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Airway Epithelium Controls Lung Inflammation and Injury through the NF-κB Pathway
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Cheng, Dong-Sheng Han, Wei Chen, Sabrina M. Sherrill, Taylor P. Chont, Melissa Park, Gye-Young Sheller, James R. Polosukhin, Vasiliy V. Christman, John W. Yull, Fiona E. Blackwell, Timothy S. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Description | Although airway epithelial cells provide important barrier and host defense functions, a crucial role for these cells in development of acute lung inflammation and injury has not been elucidated. We investigated whether NF-κB pathway signaling in airway epithelium could decisively impact inflammatory phenotypes in the lungs by using a tetracycline-inducible system to achieve selective NF-κB activation or inhibition in vivo. In transgenic mice that express a constitutively active form of IκB kinase 2 under control of the epithelial-specific CC10 promoter, treatment with doxycycline induced NF-κB activation with consequent production of a variety of proinflammatory cytokines, high-protein pulmonary edema, and neutrophilic lung inflammation. Continued treatment with doxycycline caused progressive lung injury and hypoxemia with a high mortality rate. In contrast, inducible expression of a dominant inhibitor of NF-κB in airway epithelium prevented lung inflammation and injury resulting from expression of constitutively active form of IκB kinase 2 or Escherichia coli LPS delivered directly to the airways or systemically via an osmotic pump implanted in the peritoneal cavity. Our findings indicate that the NF-κB pathway in airway epithelial cells is critical for generation of lung inflammation and injury in response to local and systemic stimuli; therefore, targeting inflammatory pathways in airway epithelium could prove to be an effective therapeutic strategy for inflammatory lung diseases. |
| Ending Page | 6513 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| Starting Page | 6504 |
| ISSN | 00221767 |
| e-ISSN | 15506606 |
| DOI | 10.4049/jimmunol.178.10.6504 |
| Journal | The Journal of Immunology |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Volume Number | 178 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The American Association of Immunologists |
| Publisher Date | 2007-05-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lung Inflammation Nf Κb Airway Epithelial Cells Iκb Kinase |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Immunology and Allergy Immunology |