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Inhibiting lung lining fluid glutathione metabolism with GGsTop as a novel treatment for asthma

by Marina Tuzova; Jyh-Chang Jean; Rebecca P. Hughey; Lou Brown; William W. Cruikshank; Jun Hiratake; Martin Joyce-Brady

2014

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  • Chemistry, Biochemistry
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Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation. Inflammation is associated with oxidant stress. Airway epithelial cells are shielded from this stress by a thin layer of lung lining fluid (LLF) which contains an abundance of the antioxidant glutathione. LLF glutathione metabolism is regulated by γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT). Loss of LLF GGT activity in the mutant GGTenu1 mouse causes an increase in baseline LLF glutathione content which is magnified in an IL-13 model of allergic airway inflammation and protective against asthma. Normal mice are susceptible to asthma in this model but can be protected with acivicin, a GGT inhibitor. GGT is a target to treat asthma but acivicin toxicity limits clinical use. GGsTop is a novel GGT inhibitor. GGsTop inhibits LLF GGT activity only when delivered through the airway. In the IL-13 model, mice treated with IL-13 and GGsTop exhibit a lung inflammatory response similar to that of mice treated with IL-13 alone. But mice treated with IL-13 and GGsTop show attenuation of methacholinestimulated airway hyper-reactivity, inhibition of Muc5ac and Muc5b gene induction, decreased airway epithelial cell mucous accumulation and a 4-fold increase in LLF glutathione content compared to mice treated with IL-13 alone. Mice treated with GGsTop alone are no different from that of mice treated with saline alone, and show no signs of toxicity. GGsTop could represent a valuable pharmacological tool to inhibit LLF GGT activity in pulmonary disease models. The associated increase in LLF glutathione can protect lung airway epithelial cells against oxidant injury associated with inflammation in asthma. © 2014 Tuzova, Jean, Hughey, Brown, Cruikshank, Hiratake and Joyce-brady.

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Baseline Features of the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP III) Cohort: Differences with Age

by W. Gerald Teague; Brenda R. Phillips; John V. Fahy; Sally E. Wenzel; Anne Fitzpatrick; Wendy C. Moore; Annette T. Hastie; Eugene R. Bleecker; Deborah A. Meyers; Stephen P. Peters; Mario Castro; Andrea M. Coverstone; Leonard B. Bacharier; Ngoc P. Ly; Michael C. Peters; Loren C. Denlinger; Sima Ramratnam; Ronald L. Sorkness; Benjamin M. Gaston; Serpil C. Erzurum; Suzy A. A. Comhair; Ross E. Myers; Joe Zein; Mark D. DeBoer; Anne-Marie Irani; Elliot Israel; Bruce Levy; Juan Carlos Cardet; Wanda Phipatanakul; Jonathan M. Gaffin; Fernando Holguin; Merritt L. Fajt; Shean J. Aujla; David T. Mauger; Nizar N. Jarjour

2018

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Background: The effect of age on asthma severity is poorly understood. Objectives: The objective of this study was to compare the baseline features of severe and nonsevere asthma in the Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP) III cohort, and examine in cross section the effects of age on those features. Methods: SARP III is a National Institutes of Health/National Heart Lung Blood Institute multisite 3-year cohort study conducted to investigate mechanisms of severe asthma. The sample included 188 children (111 severe, 77 nonsevere) and 526 adults (313 severe, 213 nonsevere) characterized for demographic features, symptoms, health care utilization, lung function, and inflammatory markers compared by age and severity. Results: Compared with children with nonsevere asthma, children with severe asthma had more symptoms and more historical exacerbations, but no difference in body weight, post-bronchodilator lung function, or inflammatory markers. After childhood, and increasing with age, the cohort had a higher proportion of women, less allergen sensitization, and overall fewer blood eosinophils. Enrollment of participants with severe asthma was highest in middle-aged adults, who were older, more obese, with greater airflow limitation and higher blood eosinophils, but less allergen sensitization than adults with nonsevere asthma. Conclusions: The phenotypic features of asthma differ by severity and with advancing age. With advancing age, patients with severe asthma are more obese, have greater airflow limitation, less allergen sensitization, and variable type 2 inflammation. Novel mechanisms besides type 2 inflammatory pathways may inform the severe asthma phenotype with advancing age.

