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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01201-3
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- Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)
- Belgian Federal Government [IUAP P7/13]
- FWO [G.0702.12, 1.5.068.16 N]
- Research Council of the KU Leuven [GOA/14/011, PF-TRPLe]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [SAF2015-69762-R]
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria [RD12/0042/0014]
- FEDER
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Maria de Maeztu Programme for Units of Excellence in RD) [MDM-2014-0370]
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Lipopolysaccharides (LPS), the major components of the wall of gram-negative bacteria, trigger powerful defensive responses in the airways via mechanisms thought to rely solely on the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) immune pathway. Here we show that airway epithelial cells display an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration within seconds of LPS application. This response occurs in a TLR4-independent manner, via activation of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 cation channel (TRPV4). We found that TRPV4 mediates immediate LPS-induced increases in ciliary beat frequency and the production of bactericidal nitric oxide. Upon LPS challenge TRPV4-deficient mice display exacerbated ventilatory changes and recruitment of polymorphonuclear leukocytes into the airways. We conclude that LPS-induced activation of TRPV4 triggers signaling mechanisms that operate faster and independently from the canonical TLR4 immune pathway, leading to immediate protective responses such as direct antimicrobial action, increase in airway clearance, and the regulation of the inflammatory innate immune reaction.
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