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Buland JR, Wasserloos KJ, Tyurin VA, Tyurina YY, Amoscato AA, Mallampalli RK, Chen BB, Zhao J, Zhao Y, Ofori-Acquah S, Kagan VE, Pitt BR. Biosynthesis of oxidized lipid mediators via lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 hydrolysis of extracellular cardiolipin induces endothelial toxicity. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2016; 311:L303-16. [PMID: 27233995 PMCID: PMC5142456 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00038.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
We (66) have previously described an NSAID-insensitive intramitochondrial biosynthetic pathway involving oxidation of the polyunsaturated mitochondrial phospholipid, cardiolipin (CL), followed by hydrolysis [by calcium-independent mitochondrial calcium-independent phospholipase A2-γ (iPLA2γ)] of oxidized CL (CLox), leading to the formation of lysoCL and oxygenated octadecadienoic metabolites. We now describe a model system utilizing oxidative lipidomics/mass spectrometry and bioassays on cultured bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cells (BPAECs) to assess the impact of CLox that we show, in vivo, can be released to the extracellular space and may be hydrolyzed by lipoprotein-associated PLA2 (Lp-PLA2). Chemically oxidized liposomes containing bovine heart CL produced multiple oxygenated species. Addition of Lp-PLA2 hydrolyzed CLox and produced (oxygenated) monolysoCL and dilysoCL and oxidized octadecadienoic metabolites including 9- and 13-hydroxyoctadecadienoic (HODE) acids. CLox caused BPAEC necrosis that was exacerbated by Lp-PLA2 Lower doses of nonlethal CLox increased permeability of BPAEC monolayers. This effect was exacerbated by Lp-PLA2 and partially mimicked by authentic monolysoCL or 9- or 13-HODE. Control mice plasma contained virtually no detectable CLox; in contrast, 4 h after Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) infection, 34 ± 8 mol% (n = 6; P < 0.02) of circulating CL was oxidized. In addition, molar percentage of monolysoCL increased twofold after P. aeruginosa in a subgroup analyzed for these changes. Collectively, these studies suggest an important role for 1) oxidation of CL in proinflammatory environments and 2) possible hydrolysis of CLox in extracellular spaces producing lysoCL and oxidized octadecadienoic acid metabolites that may lead to impairment of pulmonary endothelial barrier function and necrosis.
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- Justin R Buland
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Vascular Medicine Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; VA Pittsburgh Health Care System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Vascular Medicine Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Vascular Medicine Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Acute Lung Injury Center of Excellence, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Vascular Medicine Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
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Li HH, Li J, Wasserloos KJ, Wallace C, Sullivan MG, Bauer PM, Stolz DB, Lee JS, Watkins SC, St Croix CM, Pitt BR, Zhang LM. Caveolae-dependent and -independent uptake of albumin in cultured rodent pulmonary endothelial cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e81903. [PMID: 24312378 PMCID: PMC3842245 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Although a critical role for caveolae-mediated albumin transcytosis in pulmonary endothelium is well established, considerably less is known about caveolae-independent pathways. In this current study, we confirmed that cultured rat pulmonary microvascular (RPMEC) and pulmonary artery (RPAEC) endothelium endocytosed Alexa488-labeled albumin in a saturable, temperature-sensitive mode and internalization resulted in co-localization by fluorescence microscopy with cholera B toxin and caveolin-1. Although siRNA to caveolin-1 (cav-1) in RPAEC significantly inhibited albumin uptake, a remnant portion of albumin uptake was cav-1-independent, suggesting alternative pathways for albumin uptake. Thus, we isolated and cultured mouse lung endothelial cells (MLEC) from wild type and cav-1(-/-) mice and noted that ~ 65% of albumin uptake, as determined by confocal imaging or live cell total internal reflectance fluorescence microscopy (TIRF), persisted in total absence of cav-1. Uptake of colloidal gold labeled albumin was evaluated by electron microscopy and demonstrated that albumin uptake in MLEC from cav-1(-/-) mice was through caveolae-independent pathway(s) including clathrin-coated pits that resulted in endosomal accumulation of albumin. Finally, we noted that albumin uptake in RPMEC was in part sensitive to pharmacological agents (amiloride [sodium transport inhibitor], Gö6976 [protein kinase C inhibitor], and cytochalasin D [inhibitor of actin polymerization]) consistent with a macropinocytosis-like process. The amiloride sensitivity accounting for macropinocytosis also exists in albumin uptake by both wild type and cav-1(-/-) MLEC. We conclude from these studies that in addition to the well described caveolar-dependent pulmonary endothelial cell endocytosis of albumin, a portion of overall uptake in pulmonary endothelial cells is cav-1 insensitive and appears to involve clathrin-mediated endocytosis and macropinocytosis-like process.
