In utero, fetal lung epithelial cells actively secrete Cl(-) ions into the lung air spaces while Na(+) ions follow passively to maintain electroneutrality. This process, driven by an electrochemical gradient generated by the Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase, is responsible for the secretion of fetal fluid that is essential for normal lung development. Shortly before birth, a significant upregulation of amiloride-sensitive epithelial channels (ENaCs) on the apical side of the lung epithelial cells results in upregulation of active Na(+) transport. This process is critical for the reabsorption of fetal lung fluid and the establishment of optimum gas exchange. In the adult lung, active Na(+) reabsorption across distal lung epithelial cells limits the degree of alveolar edema in patients with acute lung injury and cardiogenic edema. Cl(-) ions are transported either paracellularly or transcellularly to preserve electroneutrality. An increase in Cl(-) secretion across the distal lung epithelium has been reported following an acute increase in left atrial pressure and may result in pulmonary edema. In contrast, airway epithelial cells secrete Cl(-) through apical cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator and Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channels and absorb Na(+). Thus the coordinated action of Cl(-) secretion and Na(+) absorption is essential for maintenance of the volume of epithelial lining fluid that, in turn, maximizes mucociliary clearance and facilitates clearance of bacteria and debris from the lungs. Any factor that interferes with Na(+) or Cl(-) transport or dramatically upregulates ENaC activity in airway epithelial cells has been associated with lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis or chronic obstructive lung disease. In this review we focus on the role of the ENaC, the mechanisms involved in ENaC regulation, and how ENaC dysregulation can lead to lung pathology.
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- Sadis Matalon
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and
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- Department of Biology and Pharmaceutical Botany, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and
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Chignalia AZ, Vogel SM, Reynolds AB, Mehta D, Dull RO, Minshall RD, Malik AB, Liu Y. p120-catenin expressed in alveolar type II cells is essential for the regulation of lung innate immune response. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2015; 185:1251-63. [PMID: 25773174 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2014] [Revised: 12/31/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The integrity of the lung alveolar epithelial barrier is required for the gas exchange and is important for immune regulation. Alveolar epithelial barrier is composed of flat type I cells, which make up approximately 95% of the gas-exchange surface, and cuboidal type II cells, which secrete surfactants and modulate lung immunity. p120-catenin (p120; gene symbol CTNND1) is an important component of adherens junctions of epithelial cells; however, its function in lung alveolar epithelial barrier has not been addressed in genetic models. Here, we created an inducible type II cell-specific p120-knockout mouse (p120EKO). The mutant lungs showed chronic inflammation, and the alveolar epithelial barrier was leaky to (125)I-albumin tracer compared to wild type. The mutant lungs also demonstrated marked infiltration of inflammatory cells and activation of NF-κB. Intracellular adhesion molecule 1, Toll-like receptor 4, and macrophage inflammatory protein 2 were all up-regulated. p120EKO lungs showed increased expression of the surfactant proteins Sp-B, Sp-C, and Sp-D, and displayed severe inflammation after pneumonia caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa compared with wild type. In p120-deficient type II cell monolayers, we observed reduced transepithelial resistance compared to control, consistent with formation of defective adherens junctions. Thus, although type II cells constitute only 5% of the alveolar surface area, p120 expressed in these cells plays a critical role in regulating the innate immunity of the entire lung.
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- Andreia Z Chignalia
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois; University of Illinois Cancer Center, Chicago, Illinois.
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CFTR is a cAMP-activated chloride and bicarbonate channel that is critical for lung homeostasis. Decreases in CFTR expression have dire consequences in cystic fibrosis (CF) and have been suggested to be a component of the lung pathology in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Decreases or loss of channel function often lead to mucus stasis, chronic bacterial infections, and the accompanying chronic inflammatory responses that promote progressive lung destruction, and, eventually in CF, lung failure. Here we discuss CFTR's functional role airway surface liquid hydration and pH, in regulation of other channels such as the epithelial sodium channel, and in regulating inflammatory responses in the lung.
