Progranulin Plays a Central Role in Host Defense during Sepsis by Promoting Macrophage Recruitment
Progranulin Plays a Central Role in Host Defense during Sepsis by Promoting Macrophage Recruitment
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颗粒体蛋白前体通过促进巨噬细胞募集在脓毒症期间的宿主防御中发挥核心作用。
DOI:
10.1164/rccm.201601-0056oc
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发表时间:
2016-11-15
影响因子:
24.7
通讯作者:
Cao, Ju
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作者:
Song, Zhixin;Zhang, Xuemei;Cao, Ju
Rationale: Progranulin, a widely expressed protein, has multiple physiological functions. The functional role of progranulin in the host response to sepsis remains unknown.Objectives: To assess the role of progranulin in the host response to sepsis.Methods: Effects of progranulin on host response to sepsis were determined.Measurements and Main Results: Progranulin concentrations were significantly elevated in adult (n = 74) and pediatric (n = 26) patients with sepsis relative to corresponding healthy adult (n = 36) and pediatric (n = 17) control subjects, respectively. By using a low lethality model of nonsevere sepsis, we observed that progranulin deficiency not only increased mortality but also decreased bacterial clearance during sepsis. The decreased host defense to sepsis in progranulin-deficient mice was associated with reduced macrophage recruitment, with correspondingly impaired chemokine CC receptor ligand 2 (CCL2) production in peritoneal lavages during the early phase of sepsis. Progranulin derived from hematopoietic cells contributed to host defense in sepsis. Therapeutic administration of recombinant progranulin not only rescued impaired host defense in progranulin-deficient mice after nonsevere sepsis but also protected wild-type mice against a high-lethality model of severe sepsis. Progranulin-mediated protection against sepsis was closely linked to improved peritoneal macrophage recruitment. In addition, CCL2 treatment of progranulin-deficient mice improved survival and decreased peritoneal bacterial loads during sepsis, at least in part through promotion of peritoneal macrophage recruitment.Conclusions: This proof-of-concept study supports a central role of progranulin-dependent macrophage recruitment in host defense to sepsis, opening new opportunities to host-directed therapeutic strategy that manipulate host immune response in the treatment of sepsis.