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- Hui-Hua Li
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Division of Pulmonary Allergy Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Biologic Imaging, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * E-mail: (LMZ); (BRP)
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- * E-mail: (LMZ); (BRP)
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Lee SM, McLaughlin JN, Frederick DR, Zhu L, Thambiayya K, Wasserloos KJ, Kaminski I, Pearce LL, Peterson J, Li J, Latoche JD, Peck Palmer OM, Stolz DB, Fattman CL, Alcorn JF, Oury TD, Angus DC, Pitt BR, Kaynar AM. Metallothionein-induced zinc partitioning exacerbates hyperoxic acute lung injury. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 304:L350-60. [PMID: 23275622 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00243.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Hypozincemia, with hepatic zinc accumulation at the expense of other organs, occurs in infection, inflammation, and aseptic lung injury. Mechanisms underlying zinc partitioning or its impact on extrahepatic organs are unclear. Here we show that the major zinc-binding protein, metallothionein (MT), is critical for zinc transmigration from lung to liver during hyperoxia and preservation of intrapulmonary zinc during hyperoxia is associated with an injury-resistant phenotype in MT-null mice. Particularly, lung-to-liver zinc ratios decreased in wild-type (WT) and increased significantly in MT-null mice breathing 95% oxygen for 72 h. Compared with female adult WT mice, MT-null mice were significantly protected against hyperoxic lung injury indicated by reduced inflammation and interstitial edema, fewer necrotic changes to distal airway epithelium, and sustained lung function at 72 h hyperoxia. Lungs of MT-null mice showed decreased levels of immunoreactive LC3, an autophagy marker, compared with WT mice. Analysis of superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in the lungs revealed similar levels of manganese-SOD activity between strains under normoxia and hyperoxia. Lung extracellular SOD activity decreased significantly in both strains at 72 h of hyperoxia, although there was no difference between strains. Copper-zinc-SOD activity was ~4× higher under normoxic conditions in MT-null compared with WT mice but was not affected in either group by hyperoxia. Collectively the data suggest that genetic deletion of MT-I/II in mice is associated with compensatory increase in copper-zinc-SOD activity, prevention of hyperoxia-induced zinc transmigration from lung to liver, and hyperoxia-resistant phenotype strongly associated with differences in zinc homeostasis during hyperoxic acute lung injury.
