Journal
INNATE IMMUNITY
Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages 618-625Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1753425913503387
Keywords
Asthma; house dust mite; protease-activated receptor-2; allergic lung inflammation
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- Netherlands Asthma Foundation [3.2.08.009]
- Landsteiner Foundation for Blood Transfusion Research
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Protease-activated receptor-2 (PAR2) is abundantly expressed in the pulmonary compartment. House dust mite (HDM) is a common cause of allergic asthma and contains multiple PAR2 agonistic proteases. The aim of this study was to determine the role of PAR2 in HDM-induced allergic lung inflammation. For this, the extent of allergic lung inflammation was studied in wild type (Wt) and PAR2 knockout (KO) mice after repeated airway exposure to HDM. HDM exposure of Wt mice resulted in a profound influx of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and accumulation of eosinophils in lung tissue, which both were strongly reduced in PAR2 KO mice. PAR2 KO mice demonstrated attenuated lung pathology and protein leak in the bronchoalveolar space, accompanied by lower BALF levels of the anaphylatoxins C3a and C5a. This study reveals, for the first time, an important role for PAR2 in allergic lung inflammation induced by the clinically relevant allergens contained in HDM.
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