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- James F Collawn
- Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Department of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Pulmonary Injury and Repair Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; and Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Center, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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Lazrak A, Jurkuvenaite A, Ness EC, Zhang S, Woodworth BA, Muhlebach MS, Stober VP, Lim YP, Garantziotis S, Matalon S. Inter-α-inhibitor blocks epithelial sodium channel activation and decreases nasal potential differences in ΔF508 mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2014; 50:953-62. [PMID: 24303840 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2013-0215oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Increased activity of lung epithelial sodium channels (ENaCs) contributes to the pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis (CF) by increasing the rate of epithelial lining fluid reabsorption. Inter-α-inhibitor (IαI), a serum protease inhibitor, may decrease ENaC activity by preventing its cleavage by serine proteases. High concentrations of IαI were detected in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of children with CF and lower airway diseases. IαI decreased amiloride-sensitive (IENaC) but not cAMP-activated Cl(-) currents across confluent monolayers of rat ATII, and mouse nasal epithelial cells grew in primary culture by 45 and 25%, respectively. Changes in IENaC by IαI in ATII cells were accompanied by increased levels of uncleaved (immature) surface α-ENaC. IαI increased airway surface liquid depth overlying murine nasal epithelial cells to the same extent as amiloride, consistent with ENaC inhibition. Incubation of lung slices from C57BL/6, those lacking phenylalanine at position 508 (∆F508), or CF transmembrane conductance regulator knockout mice with IαI for 3 hours decreased the open probability of their ENaC channels by 50%. ∆F508 mice had considerably higher levels the amiloride-sensitive fractions of ENaC nasal potential difference (ENaC-NPD) than wild-type littermates and only background levels of IαI in their BALF. A single intranasal instillation of IαI decreased their ENaC-NPD 24 hours later by 25%. In conclusion, we show that IαI is present in the BALF of children with CF, is an effective inhibitor of ENaC proteolysis, and decreases ENaC activity in lung epithelial cells of ∆F508 mice.
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Rab A, Rowe SM, Raju SV, Bebok Z, Matalon S, Collawn JF. Cigarette smoke and CFTR: implications in the pathogenesis of COPD. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 305:L530-41. [PMID: 23934925 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00039.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive respiratory disorder consisting of chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. COPD patients suffer from chronic infections and display exaggerated inflammatory responses and a progressive decline in respiratory function. The respiratory symptoms of COPD are similar to those seen in cystic fibrosis (CF), although the molecular basis of the two disorders differs. CF is a genetic disease caused by mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene encoding a chloride and bicarbonate channel (CFTR), leading to CFTR dysfunction. The majority of COPD cases result from chronic oxidative insults such as cigarette smoke. Interestingly, environmental stresses including cigarette smoke, hypoxia, and chronic inflammation have also been implicated in reduced CFTR function, and this suggests a common mechanism that may contribute to both the CF and COPD. Therefore, improving CFTR function may offer an excellent opportunity for the development of a common treatment for CF and COPD. In this article, we review what is known about the CF respiratory phenotype and discuss how diminished CFTR expression-associated ion transport defects may contribute to some of the pathological changes seen in COPD.
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- Andras Rab
- Dept. of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, 1918 Univ. Blvd., MCLM 395, Birmingham, AL 35294.
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Chloride secretion across adult alveolar epithelial cells contributes to cardiogenic edema. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:10055-6. [PMID: 23720313 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1307480110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Chloride transport-driven alveolar fluid secretion is a major contributor to cardiogenic lung edema. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:E2308-16. [PMID: 23645634 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1216382110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Alveolar fluid clearance driven by active epithelial Na(+) and secondary Cl(-) absorption counteracts edema formation in the intact lung. Recently, we showed that impairment of alveolar fluid clearance because of inhibition of epithelial Na(+) channels (ENaCs) promotes cardiogenic lung edema. Concomitantly, we observed a reversal of alveolar fluid clearance, suggesting that reversed transepithelial ion transport may promote lung edema by driving active alveolar fluid secretion. We, therefore, hypothesized that alveolar ion and fluid secretion may constitute a pathomechanism in lung edema and aimed to identify underlying molecular pathways. In isolated perfused lungs, alveolar fluid clearance and secretion were determined by a double-indicator dilution technique. Transepithelial Cl(-) secretion and alveolar Cl(-) influx were quantified by radionuclide tracing and alveolar Cl(-) imaging, respectively. Elevated hydrostatic pressure induced ouabain-sensitive alveolar fluid secretion that coincided with transepithelial Cl(-) secretion and alveolar Cl(-) influx. Inhibition of either cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) or Na(+)-K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporters (NKCC) blocked alveolar fluid secretion, and lungs of CFTR(-/-) mice were protected from hydrostatic edema. Inhibition of ENaC by amiloride reproduced alveolar fluid and Cl(-) secretion that were again CFTR-, NKCC-, and Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase-dependent. Our findings show a reversal of transepithelial Cl(-) and fluid flux from absorptive to secretory mode at hydrostatic stress. Alveolar Cl(-) and fluid secretion are triggered by ENaC inhibition and mediated by NKCC and CFTR. Our results characterize an innovative mechanism of cardiogenic edema formation and identify NKCC1 as a unique therapeutic target in cardiogenic lung edema.
