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FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00207
Keywords
acute lung injury; autophagy; inflammasome; IL-1 beta; lipopolysaccharide; macrophage; mechanical ventilation
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- National Institute of Health (NIH) [RO1-HL130353-01]
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Targeting inflammasome activation to modulate interleukin (IL)-1 beta is a promising treatment strategy against acute respiratory distress syndrome and ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). Autophagy is a key regulator of inflammasome activation in macrophages. Here, we investigated the role of autophagy in the development of acute lung injury (ALI) induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and mechanical ventilation (MV). Two hours before starting MV, 0.2 mg/kg LPS was administered to mice intratracheally. Mice were then placed on high-volume MV (30 ml/kg with 3 cmH(2)O positive end-expiratory pressure for 2.5 h without additional oxygen application). Mice with myeloid-specific deletion of the autophagic protein ATG16L1 (Atg16l1(fl/fl) LysM(Cre)) suffered severe hypoxemia (adjusted p < 0.05) and increased lung permeability (p < 0.05, albumin level in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid) with significantly higher IL-1 beta release into alveolar space (p < 0.05). Induction of autophagy by fasting-induced starvation led to improved arterial oxygenation (adjusted p < 0.0001) and lung permeability (p < 0.05), as well as significantly suppressed IL-1 beta production (p < 0.01). Intratracheal treatment with anti-mouse IL-1 beta monoclonal antibody (mAb; 2.5 mg/kg) significantly improved arterial oxygenation (adjusted p < 0.01) as well as lung permeability (p < 0.05). On the other hand, deletion of IL-1 alpha gene or use of anti-mouse IL-1 alpha mAb (2.5 mg/kg) provided no significant protection, suggesting that the LPS and MV-induced ALI is primarily dependent on IL-1 beta, but independent of IL-1 alpha. These observations suggest that autophagy has a protective role in controlling inflammasome activation and production of IL-1 beta, which plays a critical role in developing hypoxemia and increased lung permeability in LPS plus MV-induced acute lung injury.
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