Transcriptomic analysis in airway epithelial cells in HDM-sensitized STAT3-WT and STAT3-cKO mice
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ABSTRACT: Purpose: To elucidate the roles of airway epithelial STAT3 in allergic airway inflammation. Method: Doxycycline-induced airway epithelial cells-specific STAT3-deficient mice (STAT3-cKO) and their genetic control mice (STAT3-WT) were sensitized intratracheally twice with house dust mite (HDM) extract or PBS at a 7-day interval. Airway epithelial cells were isolated by a cell sorter 48 h after the last senstization. N=2 each. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, 206 transcripts showed differential expression between HDM-treated STAT3-WT and STAT3-cKO with adjusted p value <0.05.
Project description:Purpose: To elucidate the effects of SCD1 inhibitor in allergic airway inflammation. Method: Wild-type mice were sensitized intratracheally twice with house dust mite (HDM) extract at a 7-day interval. Along with that, an SCD-1 inhibitor, A939572 was also administered intraperitoneally daily. Airway epithelial cells were isolated by a cell sorter 48 h after the last senstization. N=2 each. Results: Using an optimized data analysis workflow, 385 transcripts showed differential expression between SCD1 inhibitor-treated mice and DMSO (vehicle)-treated mice with adjusted p value <0.05.
Project description:We have identified CD25high and CD25low ILC2 subsets in various mouse models of airway inflammation. Transcriptome analysis of acute IL-33 (CD25High) or chronic HDM (CD25Low) activated murine lung ILC2s suggests functional differences between these two ILC2 populations.
Project description:Airway inflammation and remodelling are key pathophysiologic features process in many respiratory conditions such as asthma. An intact epithelial cell layer is crucial to maintain lung homeostasis, and this depends on intercellular adhesion. The Coxsackievirus Adenovirus Receptor (CAR) is highly expressed in the epithelium where it modulates cell-cell adhesion stability and acts as a receptor for immune cells to facilitate transepithelial migration. Here we investigated the mechanistic role of CAR in mediating responses to the common aeroallergen House Dust Mite (HDM). We demonstrate that administration of HDM in mice lacking CAR in the respiratory epithelium leads to loss of peri-bronchial inflammatory cell infiltration, fewer goblet-cells, decreased IL-4 and IL-13 levels and reduced matrix remodelling. In vitro analysis in human lung epithelial cells confirmed that loss of CAR led to reduced HDM-dependent inflammatory cytokine release leading to reduced inflammatory cell transmigration. Moreover, CAR was required for HDM-induced TGF release leading to enhanced airway smooth muscle cell proliferation and matrix production. Our data demonstrates that CAR is a novel central co-ordinator of lung inflammation through a dual role in leukocyte recruitment and tissue remodelling and may represent an important target for future therapeutic development in lung inflammatory diseases.
Project description:A common response to physiological duress is the hepatic acute phase response, a process during which the expression of many genes is altered in the liver. Amongst these transcripts are those encoding acute phase proteins, defined as circulating proteins with significantly changed concentrations during an acute phase response. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of STAT3 on hepatic gene changes including but not limited to acute phase proteins during bacterial pneumonia. Using the Cre-LoxP system, mice were generated with functional deletion of STAT3 in hepatocytes. In mutant mice, Cre-recombinase was expressed under transcriptional control of an albumin promoter in the presence of homozygous floxed alleles for STAT3. Wild-type control mice lacked the Cre-recombinase transgene. Microarray analysis was performed on liver RNA collected from both genotypes of mice in the absence and presence of pneumococcal pneumonia. RNA from 2 separate groups of mice (3 mice per group) was analyzed: 1) Control mice infected intratracheally for 24h with 10^6 CFU of Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotype 3); and 2) Mutant mice infected intratracheally for 24h with 10^6 CFU of Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotype 3).
Project description:A common response to physiological duress is the hepatic acute phase response, a process during which the expression of many genes is altered in the liver. Amongst these transcripts are those encoding acute phase proteins, defined as circulating proteins with significantly changed concentrations during an acute phase response. The goal of this study was to determine the influence of two transcription factors, STAT3 and NF-kappaB p65 (RelA), on hepatic gene changes including but not limited to acute phase proteins during bacterial pneumonia. Using the Cre-LoxP system, mice were generated with combined functional deletions of both STAT3 and RelA in hepatocytes. In mutant mice, Cre-recombinase was expressed under transcriptional control of an albumin promoter in the presence of homozygous floxed alleles for both STAT3 and RelA. Wild-type control mice lacked the Cre-recombinase transgene. Microarray analysis was performed on liver RNA collected from both genotypes of mice in the absence and presence of pneumococcal pneumonia. RNA from 4 separate groups of mice (3 mice per group) was analyzed: 1) Uninfected wild-type control mice; 2) Uninfected mutant mice lacking liver STAT3 and RelA; 3) Control mice infected intratracheally for 24h with 10^6 CFU of Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotype 3); and 4) Mutant mice infected intratracheally for 24h with 10^6 CFU of Streptococcus pneumoniae (serotype 3).
Project description:The aim of this study was to investigate differential expression in a house dust mite (HDM) exposure model of asthma in rhesus macaques. HDM sensitization was performed by subcutaneous injection of HDM followed by intranasal HDM for 2-3 hours twice a week.
Project description:Background: A specific subset of regulatory IL-10 producing B cells has been extensively studied in autoimmune and inflammatory pathologies. These cells are able to constrain exacerbated inflammation by inhibiting T cell mediated responses and maturation of antigen presenting cells. In allergic diseases, observations that increase of regulatory B cells is necessary for allergen tolerance suggest that development of allergic asthma would be associated with a defect in the regulatory B cells compartment. Objective: We sought to (i) characterize regulatory IL-10+ regulatory B cell subset in Balb/c mice by microarray and flow cytometry and (ii) investigate their regulatory capacity in vivo in a house dust mite model of allergic asthma. Results: We identified an IL-10 producing B cells subset able to control T cell proliferation in vitro in both control and asthmatic mice. This subset is decreased in allergic mice. IL-10+ Breg cells express high levels of CD9 and upregulate CD70 and CD73 after activation. Expression of CD9 allows identifying more than 50% of Bregs. Interestingly CD9+ B cells inhibit TH2-TH17 allergic airway inflammation in vivo after adoptive transfer in an IL-10 dependent manner. Conclusions: Herein, we demonstrate that induction of allergic asthma dampens the generation of Bregs contributing to exacerbated airway inflammation. We identified a distinct CD9+ Breg-cell population decreased in lung of HDM mice and able to control asthma and allergic airway inflammation by producing IL-10 after adoptive transfer. This study points B cells as an interesting therapeutic target in allergic asthma. IL-10+ B cells (n=3) and 3 IL-10- B cells (n=3) in control mice + IL-10+ B cells (n=3) and 3 IL-10- B cells (n=3) from asthmatic allergic (HDM) mice