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Use of high-resolution metabolomics for the identification of metabolic signals associated with traffic-related air pollution

by Donghai Liang; Jennifer L. Moutinho; Rachel Golan; Tianwei Yu; Chandresh N. Ladva; Megan Niedzwiecki; Douglas Walker; Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat; Howard Chang; Roby Greenwald; Dean P Jones; Armistead G. Russell; Jeremy Sarnat

2018

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  • Biology, Ecology
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Background: High-resolution metabolomics (HRM) is emerging as a sensitive tool for measuring environmental exposures and biological responses. The aim of this analysis is to assess the ability of high-resolution metabolomics (HRM) to reflect internal exposures to complex traffic-related air pollution mixtures. Methods: We used untargeted HRM profiling to characterize plasma and saliva collected from participants in the Dorm Room Inhalation to Vehicle Emission (DRIVE) study to identify metabolic pathways associated with traffic emission exposures. We measured a suite of traffic-related pollutants at multiple ambient and indoor sites at varying distances from a major highway artery for 12 weeks in 2014. In parallel, 54 students living in dormitories near (20 m) or far (1.4 km) from the highway contributed plasma and saliva samples. Untargeted HRM profiling was completed for both plasma and saliva samples; metabolite and metabolic pathway alternations were evaluated using a metabolome-wide association study (MWAS) framework with pathway analyses. Results: Weekly levels of traffic pollutants were significantly higher at the near dorm when compared to the far dorm (p < 0.05 for all pollutants). In total, 20,766 metabolic features were extracted from plasma samples and 29,013 from saliva samples. 45% of features were detected and shared in both plasma and saliva samples. 1291 unique metabolic features were significantly associated with at least one or more traffic indicator, including black carbon, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides and fine particulate matter (p < 0.05 for all significant features), after controlling for confounding and false discovery rate. Pathway analysis of metabolic features associated with traffic exposure indicated elicitation of inflammatory and oxidative stress related pathways, including leukotriene and vitamin E metabolism. We confirmed the chemical identities of 10 metabolites associated with traffic pollutants, including arginine, histidine, γ‑linolenic acid, and hypoxanthine. Conclusions: Using HRM, we identified and verified biological perturbations associated with primary traffic pollutant in panel-based setting with repeated measurement. Observed response was consistent with endogenous metabolic signaling related to oxidative stress, inflammation, and nucleic acid damage and repair. Collectively, the current findings provide support for the use of untargeted HRM in the development of metabolic biomarkers of traffic pollution exposure and response.

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Asthma in Sickle Cell Disease

by Manisha Newaskar; Karen A. Hardy; Claudia R. Morris

2011

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  • Health Sciences, General
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In recent years, evidence has increased that asthma predisposes to complications of sickle cell disease (SCD), such as pain crises, acute chest syndrome, pulmonary hypertension, and stroke, and is associated with increased mortality. An obstructive pattern of pulmonary function, along with a higher-than-expected prevalence of airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR) when compared to the general population, has led some researchers to suspect that underlying hemolysis may contribute to the development of a pulmonary disease similar to asthma in patients with SCD. While the pathophysiologic mechanism in atopic asthma involves up-regulation of Th2 cytokines, mast cell- and eosinophil-driven inflammation, plus increased activity of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and arginase in airway epithelium resulting in obstructive changes and AHR, the exact mechanisms of AHR, obstructive and restrictive lung disease in SCD is unclear. It is known that SCD is associated with a proinflammatory state and an enhanced inflammatory response is seen during vaso-occlusive events (VOE). Hemolysis-driven acute-on-chronic inflammation and dysregulated arginine-nitric oxide metabolism are potential mechanisms by which pulmonary dysfunction could occur in patients with SCD. In patients with a genetic predisposition of atopic asthma, these changes are probably more severe and result in increased susceptibility to sickle cell complications. Early recognition and aggressive management of asthma based on established National Institutes of Health asthma guidelines is recommended in order to minimize morbidity and mortality.

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Nuclear Thioredoxin-1 Overexpression Attenuates Alcohol-Mediated Nrf2 Signaling and Lung Fibrosis

by Viranuj Sueblinvong; Stephen T. Mills; David Neujahr; Young-Mi Go Kang; Dean Jones; David Guidot