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- Sang-Min Lee
- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Thambiayya K, Wasserloos KJ, Pitt BR. Central role for metallothionein (MT) in Zn dependent nitric oxide (NO) mediated resistance to LPS‐induced apoptosis in sheep pulmonary artery endothelial cells (SPAEC). FASEB J 2011. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.25.1_supplement.1100.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of PittsburghPittsburghPA
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Li HH, Xu J, Wasserloos KJ, Li J, Tyurina YY, Kagan VE, Wang X, Chen AF, Liu ZQ, Stoyanovsky D, Pitt BR, Zhang LM. Cytoprotective effects of albumin, nitrosated or reduced, in cultured rat pulmonary vascular cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2011; 300:L526-33. [PMID: 21239532 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00282.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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S-nitrosoalbumin (SNO-Alb) has been shown to be an efficacious cytoprotective molecule in acute lung injury, as well as ischemia-reperfusion injury in heart and skeletal muscle. Nonetheless, limited information is available on the cellular mechanism of such protection. Accordingly, we investigated the protective effects of SNO-Alb [ and its denitrosated congener, reduced albumin (SH-Alb) ] on tert-butyl hydroperoxide (tBH)-mediated cytotoxicity in cultured rat pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (RPMEC), as well as hydrogen sulfide (H(2)S)-mediated cytotoxicity in rat pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (RPASMC). We noted that tBH caused a concentration-dependent necrosis in RPMEC, and pretreatment of RPMEC with SNO-Alb dose-dependently decreased the sensitivity of these cells to tBH. A component of SNO-Alb cytoprotection was sensitive to N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester and was associated with activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS), phenomena that could be reproduced with pretreatment with SH-Alb. Exogenous H(2)S caused concentration-dependent apoptosis in RPASMC due to activation of ERK1/2 and p38, as well as downregulation of Bcl-2. Pretreatment with SNO-Alb reduced H(2)S-mediated apoptosis in a concentration-dependent manner that was associated with SNO-Alb-mediated inhibition of activation of ERK1/2 and p38. Pretreatment with SNO-Alb reduced toxicity of 1 mM sodium hydrosulfide in an N(G)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester-sensitive fashion in RPASMC that expressed gp60 and neuronal NOS and was capable of transporting fluorescently labeled SH-Alb. Therefore, SNO-Alb is cytoprotective against models of oxidant-induced necrosis (tBH) and inhibitors of cellular respiration and apoptosis (H(2)S) in both pulmonary endothelium and smooth muscle, respectively, and a component of such protection can be attributed to a SH-Alb-mediated activation of constitutive NOS.
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- Hui-Hua Li
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Thambiayya K, Wasserloos KJ, Huang Z, Kagan VE, St Croix CM, Pitt BR. LPS-induced decrease in intracellular labile zinc, [Zn]i, contributes to apoptosis in cultured sheep pulmonary artery endothelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2011; 300:L624-32. [PMID: 21239534 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00376.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A role in signal transduction for a vanishingly small labile pool of intracellular zinc ([Zn](i)) has been inferred by the sensitivity of various physiological pathways to zinc chelators such as N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine (TPEN) and/or associations with changes in nonprotein-bound zinc-sensitive fluorophores. Although we (44) reported that LPS-induced apoptosis in cultured sheep pulmonary artery endothelial cells (SPAEC) was exacerbated by TPEN, 1) we did not detect acute (30 min) changes in [Zn](i), and 2) it is unclear from other reports whether LPS increases or decreases [Zn](i) and whether elevations or decreases in [Zn](i) are associated with cell death and/or apoptosis. In the present study, we used both chemical (FluoZin-3 via live cell epifluorescence microscopy and fluorescence-activated cell sorting) and genetic (luciferase activity of a chimeric reporter encoding zinc-sensitive metal-response element and changes in steady-state mRNA of zinc importer, SLC39A14 or ZIP14) techniques to show that LPS caused a delayed time-dependent (2-4 h) decrease in [Zn](i) in SPAEC. A contributory role of decreases in [Zn](i) in LPS-induced apoptosis (as determined by caspase-3/7 activation, annexin-V binding, and cytochrome c release) in SPAECs was revealed by mimicking the effect of LPS with the zinc chelator, TPEN, and inhibiting LPS- (or TPEN)-induced apoptosis with exogenous zinc. Collectively, these are the first data demonstrating a signaling role for decrease in [Zn](i) in pulmonary endothelial cells and suggest that endogenous levels of labile zinc may affect sensitivity of pulmonary endothelium to the important and complex proapoptotic stimulus of LPS.
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- Kalidasan Thambiayya
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh and Universityof Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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We have shown that zinc-thiolate moieties of the metal binding protein metallothionein (MT) are critical targets for nitric oxide (NO) with resultant increases in intracellular labile zinc. Such an NO-MT-Zn signaling pathway appears to participate in important cardiovascular functions associated with biosynthesis of NO including hypoxic vasoconstriction in the lung. Although downstream effector signaling molecules and critical contractile targets remain unclear, current investigations reveal a contributory role for zinc dependent protein kinases and cytoskeletal proteins in mediating hypoxic induced constriction of pulmonary endothelial cells.
