Transgenic overexpression of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor in the lung prevents hyperoxic lung injury.
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serval:BIB_6214FF1DF625
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Title
Transgenic overexpression of granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor in the lung prevents hyperoxic lung injury.
Journal
American Journal of Pathology
ISSN
0002-9440
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2003
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
163
Number
6
Pages
2397-2406
Language
english
Abstract
Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) plays an important role in pulmonary homeostasis, with effects on both alveolar macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells. We hypothesized that overexpression of GM-CSF in the lung would protect mice from hyperoxic lung injury by limiting alveolar epithelial cell injury. Wild-type C57BL/6 mice and mutant mice in which GM-CSF was overexpressed in the lung under control of the SP-C promoter (SP-C-GM mice) were placed in >95% oxygen. Within 6 days, 100% of the wild-type mice had died, while 70% of the SP-C-GM mice remained alive after 10 days in hyperoxia. Histological assessment of the lungs at day 4 revealed less disruption of the alveolar wall in SP-C-GM mice compared to wild-type mice. The concentration of albumin in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid after 4 days in hyperoxia was significantly lower in SP-C-GM mice than in wild-type mice, indicating preservation of alveolar epithelial barrier properties in the SP-C-GM mice. Alveolar fluid clearance was preserved in SP-C-GM mice in hyperoxia, but decreased significantly in hyperoxia-exposed wild-type mice. Staining of lung tissue for caspase 3 demonstrated increased apoptosis in alveolar wall cells in wild-type mice in hyperoxia compared to mice in room air. In contrast, SP-C-GM mice exposed to hyperoxia demonstrated only modest increase in alveolar wall apoptosis compared to room air. Systemic treatment with GM-CSF (9 micro g/kg/day) during 4 days of hyperoxic exposure resulted in decreased apoptosis in the lungs compared to placebo. In studies using isolated murine type II alveolar epithelial cells, treatment with GM-CSF greatly reduced apoptosis in response to suspension culture. In conclusion, overexpression of GM-CSF enhances survival of mice in hyperoxia; this effect may be explained by preservation of alveolar epithelial barrier function and fluid clearance, at least in part because of reduction in hyperoxia-induced apoptosis of cells in the alveolar wall.
Keywords
Animals, Apoptosis/drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Epithelial Cells/drug effects, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/metabolism, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor/pharmacology, Hyperoxia/metabolism, Hyperoxia/pathology, Lung/metabolism, Lung/pathology, Lung Diseases/metabolism, Lung Diseases/pathology, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Pulmonary Alveoli/drug effects, Pulmonary Alveoli/metabolism, Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology, Serum Albumin/metabolism, Survival Analysis, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism
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