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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
卷 186, 期 1, 页码 602-613出版社
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1002850
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- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation [R025-CR07, VIJ07IO]
- Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NNJ06HI17G]
- National Institutes of Health [CTSA UL RR 025005, RHL096931]
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES [UL1RR025005] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R03HL096931] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [P30DK027651] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Ceramide accumulation mediates the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive lung diseases. Although an association between lack of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and ceramide accumulation has been described, it is unclear how membrane-CFTR may modulate ceramide signaling in lung injury and emphysema. Cftr(+/+) and Cftr(-/-) mice and cells were used to evaluate the CFTR-dependent ceramide signaling in lung injury. Lung tissue from control and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients was used to verify the role of CFTR-dependent ceramide signaling in pathogenesis of chronic emphysema. Our data reveal that CFTR expression inversely correlates with severity of emphysema and ceramide accumulation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects compared with control subjects. We found that chemical inhibition of de novo ceramide synthesis controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa-LPS-induced lung injury in Cftr(+/+) mice, whereas its efficacy was significantly lower in Cftr(-/-) mice, indicating that membrane-CFTR is required for controlling lipid-raft ceramide levels. Inhibition of membrane-ceramide release showed enhanced protective effect in controlling P. aeruginosa-LPS-induced lung injury in Cftr(-/-) mice compared with that in Cftr(+/+) mice, confirming our observation that CFTR regulates lipid-raft ceramide levels and signaling. Our results indicate that inhibition of de novo ceramide synthesis may be effective in disease states with low CFTR expression like emphysema and chronic lung injury but not in complete absence of lipid-raft CFTR as in Delta F508-cystic fibrosis. In contrast, inhibiting membrane-ceramide release has the potential of a more effective drug candidate for Delta F508-cystic fibrosis but may not be effectual in treating lung injury and emphysema. Our data demonstrate the critical role of membrane-localized CFTR in regulating ceramide accumulation and inflammatory signaling in lung injury and emphysema. The Journal of Immunology, 2011, 186: 602-613.
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