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- Huihua Li
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Tyurin VA, Tyurina YY, Jung MY, Tungekar MA, Wasserloos KJ, Bayir H, Greenberger JS, Kochanek PM, Shvedova AA, Pitt B, Kagan VE. Mass-spectrometric analysis of hydroperoxy- and hydroxy-derivatives of cardiolipin and phosphatidylserine in cells and tissues induced by pro-apoptotic and pro-inflammatory stimuli. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2009; 877:2863-72. [PMID: 19328050 PMCID: PMC2723191 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2009] [Revised: 03/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Oxidation of two anionic phospholipids--cardiolipin (CL) in mitochondria and phosphatidylserine (PS) in extramitochondrial compartments--is important signaling event, particularly during the execution of programmed cell death and clearance of apoptotic cells. Quantitative analysis of CL and PS oxidation products is central to understanding their molecular mechanisms of action. We combined the identification of diverse phospholipid molecular species by ESI-MS with quantitative assessments of lipid hydroperoxides using a fluorescence HPLC-based protocol. We characterized CL and PS oxidation products formed in a model system (cyt c/H(2)O(2)), in apoptotic cells (neurons, pulmonary artery endothelial cells) and mouse lung under inflammatory/oxidative stress conditions (hyperoxia, inhalation of single walled carbon nanotubes). Our results demonstrate the usefulness of this approach for quantitative assessments, identification of individual molecular species and structural characterization of anionic phospholipids that are involved in oxidative modification in cells and tissues.
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- Vladimir A. Tyurin
- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
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- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
- Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
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- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
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- Center for Free Radical and Antioxidant Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA
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Nemec AA, Leikauf GD, Pitt BR, Wasserloos KJ, Barchowsky A. Nickel mobilizes intracellular zinc to induce metallothionein in human airway epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2009; 41:69-75. [PMID: 19097988 PMCID: PMC2701961 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0409oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2008] [Accepted: 12/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
We recently reported that induction of metallothionein (MT) was critical in limiting nickel (Ni)-induced lung injury in intact mice. Nonetheless, the mechanism by which Ni induces MT expression is unclear. We hypothesized that the ability of Ni to mobilize zinc (Zn) may contribute to such regulation and therefore, we examined the mechanism for Ni-induced MT2A expression in human airway epithelial (BEAS-2B) cells. Ni induced MT2A transcript levels and protein expression by 4 hours. Ni also increased the activity of a metal response element (MRE) promoter luciferase reporter construct, suggesting that Ni induces MRE binding of the metal transcription factor (MTF-1). Exposure to Ni resulted in the nuclear translocation of MTF-1, and Ni failed to induce MT in mouse embryonic fibroblasts lacking MTF-1. As Zn is the only metal known to directly bind MTF-1, we then showed that Ni increased a labile pool of intracellular Zn in cells as revealed by fluorescence-activated cell sorter using the Zn-sensitive fluorophore, FluoZin-3. Ni-induced increases in MT2A mRNA and MRE-luciferase activity were sensitive to the Zn chelator, TPEN, supporting an important role for Zn in mediating the effect of Ni. Although neither the source of labile Zn nor the mechanism by which Ni liberates labile Zn was apparent, it was noteworthy that Ni increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Although both N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and ascorbic acid (AA) decreased Ni-induced increases in ROS, only NAC prevented Ni-induced increases in MT2A mRNA, suggesting a special role for interactions of Ni, thiols, and Zn release.