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Londino JD, Lazrak A, Jurkuvenaite A, Collawn JF, Noah JW, Matalon S. Influenza matrix protein 2 alters CFTR expression and function through its ion channel activity. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 304:L582-92. [PMID: 23457187 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00314.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The human cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) is a cyclic AMP-activated chloride (Cl(-)) channel in the lung epithelium that helps regulate the thickness and composition of the lung epithelial lining fluid. We investigated whether influenza M2 protein, a pH-activated proton (H(+)) channel that traffics to the plasma membrane of infected cells, altered CFTR expression and function. M2 decreased CFTR activity in 1) Xenopus oocytes injected with human CFTR, 2) epithelial cells (HEK-293) stably transfected with CFTR, and 3) human bronchial epithelial cells (16HBE14o-) expressing native CFTR. This inhibition was partially reversed by an inhibitor of the ubiquitin-activating enzyme E1. Next we investigated whether the M2 inhibition of CFTR activity was due to an increase of secretory organelle pH by M2. Incubation of Xenopus oocytes expressing CFTR with ammonium chloride or concanamycin A, two agents that alkalinize the secretory pathway, inhibited CFTR activity in a dose-dependent manner. Treatment of M2- and CFTR-expressing oocytes with the M2 ion channel inhibitor amantadine prevented the loss in CFTR expression and activity; in addition, M2 mutants, lacking the ability to transport H(+), did not alter CFTR activity in Xenopus oocytes and HEK cells. Expression of an M2 mutant retained in the endoplasmic reticulum also failed to alter CFTR activity. In summary, our data show that M2 decreases CFTR activity by increasing secretory organelle pH, which targets CFTR for destruction by the ubiquitin system. Alteration of CFTR activity has important consequences for fluid regulation and may potentially modify the immune response to viral infection.
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- James D Londino
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA
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Blouquit-Laye S, Dannhoffer L, Braun C, Dinh-Xuan AT, Sage E, Chinet T. Effect of nitric oxide on epithelial ion transports in noncystic fibrosis and cystic fibrosis human proximal and distal airways. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 303:L617-25. [DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00368.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The airways of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) exhibit decreased nitric oxide (NO) concentrations, which might affect airway function. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of NO on ion transport in human airway epithelia. Primary cultures of non-CF and CF bronchial and bronchiolar epithelial cells were exposed to the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP), and bioelectric variables were measured in Ussing chambers. Amiloride was added to inhibit the Na+channel ENaC, and forskolin and ATP were added successively to stimulate cAMP- and Ca2+-dependent Cl−secretions, respectively. The involvement of cGMP was assessed by measuring the intracellular cGMP concentration in bronchial cells exposed to SNP and the ion transports in cultures exposed to 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo-[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one, an inhibitor of the soluble guanylate cyclase (ODQ), or to 8Z, a cocktail of 8-bromo-cGMP and zaprinast (phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor). SNP decreased the baseline short-circuit current ( Isc) and the changes in Iscinduced by amiloride, forskolin, and ATP in non-CF bronchial and bronchiolar cultures. The mechanism of this inhibition was studied in bronchial cells. SNP increased the intracellular cGMP concentration ([cGMP]i). The inhibitory effect of SNP was abolished by 2-phenyl-4,4,5,5-tetramethylimidazoline-1-oxyl-3-oxide, an NO scavenger (PTIO) and ODQ and was partly mimicked by increasing [cGMP]i. In CF cultures, SNP did not significantly modify ion transport; in CF bronchial cells, 8Z had no effect; however, SNP increased the [cGMP]i. In conclusion, exogenous NO may reduce transepithelial Na+absorption and Cl−secretion in human non-CF airway epithelia through a cGMP-dependent pathway. In CF airways, the NO/cGMP pathway appears to exert no effect on transepithelial ion transport.
