Elizabeth M Gordon1, Xianglan Yao1, Haitao Xu1, William Karkowsky1, Maryann Kaler1, Or Kalchiem-Dekel1, Amisha V Barochia1, Meixia Gao1, Karen J Keeran2, Kenneth R Jeffries2, Stewart J Levine3. 1. Laboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 2. Animal Surgery and Resources Core Facility, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. 3. Laboratory of Asthma and Lung Inflammation, Pulmonary Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. Electronic address: levines@nhlbi.nih.gov.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: House dust mite (HDM)-challenged Apoe-/- mice display enhanced airway hyperreactivity and mucous cell metaplasia. OBJECTIVE: We sought to characterize the pathways that induce apolipoprotein E (APOE) expression by bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) macrophages from asthmatic subjects and identify how APOE regulates IL-1β secretion. METHODS: Macrophages were isolated from asthmatic BALF and derived from THP-1 cells and human monocytes. RESULTS: HDM-derived cysteine and serine proteases induced APOE secretion from BALF macrophages through protease-activated receptor 2. APOE at concentrations of less than 2.5 nmol/L, which are similar to levels found in epithelial lining fluid from healthy adults, did not induce IL-1β release from BALF macrophages. In contrast, APOE at concentrations of 25 nmol/L or greater induced nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat-containing protein (NLRP) 3 and pro-IL-1β expression by BALF macrophages, as well as the caspase-1-mediated generation of mature IL-1β secreted from cells. HDM acted synergistically with APOE to both prime and activate the NLRP3 inflammasome. In a murine model of neutrophilic airway inflammation induced by HDM and polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid, APOE reached a concentration of 32 nmol/L in epithelial lining fluid, with associated increases in BALF IL-1β levels. APOE-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages was primarily mediated through a potassium efflux-dependent mechanism. CONCLUSION: APOE can function as an endogenous, concentration-dependent pulmonary danger signal that primes and activates the NLPR3 inflammasome in BALF macrophages from asthmatic subjects to secrete IL-1β. This might represent a mechanism through which APOE amplifies pulmonary inflammatory responses when concentrations in the lung are increased to greater than normal levels, which can occur during viral exacerbations of HDM-induced asthma characterized by neutrophilic airway inflammation. Published by Elsevier Inc.
BACKGROUND: House dust mite (HDM)-challenged Apoe-/- mice display enhanced airway hyperreactivity and mucous cell metaplasia. OBJECTIVE: We sought to characterize the pathways that induce apolipoprotein E (APOE) expression by bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) macrophages from asthmatic subjects and identify how APOE regulates IL-1β secretion. METHODS: Macrophages were isolated from asthmatic BALF and derived from THP-1 cells and human monocytes. RESULTS: HDM-derived cysteine and serine proteases induced APOE secretion from BALF macrophages through protease-activated receptor 2. APOE at concentrations of less than 2.5 nmol/L, which are similar to levels found in epithelial lining fluid from healthy adults, did not induce IL-1β release from BALF macrophages. In contrast, APOE at concentrations of 25 nmol/L or greater induced nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain, leucine-rich repeat-containing protein (NLRP) 3 and pro-IL-1β expression by BALF macrophages, as well as the caspase-1-mediated generation of mature IL-1β secreted from cells. HDM acted synergistically with APOE to both prime and activate the NLRP3 inflammasome. In a murine model of neutrophilic airway inflammation induced by HDM and polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid, APOE reached a concentration of 32 nmol/L in epithelial lining fluid, with associated increases in BALF IL-1β levels. APOE-dependent NLRP3 inflammasome activation in macrophages was primarily mediated through a potassium efflux-dependent mechanism. CONCLUSION: APOE can function as an endogenous, concentration-dependent pulmonary danger signal that primes and activates the NLPR3 inflammasome in BALF macrophages from asthmatic subjects to secrete IL-1β. This might represent a mechanism through which APOE amplifies pulmonary inflammatory responses when concentrations in the lung are increased to greater than normal levels, which can occur during viral exacerbations of HDM-induced asthma characterized by neutrophilic airway inflammation. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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