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ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 deficiency dysregulates host defense in the lung.
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ABSTRACT: Rationale
Mice with genetic deletion of the cholesterol efflux transporter, ATP-binding cassette (ABC) G1, have pulmonary lipidosis and chronic pulmonary inflammation. Whether ABCG1 regulates host defense is unknown.Objectives
To determine whether ABCG1 regulates pulmonary innate immunity and host defense, and to investigate the underlying molecular/cellular mechanisms.Methods
Abcg1(+/+) and Abcg1(-/-) mice were challenged with intrapulmonary lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Klebsiella pneumoniae, intravenous K. pneumoniae, or intraperitoneal LPS. Phenotypic responses were profiled. Bone marrow chimeras and in vitro assays were used to differentiate and characterize the role of hematopoietic versus nonhematopoietic ABCG1 in host defense.Measurements and main results
Unexposed Abcg1(-/-) mice had normal numbers of circulating neutrophils, but increased neutrophil recruitment to the airspace and lung parenchyma, and increased airspace cytokines and chemokines in the steady state. After intrapulmonary LPS or K. pneumoniae, Abcg1(-/-) mice displayed exaggerated further neutrophil recruitment to and degranulation in the airspace, and elevated airspace cytokine/chemokine induction. Alveolar macrophage ABCG1 was critical, as ABCG1 deficiency in hematopoietic cells was sufficient to enhance responses in vivo, and Abcg1(-/-) alveolar macrophages adopted a "foam cell" phenotype, and were hyperresponsive ex vivo. Pulmonary compartmentalization and clearance of K. pneumoniae were increased in Abcg1(-/-) mice, indicating enhanced host defense. By contrast, Abcg1(+/+) and Abcg1(-/-) mice had equivalent responses to intravenous K. pneumoniae and intraperitoneal LPS, suggesting that ABCG1 regulates innate immunity in a tissue-selective manner.Conclusions
Abcg1(-/-) mice have an enhanced pulmonary host defense response driven predominantly by hematopoietic cells.
SUBMITTER: Draper DW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2921600 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 deficiency dysregulates host defense in the lung.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 20100415 3
<h4>Rationale</h4>Mice with genetic deletion of the cholesterol efflux transporter, ATP-binding cassette (ABC) G1, have pulmonary lipidosis and chronic pulmonary inflammation. Whether ABCG1 regulates host defense is unknown.<h4>Objectives</h4>To determine whether ABCG1 regulates pulmonary innate immunity and host defense, and to investigate the underlying molecular/cellular mechanisms.<h4>Methods</h4>Abcg1(+/+) and Abcg1(-/-) mice were challenged with intrapulmonary lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or K ...[more]