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- Sabine Blouquit-Laye
- UPRES EA220, UFR Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne, France
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- UPRES EA220, UFR Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne, France
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- UPRES EA220, UFR Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne, France
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- Service de Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France; and
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- Service de chirurgie thoracique, Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France
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- UPRES EA220, UFR Paris Ile de France Ouest, Université de Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines, Boulogne, France
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Yang S, Banerjee S, de Freitas A, Sanders YY, Ding Q, Matalon S, Thannickal VJ, Abraham E, Liu G. Participation of miR-200 in pulmonary fibrosis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2011; 180:484-93. [PMID: 22189082 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2011] [Revised: 10/06/2011] [Accepted: 10/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Excessive extracellular matrix production by fibroblasts in response to tissue injury contributes to fibrotic diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Epithelial-mesenchymal transition, involving transition of alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) to pulmonary fibroblasts, appears to be an important contributory process to lung fibrosis. Although aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRs) is involved in a variety of pathophysiologic processes, the role of miRs in fibrotic lung diseases is less well understood. In the present study, we found that miR-200a, miR-200b, and miR-200c are significantly down-regulated in the lungs of mice with experimental lung fibrosis. Levels of miR-200a and miR-200c were reduced in the lungs of patients with IPF. miR-200 had greater expression in AECs than in lung fibroblasts, and AECs from mice with experimental pulmonary fibrosis had diminished expression of miR-200. We found that the miR-200 family members inhibit transforming growth factor-β1-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition of AECs. miR-200 family members can reverse the fibrogenic activity of pulmonary fibroblasts from mice with experimental pulmonary fibrosis and from patients with IPF. Indeed, the introduction of miR-200c diminishes experimental pulmonary fibrosis in mice. Thus, the miR-200 family members participate importantly in fibrotic lung diseases and suggest that restoring miR-200 expression in the lungs may represent a novel therapeutic approach in treating pulmonary fibrotic diseases.
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- Shanzhong Yang
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Tsikas D, Zoerner AA, Jordan J. Oxidized and nitrated oleic acid in biological systems: Analysis by GC–MS/MS and LC–MS/MS, and biological significance. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids 2011; 1811:694-705. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2011.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2011] [Revised: 05/16/2011] [Accepted: 06/14/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Lazrak A, Chen L, Jurkuvenaite A, Doran SF, Liu G, Li Q, Lancaster JR, Matalon S. Regulation of alveolar epithelial Na+ channels by ERK1/2 in chlorine-breathing mice. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2011; 46:342-54. [PMID: 21997487 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0309oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The mechanisms by which the exposure of mice to Cl(2) decreases vectorial Na(+) transport and fluid clearance across their distal lung spaces have not been elucidated. We examined the biophysical, biochemical, and physiological changes of rodent lung epithelial Na(+) channels (ENaCs) after exposure to Cl(2), and identified the mechanisms involved. We measured amiloride-sensitive short-circuit currents (I(amil)) across isolated alveolar Type II (ATII) cell monolayers and ENaC single-channel properties by patching ATII and ATI cells in situ. α-ENaC, γ-ENaC, total and phosphorylated extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK)1/2, and advanced products of lipid peroxidation in ATII cells were measured by Western blot analysis. Concentrations of reactive intermediates were assessed by electron spin resonance (ESR). Amiloride-sensitive Na(+) channels with conductances of 4.5 and 18 pS were evident in ATI and ATII cells in situ of air-breathing mice. At 1 hour and 24 hours after exposure to Cl(2), the open probabilities of these two channels decreased. This effect was prevented by incubating lung slices with inhibitors of ERK1/2 or of proteasomes and lysosomes. The exposure of ATII cell monolayers to Cl(2) increased concentrations of reactive intermediates, leading to ERK1/2 phosphorylation and decreased I(amil) and α-ENaC concentrations at 1 hour and 24 hours after exposure. The administration of antioxidants to ATII cells before and after exposure to Cl(2) decreased concentrations of reactive intermediates and ERK1/2 activation, which mitigated the decrease in I(amil) and ENaC concentrations. The reactive intermediates formed during and after exposure to Cl(2) activated ERK1/2 in ATII cells in vitro and in vivo, leading to decreased ENaC concentrations and activity.
