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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 184, 期 1, 页码 401-410出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901808
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [HL-51854, HL-51856, R01-HL-045638]
- Parker B. Francis Award
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R37HL051856, R01HL051856, R01HL045638, R01HL051854, R01HL090152] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [P01AI053194] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Although activation of the alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (alpha 7 nAChR) modulates the response to sepsis, the role of this pathway in the development of sepsis-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is not known. In this study, we addressed the contribution of alpha 7 nAChR in mediating endotoxin- and live Escherichia coli-induced ALI in mice. Because we found that alpha 7 nAChR(+) alveolar macrophages and neutrophils were present in bronchoalveolar lavage and injured lungs of mice, we tested whether acetylcholine released by lung vagal innervation stimulated these effector cells and thereby down-regulated proinflammatory chemokine/cytokine generation. Administration of alpha 7 nAChR agonists reduced bronchoalveolar lavage MIP-2 production and transalveolar neutrophil migration and reduced mortality in E. coli pneumonia mice, whereas vagal denervation increased MIP-2 production and airway neutrophil accumulation and increased mortality. In addition, alpha 7 nAChR(-/-) mice developed severe lung injury and had higher mortality compared with alpha 7 nAChR(+/+) mice. The immunomodulatory cholinergic alpha 7 nAChR pathway of alveolar macrophages and neutrophils blocked LPS- and E. coli-induced ALI by reducing chemokine production and transalveolar neutrophil migration, suggesting that activation of alpha 7 nAChR may be a promising strategy for treatment of sepsis-induced ALI. The Journal of Immunology, 2010, 184: 401-410.
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