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- Antonia A Nemec
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Bernal PJ, Leelavanichkul K, Bauer E, Cao R, Wilson A, Wasserloos KJ, Watkins SC, Pitt BR, St Croix CM. Nitric-oxide-mediated zinc release contributes to hypoxic regulation of pulmonary vascular tone. Circ Res 2008; 102:1575-83. [PMID: 18483408 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.108.171264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The metal binding protein metallothionein (MT) is a target for nitric oxide (NO), causing release of bound zinc that affects myogenic reflex in systemic resistance vessels. Here, we investigate a role for NO-induced zinc release in pulmonary vasoregulation. We show that acute hypoxia causes reversible constriction of intraacinar arteries (<50 microm/L) in isolated perfused mouse lung (IPL). We further demonstrate that isolated pulmonary (but not aortic) endothelial cells constrict in hypoxia. Hypoxia also causes NO-dependent increases in labile zinc in mouse lung endothelial cells and endothelium of IPL. The latter observation is dependent on MT because it is not apparent in IPL of MT(-/-) mice. Data from NO-sensitive fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based reporters support hypoxia-induced NO production in pulmonary endothelium. Furthermore, hypoxic constriction is blunted in IPL of MT(-/-) mice and in wild-type mice, or rats, treated with the zinc chelator N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)-ethylenediamine (TPEN), suggesting a role for chelatable zinc in modulating HPV. Finally, the NO donor DETAnonoate causes further vasoconstriction in hypoxic IPL in which NO vasodilatory pathways are inhibited. Collectively, these data suggest that zinc thiolate signaling is a component of the effects of acute hypoxia-mediated NO biosynthesis and that this pathway may contribute to constriction in the pulmonary vasculature.
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- Paula J Bernal
- Center for Biological Imaging, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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Stitt‐Fischer MS, Wasserloos KJ, Reynolds PR, Pitt BR. Nitric oxide‐mediated inhibition of lipopolysaccharide‐induced apoptosis in pulmonary artery endothelial cells. FASEB J 2007. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.21.6.lb125-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Molly S. Stitt‐Fischer
- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Bridgeside PointPittsburghPA15219
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Bridgeside PointPittsburghPA15219
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Bridgeside PointPittsburghPA15219
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Bridgeside PointPittsburghPA15219
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Cao R, Wang QJ, Chen J, Wasserloos KJ, Leelavanichkul K, Manzano EL, Pitt BR, St Croix CM. Hypoxia Increases Labile Zinc in Cultured Sheep Pulmonary Artery Endothelial Cells (SPAEC) in a Nitric Oxide Dependent Fashion: Association with Activation of PKC Episilon. FASEB J 2006. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.4.a750-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Rong Cao
- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health100 Technology DrivePittsburghPA15219‐3130
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- Molecular PharmacologyUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicineE1354 BSTWRPittsburghPA15261
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- Molecular PharmacologyUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicineE1354 BSTWRPittsburghPA15261
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health100 Technology DrivePittsburghPA15219‐3130
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health100 Technology DrivePittsburghPA15219‐3130
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health100 Technology DrivePittsburghPA15219‐3130
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health100 Technology DrivePittsburghPA15219‐3130
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- Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health100 Technology DrivePittsburghPA15219‐3130
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Stitt MS, Wasserloos KJ, Reynolds PR, St. Croix CM, Pitt BR. Nitric oxide (NO) dependant regulation of protein S‐nitrosation in pulmonary endothelial cells. FASEB J 2006. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.20.5.lb40-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Molly S. Stitt
- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Technology Drive, Bridgeside Point, Cellomics Building, Room 344PittsburghPA15260
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Technology Drive, Bridgeside Point, Cellomics Building, Room 344PittsburghPA15260
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Technology Drive, Bridgeside Point, Cellomics Building, Room 344PittsburghPA15260
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Technology Drive, Bridgeside Point, Cellomics Building, Room 344PittsburghPA15260
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthUniversity of Pittsburgh100 Technology Drive, Bridgeside Point, Cellomics Building, Room 344PittsburghPA15260
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Stitt MS, Wasserloos KJ, Tang X, Liu X, Pitt BR, St Croix CM. Nitric oxide-induced nuclear translocation of the metal responsive transcription factor, MTF-1 is mediated by zinc release from metallothionein. Vascul Pharmacol 2006; 44:149-55. [PMID: 16423564 DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2005.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2005] [Accepted: 10/24/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We previously showed that the major Zn-binding protein, metallothionein (MT) is a critical target for nitric oxide (NO) with resultant increases in labile Zn. We now show that NO donors also affected the activity of the metal responsive transcription factor MTF-1 that translocates from the cytosol to the nucleus in response to physiologically relevant increases in intracellular Zn and transactivates MT gene expression. Exposing mouse lung endothelial cells (MLEC) to ZnCl(2) or the NO donor, S-Nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP, 200 microM), caused nuclear translocation of a reporter molecule consisting of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) fused to MTF-1 (pEGFP-MTF-1). In separate experiments, NO donors induced increases in MT protein levels (Western blot). In contrast, NO did not cause nuclear translocation of EGFP-MTF-1 in MLEC from MT knockouts, demonstrating a central role for MT in mediating this response. These data suggest that S-nitrosation of Zn-thiolate clusters in MT and subsequent alterations in Zn homeostasis are participants in intracellular NO signaling pathways affecting gene expression.