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- Ahmed Lazrak
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, BMR II 224, 901 19th St. South, Birmingham, AL 35205-3703, USA
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Lazrak A, Jurkuvenaite A, Chen L, Keeling KM, Collawn JF, Bedwell DM, Matalon S. Enhancement of alveolar epithelial sodium channel activity with decreased cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator expression in mouse lung. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2011; 301:L557-67. [PMID: 21743028 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00094.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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We sought to establish whether the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) regulates the activity of amiloride-sensitive sodium channels (ENaC) in alveolar epithelial cells of wild-type, heterozygous (Cftr(+/-)), knockout (Cftr(-/-)), and ΔF508-expressing mice in situ. RT-PCR studies confirmed the presence of CFTR message in freshly isolated alveolar type II (ATII) cells from wild-type mice. We patched alveolar type I (ATI) and ATII cells in freshly prepared lung slices from these mice and demonstrated the presence of 4-pS ENaC channels with the following basal open probabilities (P(o)): wild-type=0.21 ± 0.015: Cftr(+/-)=0.4 ± 0.03; ΔF508=0.55 ± 0.01; and Cftr(-/-)=and 0.81 ± 0.016 (means ± SE; n ≥ 9). Forskolin (5 μM) or trypsin (2 μM), applied in the pipette solution, increased the P(o) and number of channels in ATII cells of wild-type, Cftr(+/-), and ΔF508, but not in Cftr(-/-) mice, suggesting that the latter were maximally activated. Western blot analysis showed that lungs of all groups of mice had similar levels of α-ENaC; however, lungs of Cftr(+/-) and Cftr(-/-) mice had significantly higher levels of an α-ENaC proteolytic fragment (65 kDa) that is associated with active ENaC channels. Our results indicate that ENaC activity is inversely correlated to predicted CFTR levels and that CFTR heterozygous and homozygous mice have higher levels of proteolytically processed ENaC fragments in their lungs. This is the first demonstration of functional ENaC-CFTR interactions in alveolar epithelial cells in situ.
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- Ahmed Lazrak
- Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35205-3703, USA
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Han DY, Nie HG, Su XF, Shi XM, Bhattarai D, Zhao M, Zhao RZ, Landers K, Tang H, Zhang L, Ji HL. 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-Na stimulates human alveolar fluid clearance by releasing external Na+ self-inhibition of epithelial Na+ channels. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2011; 45:1007-14. [PMID: 21562313 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0004oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Salt absorption via alveolar epithelial Na(+) channels (ENaC) is a critical step for maintaining an airspace free of flooding. Previously, we found that 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)-guanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate-Na (CPT-cGMP) activated native and heterologous ENaC. To investigate the potential pharmacological relevance, we applied this compound intratracheally to human lungs and found that ex vivo alveolar fluid clearance was increased significantly. Furthermore, this compound eliminated self-inhibition in human lung H441 cells and in oocytes expressing human αβγ but not δβγ channels. To further elucidate this novel mechanism, we constructed mutants abolishing (β(ΔV348) and γ(H233R)) or augmenting (α(Y458A) and γ(M432G)) self-inhibition. The mutants eliminating self-inhibition lost their responses to CPT-cGMP, whereas those enhancing self-inhibition facilitated the stimulatory effects of this compound. CPT-cGMP was unable to activate a high P(o) mutant (β(S520C)) and plasmin proteolytically cleaved channels. Our data suggest that elimination of self-inhibition of αβγ ENaC may be a novel mechanism for CPT-cGMP to stimulate salt reabsorption in human lungs.
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- Dong-Yun Han
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, USA
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Rudnicki M, Faine LA, Dehne N, Namgaladze D, Ferderbar S, Weinlich R, Amarante-Mendes GP, Yan CYI, Krieger JE, Brüne B, Abdalla DSP. Hypoxia inducible factor-dependent regulation of angiogenesis by nitro-fatty acids. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2011; 31:1360-7. [PMID: 21454809 DOI: 10.1161/atvbaha.111.224626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Nitro-fatty acids (NO(2)-FAs) are emerging as a new class of cell signaling mediators. Because NO(2)-FAs are found in the vascular compartment and their impact on vascularization remains unknown, we aimed to investigate the role of NO(2)-FAs in angiogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS The effects of nitrolinoleic acid and nitrooleic acid were evaluated on migration of endothelial cell (EC) in vitro, EC sprouting ex vivo, and angiogenesis in the chorioallantoic membrane assay in vivo. At 10 μmol/L, both NO(2)-FAs induced EC migration and the formation of sprouts and promoted angiogenesis in vivo in an NO-dependent manner. In addition, NO(2)-FAs increased intracellular NO concentration, upregulated protein expression of the hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) transcription factor by an NO-mediated mechanism, and induced expression of HIF-1α target genes, such as vascular endothelial growth factor, glucose transporter-1, and adrenomedullin. Compared with typical NO donors such as spermine-NONOate and deta-NONOate, NO(2)-FAs were slightly less potent inducers of EC migration and HIF-1α expression. Short hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown of HIF-1α attenuated the induction of vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA expression and EC migration stimulated by NO(2)-FAs. CONCLUSION Our data disclose a novel physiological role for NO(2)-FAs, indicating that these compounds induce angiogenesis in an NO-dependent mechanism via activation of HIF-1α.
