Acyloxyacyl hydrolase promotes the resolution of lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury

PLoS Pathogens

Yiwei Chu¹  Dapeng Yan¹  Benkun Zou¹  Mingfang Lu¹  Jing Qian¹  Wei Jiang¹  Rui He¹  Guojun Qian¹  Wenjiao Zeng²  Tianqing Chu³  Jie Gu⁴  Ning Zhu⁵  Wenhong Zhang⁵  Han Han⁶  Weiying Mao⁶  Jing Li⁶  Zihui Tang⁶  Qian Yang⁶ 

[1] Department of Immunology, Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology of Ministries of Education and Health, School of Basic Medical Sciences, and Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China;Department of Thoracic Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;Departments of Infectious Diseases and Pulmonary Medicine, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China;Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

关键词: Inflammation;    Neutrophils;    Epithelial cells;    Flow cytometry;    Gram negative bacteria;    Cytokines;    Alveolar macrophages;    Klebsiella pneumoniae;   

DOI  :  10.1371/journal.ppat.1006436

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Public Library of Science

【 摘 要 】

Pulmonary infection is the most common risk factor for acute lung injury (ALI). Innate immune responses induced by Microbe-Associated Molecular Pattern (MAMP) molecules are essential for lung defense but can lead to tissue injury. Little is known about how MAMP molecules are degraded in the lung or how MAMP degradation/inactivation helps prevent or ameliorate the harmful inflammation that produces ALI. Acyloxyacyl hydrolase (AOAH) is a host lipase that inactivates Gram-negative bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, or LPS). We report here that alveolar macrophages increase AOAH expression upon exposure to LPS and that Aoah+/+ mice recover more rapidly than do Aoah-/- mice from ALI induced by nasally instilled LPS or Klebsiella pneumoniae. Aoah-/- mouse lungs had more prolonged leukocyte infiltration, greater pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine expression, and longer-lasting alveolar barrier damage. We also describe evidence that the persistently bioactive LPS in Aoah-/- alveoli can stimulate alveolar macrophages directly and epithelial cells indirectly to produce chemoattractants that recruit neutrophils to the lung and may prevent their clearance. Distinct from the prolonged tolerance observed in LPS-exposed Aoah-/- peritoneal macrophages, alveolar macrophages that lacked AOAH maintained or increased their responses to bioactive LPS and sustained inflammation. Inactivation of LPS by AOAH is a previously unappreciated mechanism for promoting resolution of pulmonary inflammation/injury induced by Gram-negative bacterial infection.

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