H Yang1, H Wang2, Y Wang1, M Addorisio1, J Li1, M J Postiglione1, S S Chavan1, Y Al-Abed3, D J Antoine4, U Andersson5, K J Tracey1. 1. Laboratories of Biomedical Science, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA. 2. Emergency Medicine, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA. 3. Medicinal Chemistry, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY, USA. 4. MRC Center for Drug Safety Science, Department of Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK. 5. Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Extra-corpuscular haemoglobin is an endogenous factor enhancing inflammatory tissue damage, a process counteracted by the haemoglobin-binding plasma protein haptoglobin composed of alpha and beta subunits connected by disulfide bridges. Recent studies established that haptoglobin also binds and sequesters another pro-inflammatory mediator, HMGB1, via triggering CD163 receptor-mediated anti-inflammatory responses involving heme oxygenase-1 expression and IL-10 release. The molecular mechanism underlying haptoglobin-HMGB1 interaction remains poorly elucidated. METHODS: Haptoglobin β subunits were tested for HMGB1-binding properties, as well as efficacy in animal models of sterile liver injury (induced by intraperitoneal acetaminophen administration) or infectious peritonitis (induced by cecal ligation and puncture, CLP, surgery) using wild-type (C57BL/6) or haptoglobin gene-deficient mice. RESULTS: Structural-functional analysis demonstrated that the haptoglobin β subunit recapitulates the HMGB1-binding properties of full-length haptoglobin. Similar to HMGB1-haptoglobin complexes, the HMGB1-haptoglobin β complexes also elicited anti-inflammatory effects via CD163-mediated IL-10 release and heme oxygenase-1 expression. Treatment with haptoglobin β protein conferred significant protection in mouse models of polymicrobial sepsis as well as acetaminophen-induced liver injury, two HMGB1-dependent inflammatory conditions. CONCLUSIONS: Haptoglobin β protein offers a novel therapeutic approach to fight against various inflammatory diseases caused by excessive HMGB1 release.
BACKGROUND: Extra-corpuscular haemoglobin is an endogenous factor enhancing inflammatory tissue damage, a process counteracted by the haemoglobin-binding plasma protein haptoglobin composed of alpha and beta subunits connected by disulfide bridges. Recent studies established that haptoglobin also binds and sequesters another pro-inflammatory mediator, HMGB1, via triggering CD163 receptor-mediated anti-inflammatory responses involving heme oxygenase-1 expression and IL-10 release. The molecular mechanism underlying haptoglobin-HMGB1 interaction remains poorly elucidated. METHODS:Haptoglobin β subunits were tested for HMGB1-binding properties, as well as efficacy in animal models of sterile liver injury (induced by intraperitoneal acetaminophen administration) or infectious peritonitis (induced by cecal ligation and puncture, CLP, surgery) using wild-type (C57BL/6) or haptoglobin gene-deficient mice. RESULTS: Structural-functional analysis demonstrated that the haptoglobin β subunit recapitulates the HMGB1-binding properties of full-length haptoglobin. Similar to HMGB1-haptoglobin complexes, the HMGB1-haptoglobin β complexes also elicited anti-inflammatory effects via CD163-mediated IL-10 release and heme oxygenase-1 expression. Treatment with haptoglobin β protein conferred significant protection in mouse models of polymicrobial sepsis as well as acetaminophen-induced liver injury, two HMGB1-dependent inflammatory conditions. CONCLUSIONS:Haptoglobin β protein offers a novel therapeutic approach to fight against various inflammatory diseases caused by excessive HMGB1 release.
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