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- Martina Rudnicki
- Department of Clinical and Toxicological Analyses, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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The effect of S-nitrosoglutathione and L-cysteine on chloride efflux from cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells. Exp Mol Pathol 2011; 90:79-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2010.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2010] [Accepted: 10/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Althaus M, Pichl A, Clauss WG, Seeger W, Fronius M, Morty RE. Nitric oxide inhibits highly selective sodium channels and the Na+/K+-ATPase in H441 cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2010; 44:53-65. [PMID: 20139350 DOI: 10.1165/2009-0335oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is an important regulator of Na(+) reabsorption by pulmonary epithelial cells and therefore of alveolar fluid clearance. The mechanisms by which NO affects epithelial ion transport are poorly understood and vary from model to model. In this study, the effects of NO on sodium reabsorption by H441 cell monolayers were studied in an Ussing chamber. Two NO donors, (Z)-1-[N-(3-aminopropyl)-N-(n-propyl)amino]diazen-1-ium-1,2-diolate and diethylammonium (Z)-1-(N,N-diethylamino)diazen-1-ium-1,2-diolate, rapidly, reversibly, and dose-dependently reduced amiloride-sensitive, short-circuit currents across H441 cell monolayers. This effect was neutralized by the NO scavenger hemoglobin and was not observed with inactive NO donors. The effects of NO were not blocked by 8-bromoguanosine-3',5'-cyclic monophosphate or by soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitors (methylene blue and 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one) and were therefore independent of soluble guanylate cyclase signaling. NO targeted apical, highly selective, amiloride-sensitive Na(+) channels in basolaterally permeabilized H441 cell monolayers. NO had no effect on the activity of the human epithelial sodium channel heterologously expressed in Xenopus oocytes. NO decreased Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity in apically permeabilized H441 cell monolayers. The inhibition of Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase activity by NO was reversed by mercury and was mimicked by N-ethylmaleimide, which are agents that reverse and mimic, respectively, the reaction of NO with thiol groups. Consistent with these data, S-NO groups were detected on the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase α subunit in response to NO-donor application, using a biotin-switch approach coupled to a Western blot. These data demonstrate that, in the H441 cell model, NO impairs Na(+) reabsorption by interfering with the activity of highly selective Na(+) channels and the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase.
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- Mike Althaus
- Department of Internal Medicine (Pulmonology), University of Giessen Lung Center, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
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Song W, Wei S, Zhou Y, Lazrak A, Liu G, Londino JD, Squadrito GL, Matalon S. Inhibition of lung fluid clearance and epithelial Na+ channels by chlorine, hypochlorous acid, and chloramines. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:9716-9728. [PMID: 20106988 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.073981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We investigated the mechanisms by which chlorine (Cl(2)) and its reactive byproducts inhibit Na(+)-dependent alveolar fluid clearance (AFC) in vivo and the activity of amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na(+) channels (ENaC) by measuring AFC in mice exposed to Cl(2) (0-500 ppm for 30 min) and Na(+) and amiloride-sensitive currents (I(Na) and I(amil), respectively) across Xenopus oocytes expressing human alpha-, beta-, and gamma-ENaC incubated with HOCl (1-2000 microm). Both Cl(2) and HOCl-derived products decreased AFC in mice and whole cell and single channel I(Na) in a dose-dependent manner; these effects were counteracted by serine proteases. Mass spectrometry analysis of the oocyte recording medium identified organic chloramines formed by the interaction of HOCl with HEPES (used as an extracellular buffer). In addition, chloramines formed by the interaction of HOCl with taurine or glycine decreased I(Na) in a similar fashion. Preincubation of oocytes with serine proteases prevented the decrease of I(Na) by HOCl, whereas perfusion of oocytes with a synthetic 51-mer peptide corresponding to the putative furin and plasmin cleaving segment in the gamma-ENaC subunit restored the ability of HOCl to inhibit I(Na). Finally, I(Na) of oocytes expressing wild type alpha- and gamma-ENaC and a mutant form of beta ENaC (S520K), known to result in ENaC channels locked in the open position, were not altered by HOCl. We concluded that HOCl and its reactive intermediates (such as organic chloramines) inhibit ENaC by affecting channel gating, which could be relieved by proteases cleavage.