2016

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  • Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery
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Background: Alcohol abuse, which impairs antioxidant defenses and promotes acute lung injury, increases Nrf2 nuclear translocation but nevertheless inhibits its activation of the antioxidant response element (ARE). Thioredoxin-1 (Trx1) is required for optimal Nrf2 binding and activation of the ARE, and we hypothesized that its inhibition contributes to impaired Nrf2-ARE signaling in the alcoholic lung. Methods: Lung tissue and primary lung fibroblasts (PLFs) were isolated from C57/BL6 wild-type (WT) and transgenic mice overexpressing the human Trx1 gene with a nuclear localizing sequence (NLS-Tg); some mice consumed alcohol in water prior to lung tissue and PLF isolation; in some mice, acute lung injury was induced with intratracheal bleomycin. In other experiments, PLFs were isolated from WT and NLS-Tg mice and then exposed to alcohol. Finally, PLF isolated from WT mice were transfected with Trx1 expression vector containing either a cytosolic localized sequence (NES) or a nuclear localized sequence (NLS) prior to alcohol exposure. Results: Alcohol treatment in vivo or in vitro decreased Trx1 expression, and bleomycin-treated alcohol-fed mice had fibrotic disrepair in their lungs. In parallel, whereas alcohol exposure in vitro increased TGFβ1 expression and decreased Nrf2-ARE activity in PLF from WT mice, these effects were not observed in PLF from NLS-Tg mice. Finally, selective overexpression of Trx1 in the nucleus but not in the cytosol preserved Nrf2-ARE activity during alcohol exposure. Conclusions: Although alcohol-induced redox stress actually promotes Nrf2 nuclear translocation, the coincident suppression of Trx1 impairs Nrf2-ARE activity within the nuclear compartment. Nuclear overexpression of Trx1 restored Nrf2-ARE activity and attenuated alcohol-induced TGFβ1 expression and alcohol-induced exaggerate response to bleomycin-induced acute lung injury.

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Alcohol and the Lung

by Ashish Mehta; David M Guidot

2017

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Among the many organ systems affected by harmful alcohol use, the lungs are particularly susceptible to infections and injury. The mechanisms responsible for rendering people with alcohol use disorder (AUD) vulnerable to lung damage include alterations in host defenses of the upper and lower airways, disruption of alveolar epithelial barrier integrity, and alveolar macrophage immune dysfunction. Collectively, these derangements encompass what has been termed the "alcoholic lung" phenotype. Alcohol-related reductions in antioxidant levels also may contribute to lung disease in people with underlying AUD. In addition, researchers have identified several regulatory molecules that may play crucial roles in the alcohol-induced disease processes. Although there currently are no approved therapies to combat the detrimental effects of chronic alcohol consumption on the respiratory system, these molecules may be potential therapeutic targets to guide future investigation.

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Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Impairs Rat Alveolar Macrophage Phagocytosis via Disruption of RAGE Signaling

by Bashar S. Staitieh; Eduardo E. Egea; Adaugo Amah; Xian Fan; David M Guidot

2018

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Background: Alcohol significantly impairs antioxidant defenses and innate immune function in the lung and increases matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) activity. The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a well-characterized marker of lung injury that is cleaved by MMP-9 into soluble RAGE and has not yet been examined in the alcoholic lung. We hypothesized that chronic alcohol ingestion would impair RAGE signaling via MMP-9 in the alveolar macrophage and thereby impair innate immune function. Materials and Methods: Primary alveolar macrophages were isolated from control-fed or alcohol-fed rats. Real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), Western blotting, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were performed to evaluate RAGE expression. Silencing of MMP-9 ribonucleic acid (RNA) in a rat alveolar macrophage cell line was confirmed by qRT-PCR, and immunofluorescence (IF) was used to assess the association between alcohol, MMP-9, and RAGE. Phagocytosis was assessed using flow cytometry. Sulforaphane and glutathione were used to assess the relationship between oxidative stress and RAGE. Results: RAGE messenger RNA expression was significantly increased in the alveolar macrophages of alcohol-fed rats, but IF showed that membrane-bound RAGE protein expression was decreased. Lavage fluid demonstrated increased levels of soluble RAGE (sRAGE). Decreasing MMP-9 expression using si-MMP-9 abrogated the effects of alcohol on RAGE protein. Phagocytic function was suppressed by direct RAGE inhibition, and the impairment was reversed by antioxidant treatment. Conclusions: Chronic alcohol ingestion reduces RAGE protein expression and increases the amount of sRAGE in alveolar lavage fluid, likely via cleavage by MMP-9. In addition, it impairs phagocytic function. Antioxidants restore membrane-bound RAGE and phagocytic function.

