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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 180, Issue 11, Pages 7648-7654Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.11.7648
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- Intramural NIH HHS [Z01 BC010852-02] Funding Source: Medline
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Inhalation of silica-containing dust particles induces silicosis, an inflammatory disease of the lungs characterized by the infiltration of macrophages and neutrophils into the lungs and the production of proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and reactive oxygen species (ROS). Synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) expressing immunosuppressive motifs were recently shown to block pathologic inflammatory reactions in murine models of autoinumme disease. Based on those findings, the potential of suppressive ODN to prevent acute murine silicosis was examined. In vitro studies indicate that suppressive ODN blunt silica-induced macrophage toxicity. This effect was associated with a reduction in ROS production and p47phox expression (a subunit of NADPH oxidase key to ROS generation). In vivo studies show that pretreatment with suppressive (but not control) ODN reduces silicadependent pulmonary inflammation, as manifest by fewer infiltrating cells, less cytokine/chemokine production, and lower levels of ROS (p < 0.01 for all parameters). Treatment with suppressive ODN also reduced disease severity and improved the survival (p < 0.05) of mice exposed to silica.
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