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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 306, Issue 6, Pages L508-L520Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00235.2013
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neutrophils; IL-17A; macrophages; gamma delta T cells; serum amyloid A3; CCL20
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- U.S. National Institutes of Health [HL-084044, ES-013307, ES-000002]
- [RO1 AI026322]
- [DP2 OD008618]
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Adiponectin is an adipose-derived hormone with anti-inflammatory activity. Following subacute ozone exposure (0.3 ppm for 24-72 h), neutrophilic inflammation and IL-6 are augmented in adiponectin-deficient (Adipo(-/-)) mice. The IL-17/granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) axis is required for this increased neutrophilia. We hypothesized that elevated IL-6 in Adipo(-/-) mice contributes to their augmented responses to ozone via effects on IL-17A expression. Therefore, we generated mice deficient in both adiponectin and IL-6 (Adipo(-/-)/IL-6(-/-)) and exposed them to ozone or air. In ozone-exposed mice, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) neutrophils, IL-6, and G-CSF, and pulmonary Il17a mRNA expression were greater in Adipo(-/-) vs. wild-type mice, but reduced in Adipo(-/-)/IL-6(-/-) vs. Adipo(-/-) mice. IL-17A(+)F4/80(+) cells and IL-17A(+) gamma delta T cells were also reduced in Adipo(-/-)/IL-6(-/-) vs. Adipo(-/-) mice exposed to ozone. Only BAL neutrophils were reduced in IL-6(-/)-vs. wild-type mice. In wild-type mice, IL-6 was expressed in Gr-1(+)F4/80(-)CD11c(-) cells, whereas in Adipo(-/-) mice F4/80(+)CD11c(+) cells also expressed IL-6, suggesting that IL-6 is regulated by adiponectin in these alveolar macrophages. Transcriptomic analysis identified serum amyloid A3 (Saa3), which promotes IL-17A expression, as the gene most differentially augmented by ozone in Adipo(-/-) vs. wild-type mice. After ozone, Saa3 mRNA expression was markedly greater in Adipo(-/-) vs. wild-type mice but reduced in Adipo(-/-)/IL-6(-/-) vs. Adipo(-/-) mice. In conclusion, our data support a pivotal role of IL-6 in the hyperinflammatory condition observed in Adipo(-/-) mice after ozone exposure and suggest that this role of IL-6 involves its ability to induce Saa3, IL-17A, and G-CSF.
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