期刊
JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 144, 期 6, 页码 1648-1659出版社
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.06.041
关键词
Asthma; ORMDL3; house dust mite; Alternaria alternata; sphingolipids; ceramides
资金
- Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Vlaanderen (FWO) [11Y8417N]
- European Research Council (ERC) [ERC-ADG 789384]
- Concerted Research Initiative Grant (GOA) from Ghent University
- Excellence of Science (EOS) research grant [30565447]
- ERC Consolidator Grant [ERC-CoG 819314]
- FWO
- UGent MRP grant (Group-ID)
- Stichting Tegen Kanker Grant
Background: Genome-wide association studies in asthma have repeatedly identified single nucleotide polymorphisms in the ORM (yeast)-like protein isoform 3 (ORMDL3) gene across different populations. Although the ORM homologues in yeast are well-known inhibitors of sphingolipid synthesis, it is still unclear whether and how mammalian ORMDL3 regulates sphingolipid metabolism and whether altered sphingolipid synthesis would be causally related to asthma risk. Objective: We sought to examine the in vivo role of ORMDL3 in sphingolipid metabolism and allergic asthma. Methods: Ormdl3-LacZ reporter mice, gene-deficient Ormdl3(-/-) mice, and overexpressing Ormdl3(Tg/wt) mice were exposed to physiologically relevant aeroallergens, such as house dust mite (HDM) or Alternaria alternata, to induce experimental asthma. Mass spectrometry-based sphingolipidomics were performed, and airway eosinophilia, T(H)2 cytokine production, immunoglobulin synthesis, airway remodeling, and bronchial hyperreactivity were measured. Results: HDM challenge significantly increased levels of total sphingolipids in the lungs of HDM-sensitized mice compared with those in control mice. In Ormdl3(Tg/wt) mice the allergen-induced increase in lung ceramide levels was significantly reduced, whereas total sphingolipid levels were not affected. Conversely, in liver and serum, levels of total sphingolipids, including ceramides, were increased in Ormdl3(-/-) mice, whereas they were decreased in Ormdl3(Tg/wt) mice. This difference was independent of allergen exposure. Despite these changes, all features of asthma were identical between wildtype, Ormdl3(Tg/wt), and Ormdl3(-/-) mice across several models of experimental asthma. Conclusion: ORMDL3 regulates systemic ceramide levels, but genetically interfering with Ormdl3 expression does not result in altered experimental asthma.
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