Targeted delivery of pulmonary arterial endothelial cells overexpressing interleukin-8 receptors attenuates monocrotaline-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling.
Targeted delivery of pulmonary arterial endothelial cells overexpressing interleukin-8 receptors attenuates monocrotaline-induced pulmonary vascular remodeling.
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10.1161/atvbaha.114.303821
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2014-07
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Xing DD
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Fu J;Chen YF;Zhao X;Creighton JR;Guo Y;Hage FG;Oparil S;Xing DD
Interleukin-8 (IL8) receptors IL8RA and IL8RB (ILRA/B) on neutrophil membranes bind to IL8 with high affinity and play a critical role in neutrophil recruitment to sites of injury and/or inflammation. This study tested the hypothesis that administration of rat pulmonary arterial endothelial cells (ECs) overexpressing IL8RA/B can accelerate the adhesion of ECs to the injured lung and inhibit monocrotaline (MCT)-induced pulmonary inflammation, arterial thickening and hypertension, and right ventricular (RV) hypertrophy. The treatment groups included 10-wk-old ovariectomized Sprague-Dawley rats that received s.c. injection of phosphate-buffered-saline (Vehicle); a single injection of MCT (MCT alone, 60 mg/kg, s.c.); MCT followed by i.v. transfusion of ECs transduced with the empty adenoviral vector (Null-EC); and MCT followed by i.v. transfusion of ECs overexpressing IL8RA/B (IL8RA/B-EC, 1.5×106 cells/rat). Two days or 4 wks after MCT treatment, eNOS, iNOS, CINC-2β (IL8 equivalent in rat) and MCP-1 expression; neutrophil and macrophage infiltration into pulmonary arterioles, and arteriolar and alveolar morphology were measured by histological and immunohistochemical techniques. Pro-inflammatory cytokine/chemokine protein levels were measured by Multiplexed rat specific magnetic beads based sandwich immunoassay in total lung homogenates. Transfusion of IL8RA/B-ECs significantly reduced MCT-induced neutrophil infiltration and pro-inflammatory mediator (IL-8, MCP-1, iNOS, CINC and MIP-2) expression in lungs and pulmonary arterioles and alveoli, pulmonary artery pressure, and pulmonary arteriole and RV hypertrophy and remodeling. These provocative findings suggest that targeted delivery of ECs overexpressing IL8RA/B is effective in repairing the injured pulmonary vasculature.