Critical Role of SerpinB1 in Regulating Inflammatory Responses in Pulmonary Influenza Infection
Critical Role of SerpinB1 in Regulating Inflammatory Responses in Pulmonary Influenza Infection
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DOI:
10.1093/infdis/jir352
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发表时间:
2011-08-15
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
Remold-O'Donnell, Eileen
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作者:
Gong, Dapeng;Farley, Kalamo;Remold-O'Donnell, Eileen
Background. Excessive inflammatory host response increases morbidity and mortality associated with seasonal respiratory influenza, and highly pathogenic virus strains are characterized by massive infiltration of monocytes and/or macrophages that produce a storm of injurious cytokines.Methods. Here, we examined the role in respiratory influenza of serpinB1, an endogenous inhibitor of the serine proteases elastase, cathepsin G, and proteinase-3, increasingly recognized as regulators of inflammation.Results. After challenge with high-dose surfactant protein-D (SP-D)-sensitive influenza A/Philadelphia/82 (H3N2), serpinB1(-/-) mice died earlier and in greater numbers than did wild-type mice. Sublethally infected animals suffered increased morbidity, delayed resolution of epithelial injury, and increased immune cell death. Viral clearance and SP-D/SP-A upregulation were unimpaired and so were early virus-induced cytokine and chemokine burst and influx of large numbers of neutrophils and monocytes. Whereas initial cytokines and chemokines rapidly cleared in wild-type mice, TNF-alpha, IL-6, KC/CXCL1, G-CSF, IL-17A, and MCP-1/CCL2 remained elevated in serpinB1(-/-) mice. Monocyte-derived cells were the dominant immune cells in influenza-infected lungs, and those from serpinB1(-/-) mice produced excessive IL-6 and TNF-alpha when tested ex vivo. Pulmonary gamma delta T-cells that produced IL-17A were also increased.Conclusions. Because viral clearance was unimpaired, the study highlights the critical role of serpinB1 in mitigating inflammation and restricting pro-inflammatory cytokine production in influenza infection.