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Correlation of the lung microbiota with metabolic profiles in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in HIV infection

by Sushma Cribbs; Karan Uppal; Shuzhao Li; Dean Jones; Alison Morris; Laurence Huang; Laura Tipton; Adam Fitch; Ruth M. Greenblatt; Lawrence Kingsley; David Guidot; Elodie Ghedin

2016

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  • Biology, Microbiology
  • Health Sciences, Pathology
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BACKGROUND: While 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequencing has been used to characterize the lung's bacterial microbiota in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals, taxonomic studies provide limited information on bacterial function and impact on the host. Metabolic profiles can provide functional information on host-microbe interactions in the lungs. We investigated the relationship between the respiratory microbiota and metabolic profiles in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected outpatients. RESULTS: Targeted sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene was used to analyze the bacterial community structure and liquid chromatography-high-resolution mass spectrometry was used to detect features in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Global integration of all metabolic features with microbial species was done using sparse partial least squares regression. Thirty-nine HIV-infected subjects and 20 HIV-uninfected controls without acute respiratory symptoms were enrolled. Twelve mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) features from C18 analysis were significantly different between HIV-infected individuals and controls (false discovery rate (FDR) = 0.2); another 79 features were identified by network analysis. Further metabolite analysis demonstrated that four features were significantly overrepresented in the bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid of HIV-infected individuals compared to HIV-uninfected, including cystine, two complex carbohydrates, and 3,5-dibromo-L-tyrosine. There were 231 m/z features significantly associated with peripheral blood CD4 cell counts identified using sparse partial least squares regression (sPLS) at a variable importance on projection (VIP) threshold of 2. Twenty-five percent of these 91 m/z features were associated with various microbial species. Bacteria from families Caulobacteraceae, Staphylococcaceae, Nocardioidaceae, and genus Streptococcus were associated with the greatest number of features. Glycerophospholipid and lineolate pathways correlated with these bacteria. CONCLUSIONS: In bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, specific metabolic profiles correlated with bacterial organisms known to play a role in the pathogenesis of pneumonia in HIV-infected individuals. These findings suggest that microbial communities and their interactions with the host may have functional metabolic impact in the lung.

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Synthetic secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (LGM2605) protects human lung in an ex vivo model of proton radiation damage

by Anastasia Velalopoulou; Shampa Chatterjee; Ralph A. Pietrofesa; Cynthia Koziol-White; Reynold A. Panettieri; Liyong Lin; Stephen Tuttle; Abigail Berman; Constantinos Koumenis; Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou

2017

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  • Health Sciences, Radiology
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Radiation therapy for the treatment of thoracic malignancies has improved significantly by directing of the proton beam in higher doses on the targeted tumor while normal tissues around the tumor receive much lower doses. Nevertheless, exposure of normal tissues to protons is known to pose a substantial risk in long-term survivors, as confirmed by our work in space-relevant exposures of murine lungs to proton radiation. Thus, radioprotective strategies are being sought. We established that LGM2605 is a potent protector from radiation-induced lung toxicity and aimed in the current study to extend the initial findings of space-relevant, proton radiation-associated late lung damage in mice by looking at acute changes in human lung. We used an ex vivo model of organ culture where tissue slices of donor living human lung were kept in culture and exposed to proton radiation. We exposed donor human lung precision-cut lung sections (huPCLS), pretreated with LGM2605, to 4 Gy proton radiation and evaluated them 30 min and 24 h later for gene expression changes relevant to inflammation, oxidative stress, and cell cycle arrest, and determined radiation-induced senescence, inflammation, and oxidative tissue damage. We identified an LGM2605-mediated reduction of proton radiation-induced cellular senescence and associated cell cycle changes, an associated proinflammatory phenotype, and associated oxidative tissue damage. This is a first report on the effects of proton radiation and of the radioprotective properties of LGM2605 on human lung.

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Severe Asthma in Children: Lessons Learned and Future Directions

by Anne Fitzpatrick

2016

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Severe asthma in children is a complicated and heterogeneous disorder that is extremely challenging to treat. Although most children with asthma derive clinical benefit from daily administration of low-to-medium-dose inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) therapy, a small subset of children with "severe" or "refractory" asthma require high doses of ICS and even systemic corticosteroids to maintain symptom control. These children with severe asthma are at increased risk for adverse outcomes including medication-related side effects and recurrent and life-threatening exacerbations that significantly impair quality of life. This review highlights findings on severe asthma in school-age children (age 6-17 years) from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's Severe Asthma Research Program (SARP) over a 10-year period, between 2001 and 2011. Although SARP has advanced knowledge of the unique clinical, biological, and molecular attributes of severe asthma in children, considerable gaps remain for which additional studies are needed.
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