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- Weifeng Song
- Departments of Anesthesiology, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Centers for Pulmonary Injury and Repair, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
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- Departments of Anesthesiology, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Centers for Pulmonary Injury and Repair, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
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- Departments of Anesthesiology, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
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- Departments of Anesthesiology, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Centers for Pulmonary Injury and Repair, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
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- Centers for Pulmonary Injury and Repair, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
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- Departments of Anesthesiology, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Centers for Pulmonary Injury and Repair, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
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- Centers for Pulmonary Injury and Repair, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Environmental Health Sciences, Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35205
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- Departments of Anesthesiology, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Centers for Pulmonary Injury and Repair, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama 35205; Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35205.
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Li R, Maminishkis A, Banzon T, Wan Q, Jalickee S, Chen S, Miller SS. IFN{gamma} regulates retinal pigment epithelial fluid transport. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2009; 297:C1452-65. [PMID: 19794146 PMCID: PMC2793058 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00255.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2009] [Accepted: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The present experiments show that IFNgamma receptors are mainly localized to the basolateral membrane of human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). Activation of these receptors in primary cultures of human fetal RPE inhibited cell proliferation and migration, decreased RPE mitochondrial membrane potential, altered transepithelial potential and resistance, and significantly increased transepithelial fluid absorption. These effects are mediated through JAK-STAT and p38 MAPK signaling pathways. Second messenger signaling through cAMP-PKA pathway- and interferon regulatory factor-1-dependent production of nitric oxide/cGMP stimulated the CFTR at the basolateral membrane and increased transepithelial fluid absorption. In vivo experiments using a rat model of retinal reattachment showed that IFNgamma applied to the anterior surface of the eye can remove extra fluid deposited in the extracellular or subretinal space between the retinal photoreceptors and RPE. Removal of this extra fluid was blocked by a combination of PKA and JAK-STAT pathway inhibitors injected into the subretinal space. These results demonstrate a protective role for IFNgamma in regulating retinal hydration across the outer blood-retinal barrier in inflammatory disease processes and provide the basis for possible therapeutic interventions.
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- Rong Li
- NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-2510, USA
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Tsikas D, Zoerner AA, Mitschke A, Gutzki FM. Nitro-fatty Acids Occur in Human Plasma in the Picomolar Range: a Targeted Nitro-lipidomics GC–MS/MS Study. Lipids 2009; 44:855-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s11745-009-3332-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2009] [Accepted: 07/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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L'hoste S, Chargui A, Belfodil R, Duranton C, Rubera I, Mograbi B, Poujeol C, Tauc M, Poujeol P. CFTR mediates cadmium-induced apoptosis through modulation of ROS level in mouse proximal tubule cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2009; 46:1017-31. [PMID: 19133329 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The aim of this study was to characterize the role of CFTR during Cd(2+)-induced apoptosis. For this purpose primary cultures and cell lines originated from proximal tubules (PCT) of wild-type cftr(+/+) and cftr(-/-) mice were used. In cftr(+/+) cells, the application of Cd(2+) (5 microM) stimulated within 8 min an ERK1/2-activated CFTR-like Cl(-) conductance sensitive to CFTR(inh)-172. Thereafter Cd(2+) induced an apoptotic volume decrease (AVD) within 6 h followed by caspase-3 activation and apoptosis. The early increase in CFTR conductance was followed by the activation of volume-sensitive outwardly rectifying (VSOR) Cl(-) and TASK2 K(+) conductances. By contrast, cftr(-/-) cells exposed to Cd(2+) were unable to develop VSOR currents, caspase-3 activity, and AVD process and underwent necrosis. Moreover in cftr(+/+) cells, Cd(2+) enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and induced a 50% decrease in total glutathione content (major ROS scavenger in PCT). ROS generation and glutathione decrease depended on the presence of CFTR, since they did not occur in the presence of CFTR(inh)-172 or in cftr(-/-) cells. Additionally, Cd(2+) exposure accelerates effluxes of fluorescent glutathione S-conjugate in cftr(+/+) cells. Our data suggest that CFTR could modulate ROS levels to ensure apoptosis during Cd(2+) exposure by modulating the intracellular content of glutathione.
