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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
卷 126, 期 7, 页码 2465-2481出版社
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI82925
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [HL081064, HL103453, HL109250]
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences [ULTR000439]
- Alfred Lerner Chair for Biomedical Research
High levels of arginine metabolizing enzymes, including inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and arginase (ARG), are typical in asthmatic airway epithelium; however, little is known about the metabolic effects of enhanced arginine flux in asthma. Here, we demonstrated that increased metabolism sustains arginine availability in asthmatic airway epithelium with consequences for bioenergetics and inflammation. Expression of iNOS, ARG2, arginine synthetic enzymes, and mitochondrial respiratory complexes III and IV was elevated in asthmatic lung samples compared with healthy controls. ARG2 overexpression in a human bronchial epithelial cell line accelerated oxidative bioenergetic pathways and suppressed hypoxiainducible factors (HIFs) and phosphorylation of the signal transducer for atopic Th2 inflammation STATE (pSTAT6), both of which are implicated in asthma etiology. Arg2-deficient mice had lower mitochondria! membrane potential and greater HIF-2 alpha than WT animals. In an allergen-induced asthma model, mice lacking Arg2 had greater Th2 inflammation than WT mice, as indicated by higher levels of pSTAT6, IL-13, IL-17, eotaxin, and eosinophils and more mucus metaplasia. Bone marrow transplants from Arg2-deficient mice did not affect airway inflammation in recipient mice, supporting resident lung cells as the drivers of elevated Th2 inflammation. These data demonstrate that arginine flux preserves cellular respiration and suppresses pathological signaling events that promote inflammation in asthma.
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