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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
Ceramide accumulation mediates the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive lung diseases. Although an association between lack of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) and ceramide accumulation has been described, it is unclear how membrane-CFTR may modulate ceramide signaling in lung injury and emphysema. Cftr(+/+) and Cftr(-/-) mice and cells were used to evaluate the CFTR-dependent ceramide signaling in lung injury. Lung tissue from control and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients was used to verify the role of CFTR-dependent ceramide signaling in pathogenesis of chronic emphysema. Our data reveal that CFTR expression inversely correlates with severity of emphysema and ceramide accumulation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease subjects compared with control subjects. We found that chemical inhibition of de novo ceramide synthesis controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa-LPS-induced lung injury in Cftr(+/+) mice, whereas its efficacy was significantly lower in Cftr(-/-) mice, indicating that membrane-CFTR is required for controlling lipid-raft ceramide levels. Inhibition of membrane-ceramide release showed enhanced protective effect in controlling P. aeruginosa-LPS-induced lung injury in Cftr(-/-) mice compared with that in Cftr(+/+) mice, confirming our observation that CFTR regulates lipid-raft ceramide levels and signaling. Our results indicate that inhibition of de novo ceramide synthesis may be effective in disease states with low CFTR expression like emphysema and chronic lung injury but not in complete absence of lipid-raft CFTR as in ?F508-cystic fibrosis. In contrast, inhibiting membrane-ceramide release has the potential of a more effective drug candidate for ?F508-cystic fibrosis but may not be effectual in treating lung injury and emphysema. Our data demonstrate the critical role of membrane-localized CFTR in regulating ceramide accumulation and inflammatory signaling in lung injury and emphysema.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1550-6606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
602-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Acute Lung Injury, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Ceramides, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-HEK293 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Membrane Microdomains, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Mice, Inbred CFTR, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Pulmonary Emphysema, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Severity of Illness Index, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:21135173-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Critical modifier role of membrane-cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator-dependent ceramide signaling in lung injury and emphysema.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural