Integrin αvβ5 regulates lung vascular permeability and pulmonary endothelial barrier function
Integrin αvβ5 regulates lung vascular permeability and pulmonary endothelial barrier function
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DOI:
10.1165/rcmb.2006-0238oc
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发表时间:
2007-03-01
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Pittet, Jean-Francois
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作者:
Su, George;Hodnett, Maki;Pittet, Jean-Francois
Increased lung vascular permeability is an important contributor to respiratory failure in acute lung injury (ALI). We found that a function-blocking antibody against the integrin alpha v beta 5 prevented development of lung vascular permeability in two different models of ALI: ischemia-reperfusion in rats (mediated by vascular endothelial growth factor [VEGF]) and ventilation-induced lung injury (VILI) in mice (mediated, at least in part, by transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta). Knockout mice homozygous for a null mutation of the integrin beta 5 subunit were also protected from lung vascular permeability in VILL In pulmonary endothelial cells, both the genetic absence and blocking of alpha v beta 5 prevented increases in monolayer permeability induced by VEGF, TGF-beta, and thrombin. Furthermore, actin stress fiber formation induced by each of these agonists was attenuated by blocking alpha v beta 5, suggesting that alpha v beta 5 regulates induced pulmonary endothelial permeability by facilitating interactions with the actin cytoskeleton. These results identify integrin alpha v beta 5 as a central regulator of increased pulmonary vascular permeability and a potentially attractive therapeutic target in ALI.