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- Molly S Stitt
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, 100 Technology Drive, Cellomics Building, Room 335, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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St Croix CM, Stitt MS, Leelavanichkul K, Wasserloos KJ, Pitt BR, Watkins SC. Nitric oxide-induced modification of protein thiolate clusters as determined by spectral fluorescence resonance energy transfer in live endothelial cells. Free Radic Biol Med 2004; 37:785-92. [PMID: 15304254 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2004.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2004] [Revised: 05/17/2004] [Accepted: 06/04/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Low-molecular-weight S-nitrosothiols are found in many tissues and affect a diverse array of signaling pathways via decomposition to *NO or exchange of their -NO function with thiol-containing proteins (transnitrosation). We used spectral laser scanning confocal imaging to visualize the effects of D- and L-stereoisomers of S-nitrosocysteine ethyl ester (SNCEE) on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based reporters that are targets for the following NO-related modifications: (a) S-nitrosation, via the cysteine-rich protein metallothionein (FRET-MT), and (b) nitrosyl-heme-Fe, via guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cygnet-2). Conformational changes consistent with S-nitrosation of FRET-MT were specific to l-SNCEE. In addition, they were reversed by dithiothreitol (DTT) but unaffected by exogenous oxyhemoglobin. In contrast, d- and l-SNCEE had comparable effects on cygnet-2, likely via activation of soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) by *NO as they were sensitive to the sGC inhibitor 1H-[1,2,4]-oxadiazolo[4,3-alpha] quinoxalin-1-one and exogenous oxyhemoglobin. These data demonstrate the utility of spectral laser scanning confocal imaging in revealing subtle aspects of NO signal transduction in live cells. Stereoselective transnitrosation of MT emphasizes the specificity of posttranslational modification as a component of NO signaling.
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- Claudette M St Croix
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA.
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Tang ZL, Wasserloos KJ, Liu X, Stitt MS, Reynolds IJ, Pitt BR, St Croix CM. Nitric oxide decreases the sensitivity of pulmonary endothelial cells to LPS-induced apoptosis in a zinc-dependent fashion. Mol Cell Biochem 2002; 234-235:211-7. [PMID: 12162436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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We hypothesized that: (a) S-nitrosylation of metallothionein (MT) is a component of pulmonary endothelial cell nitric oxide (NO) signaling that is associated with an increase in labile zinc; and (b) NO mediated increases in labile zinc in turn reduce the sensitivity of pulmonary endothelium to LPS-induced apoptosis. We used microspectrofluorometric techniques to show that exposing mouse lung endothelial cells (MLEC) to the NO-donor, S-nitrosocysteine, resulted in a 45% increase in fluorescence of the Zn2+-specific fluorophore, Zinquin, that was rapidly reversed by exposure to the Zn2+ chelator, NNN'N'-tetrakis-(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine; TPEN). The absence of a NO-mediated increase in labile Zn2+ in MLEC from MT-I and -II knockout mice inferred a critical role for MT in the regulation of Zn2+ homeostasis by NO. Furthermore, we found that prior exposure of cultured endothelial cells from sheep pulmonary artery (SPAEC), to the NO-donor, S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) reduced their sensitivity to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced apoptosis. The anti-apoptotic effects of NO were significantly inhibited by Zn2+ chelation with low doses of TPEN (10 microM). Collectively, these data suggest that S-nitrosylation of MT is associated with an increase in labile (TPEN chelatable) zinc and NO-mediated MT dependent zinc release is associated with reduced sensitivity to LPS-induced apoptosis in pulmonary endothelium.