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- Sebastien L'hoste
- CNRS FRE 3093, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Nice Cedex 2, France
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Song W, Liu G, Bosworth CA, Walker JR, Megaw GA, Lazrak A, Abraham E, Sullender WM, Matalon S. Respiratory syncytial virus inhibits lung epithelial Na+ channels by up-regulating inducible nitric-oxide synthase. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:7294-306. [PMID: 19131335 PMCID: PMC2652346 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m806816200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Revised: 01/06/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection has been shown to reduce Na+-driven alveolar fluid clearance in BALB/c mice in vivo. To investigate the cellular mechanisms by which RSV inhibits amiloride-sensitive epithelial Na+ channels (ENaC), the main pathways through which Na+ ions enter lung epithelial cells, we infected human Clara-like lung (H441) cells with RSV that expresses green fluorescent protein (rRA2). 3-6 days later patch clamp recordings showed that infected cells (i.e. cells expressing green fluorescence; GFP+) had significantly lower whole-cell amiloride-sensitive currents and single channel activity (NPo) as compared with non-infected (GFP-), non-inoculated, or cells infected with UV-inactivated RSV. Both alpha and beta ENaC mRNA levels were significantly reduced in GFP+ cells as measured by real-time reverse transcription-PCR. Infection with RSV increased expression of the inducible nitric-oxide synthase (iNOS) and nitrite concentration in the culture medium; nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB p65 subunit and NF-kappaB activation were also up-regulated. iNOS up-regulation in GFP+ cells was prevented by knocking down IkappaB kinase gamma before infection. Furthermore, pretreatment of H441 cells with the specific iNOS inhibitor 1400W (1 microM) resulted in a doubling of the amiloride-sensitive Na+ current in GFP+ cells. Additionally, preincubation of H441 cells with A77-1726 (20 microM), a de novo UTP synthesis inhibitor, and 1400W completely reversed the RSV inhibition of amiloride-sensitive currents in GFP+ cells. Thus, both UTP- and iNOS-generated reactive species contribute to ENaC down-regulation in RSV-infected airway epithelial cells.
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- Weifeng Song
- Department of Anesthesiology, Center for Free Radical Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA
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Althaus M, Fronius M, Buchäckert Y, Vadász I, Clauss WG, Seeger W, Motterlini R, Morty RE. Carbon monoxide rapidly impairs alveolar fluid clearance by inhibiting epithelial sodium channels. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2009; 41:639-50. [PMID: 19251942 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0458oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is currently being evaluated as a therapeutic modality in the treatment of patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. No study has assessed the effects of CO on transepithelial ion transport and alveolar fluid reabsorption, two key aspects of alveolocapillary barrier function that are perturbed in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome. Both CO gas (250 ppm) and CO donated by the CO donor, CO-releasing molecule (CORM)-3 (100 microM in epithelial lining fluid), applied to healthy, isolated, ventilated, and perfused rabbit lungs, significantly blocked (22)Na(+) clearance from the alveolar compartment, and blocked alveolar fluid reabsorption after fluid challenge. Apical application of two CO donors, CORM-3 or CORM-A1 (100 microM), irreversibly inhibited amiloride-sensitive short-circuit currents in H441 human bronchiolar epithelial cells and primary rat alveolar type II cells by up to 40%. Using a nystatin permabilization approach, the CO effect was localized to amiloride-sensitive channels on the apical surface. This effect was abolished by hemoglobin, a scavenger of CO, and was not observed when inactive forms of CO donors were employed. The effects of CO were not blocked by 8-bromoguanosine-3',5'-cyclic guanosine monophosphate, soluble guanylate cyclase inhibitors (methylene blue and 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one), or inhibitors of trafficking events (phalloidin oleate, MG-132, and brefeldin A), but the amiloride affinity of H441 cells was reduced after CO exposure. These data indicate that CO rapidly inhibits sodium absorption across the airway epithelium by cyclic guanosine monophosphate- and trafficking-independent mechanisms, which may rely on critical histidine residues in amiloride-sensitive channels or associated regulatory proteins on the apical surface of lung epithelial cells.
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- Mike Althaus
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Giessen Lung Center, Justus Liebig University, Aulweg 123 (Room 6-11), D-35392 Giessen, Germany
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