Hyaluronan fragments contribute to the ozone-primed immune response to lipopolysaccharide.
Journal Article (Journal Article)
Hyaluronan is a high-molecular mass component of pulmonary extracelluar matrix, and lung injury can generate a low-molecular mass hyaluronan (HA) fragment that functions as endogenous ligand to cell surface receptors CD44 and TLR4. This leads to activation of intracellular NF-κB signaling and proinflammatory cytokine production. Based on previous information that ozone exposure causes increased HA in bronchial alveolar lavage fluid and ozone pre-exposure primes immune response to inhaled LPS, we hypothesized that HA production during ozone exposure augments the inflammatory response to LPS. We demonstrate that acute ozone exposure at 1 part per million for 3 h primes the immune response to low-dose aerosolized LPS in C57BL/6J mice, resulting in increased neutrophil recruitment into the airspaces, increased levels of protein and proinflammatory cytokines in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and increased airway hyperresponsiveness. Intratracheal instillation of endotoxin-free HA (25 μg) enhances the biological response to inhaled LPS in a manner similar to ozone pre-exposure. In vitro studies using bone marrow-derived macrophages indicate that HA enhances LPS responses measured by TNF-α production, while immunofluorescence staining of murine alveolar macrophages demonstrates that HA induces TLR4 peripheralization and lipid raft colocalization. Collectively, our observations support that ozone primes macrophage responsiveness to low-dose LPS, in part, due to HA-induced TLR4 peripheralization in lung macrophages.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Li, Z; Potts, EN; Piantadosi, CA; Foster, WM; Hollingsworth, JW
Published Date
- December 1, 2010
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 185 / 11
Start / End Page
- 6891 - 6898
PubMed ID
- 21037098
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC3691842
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1550-6606
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.4049/jimmunol.1000283
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States