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- Zi-Lue Tang
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, The Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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St Croix CM, Wasserloos KJ, Dineley KE, Reynolds IJ, Levitan ES, Pitt BR. Nitric oxide-induced changes in intracellular zinc homeostasis are mediated by metallothionein/thionein. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2002; 282:L185-92. [PMID: 11792622 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00267.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We hypothesized that metallothionein (MT), a cysteine-rich protein with a strong affinity for Zn(2+), plays a role in nitric oxide (NO) signaling events via sequestration or release of Zn(2+) by the unique thiolate clusters of the protein. Exposing mouse lung fibroblasts (MLF) to the NO donor S-nitrosocysteine resulted in 20-30% increases in fluorescence of the Zn(2+)-specific fluorophore Zinquin that were rapidly reversed by the Zn(2+) chelator N,N,N',N'-tetrakis-(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine. The absence of a NO-mediated increase in labile Zn(2+) in MLF from MT knockouts and its restoration after MT complementation by adenoviral gene transfer inferred a critical role for MT in the regulation of Zn(2+) homeostasis by NO. Additional data obtained in sheep pulmonary artery endothelial cells suggested a role for the apo form of MT, thionein (T), as a Zn(2+)-binding protein in intact cells, as overexpression of MT caused inhibition of NO-induced changes in labile Zn(2+) that were reversed by Zn(2+) supplementation. Furthermore, fluorescence-resonance energy-transfer data showed that overexpression of green fluorescent protein-modified MT prevented NO-induced conformational changes, which are indicative of Zn(2+) release from thiolate clusters. This effect was restored by Zn(2+) supplementation. Collectively, these data show that MT mediates NO-induced changes in intracellular Zn(2+) and suggest that the ratio of MT to T can regulate Zn(2+) homeostasis in response to nitrosative stress.
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- Claudette M St Croix
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA. cls13+@pitt.edu
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Erukhimov JA, Tang ZL, Johnson BA, Donahoe MP, Razzack JA, Gibson KF, Lee WM, Wasserloos KJ, Watkins SA, Pitt BR. Actin-containing sera from patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome are toxic to sheep pulmonary endothelial cells. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:288-94. [PMID: 10903256 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.1.9806088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Actin released from damaged cells after a variety of tissue injuries appears to be involved in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Under experimental conditions, when the quantity of actin present in plasma is made to exceed the protective capacity of the actin-scavenging mechanism, microembolism and pulmonary vascular angiopathy have been noted in rats. It remains to be determined whether this injury is a result of a direct toxic effect or occurs indirectly via platelet activation or fibrin interactions. We examined the effect of sera from patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), as well as G-actin added to normal serum, on the viability, morphology, and function of cultured sheep pulmonary artery endothelial cells (SPAEC). Both patient sera and normal sera to which actin was added were toxic in the cell culture model; this toxicity could be abrogated, at least partially, by preincubation with gelsolin, which is known to complex with actin. A significant portion of the toxicity of sera from patients with ARDS was sensitive to heat (56 degrees C), suggesting an important role of complement. Sera from patients with ARDS were shown to contain filaments of F-actin by immunoblot and rhodamine phalloidin staining after ultracentrifugation. Thus, saturation of the actin-scavenging system by addition of exogenous G-actin to plasma produces direct pulmonary endothelial cell injury. Furthermore, plasma from patients with ARDS secondary to bacterial pneumonia is toxic to SPAEC, and a small but significant contributory role of actin is apparent in these studies.
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- J A Erukhimov
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
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