RRC ID 18539
著者 Lo S, Yuan SS, Hsu C, Cheng YJ, Chang YF, Hsueh HW, Lee PH, Hsieh YC.
タイトル Lc3 over-expression improves survival and attenuates lung injury through increasing autophagosomal clearance in septic mice.
ジャーナル Ann Surg
Abstract OBJECTIVE:To clarify the role of autophagy in sepsis-induced lung injury.
BACKGROUND:The role of autophagy as a protective or maladaptive response in lung cells during sepsis has not yet been determined. The lack of specificity of the autophagic process has driven the development of new approaches that assess autophagosomes from formation to fusion with lysosomes.
METHODS:Sepsis was induced by cecal ligation and puncture (CLP). The autophagic process was manipulated using the pharmacological inhibitors of the autophagy pathway. Green fluorescent protein (GFP)-microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 (LC3) transgenic mice were further used to determine the role of autophagy.
RESULTS:The formation of autophagosomal protein LC3-II progressively accumulated in the lungs over 24 hours after CLP, with the Lc3 gene expression returning to baseline levels at 24 hours. Autophagosome-lysosome fusion, however, gradually decreased from 8 to 24 hours after CLP, suggesting impaired clearance of autophagosomes rather than upregulation of autophagy in the septic lung. In contrast, transgenic mice overexpressing the Lc3 gene exhibited increased clearance of autophagosomes and improved survival after CLP. This protective effect was also seen in decreased cell death, inflammatory responses, neutrophil accumulation, albumin leakage, and edema formation. However, blockade of autophagosome-lysosome fusion with bafilomycin A1 abolished the protective effects in transgenic mice. This indicates that Lc3 transgene attenuates lung injury/inflammation in sepsis, possibly through increasing the clearance of autophagosomes.
CONCLUSIONS:Autophagy in the septic lung represents a protective response. However, autophagy, by virtue of excessive autophagosome accumulation, may play a maladaptive role in the late stage of sepsis, leading to acute lung injury.
巻・号 257(2)
ページ 352-63
公開日 2013-2-1
DOI 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318269d0e2
PMID 22968077
MeSH Animals Apoptosis / physiology Autophagy / immunology* Cell Death Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology Lung Injury / immunology Lung Injury / metabolism* Lung Injury / mortality* Lysosomes / physiology Macrolides / pharmacology Male Mice Mice, Transgenic Microtubule-Associated Proteins / metabolism* Vacuoles / ultrastructure
IF 10.13
引用数 65
WOS 分野 SURGERY
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC00806