The Epithelial Anion Transporter Pendrin Is Induced by Allergy and Rhinovirus Infection, Regulates Airway Surface Liquid, and Increases Airway Reactivity and Inflammation in an Asthma Model
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- Yasuhiro Nakagami
- *Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine,
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- Silvio Favoreto
- §Division of Allergy-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611; and
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- Guohua Zhen
- *Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine,
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- Sung-Woo Park
- *Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine,
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- Louis T. Nguyenvu
- *Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine,
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- Douglas A. Kuperman
- §Division of Allergy-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611; and
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- Gregory M. Dolganov
- ¶Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford Medical School, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Xiaozhu Huang
- *Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine,
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- Homer A. Boushey
- †Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, and
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- Pedro C. Avila
- §Division of Allergy-Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611; and
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- David J. Erle
- *Lung Biology Center, Department of Medicine,
説明
<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>Asthma exacerbations can be triggered by viral infections or allergens. The Th2 cytokines IL-13 and IL-4 are produced during allergic responses and cause increases in airway epithelial cell mucus and electrolyte and water secretion into the airway surface liquid (ASL). Since ASL dehydration can cause airway inflammation and obstruction, ion transporters could play a role in pathogenesis of asthma exacerbations. We previously reported that expression of the epithelial cell anion transporter pendrin is markedly increased in response to IL-13. Herein we show that pendrin plays a role in allergic airway disease and in regulation of ASL thickness. Pendrin-deficient mice had less allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity and inflammation than did control mice, although other aspects of the Th2 response were preserved. In cultures of IL-13-stimulated mouse tracheal epithelial cells, pendrin deficiency caused an increase in ASL thickness, suggesting that reductions in allergen-induced hyperreactivity and inflammation in pendrin-deficient mice result from improved ASL hydration. To determine whether pendrin might also play a role in virus-induced exacerbations of asthma, we measured pendrin mRNA expression in human subjects with naturally occurring common colds caused by rhinovirus and found a 4.9-fold increase in mean expression during colds. Studies of cultured human bronchial epithelial cells indicated that this increase could be explained by the combined effects of rhinovirus and IFN-γ, a Th1 cytokine induced during virus infection. We conclude that pendrin regulates ASL thickness and may be an important contributor to asthma exacerbations induced by viral infections or allergens.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- The Journal of Immunology
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The Journal of Immunology 181 (3), 2203-2210, 2008-08-01
The American Association of Immunologists