CXCR2 is critical to hyperoxia-induced lung injury |
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Authors: | Sue Richard D Belperio John A Burdick Marie D Murray Lynne A Xue Ying Ying Dy Maria C Kwon Jeffery J Keane Michael P Strieter Robert M |
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Institution: | Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. |
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Abstract: | Hyperoxia-induced lung injury is characterized by infiltration of activated neutrophils in conjunction with endothelial and epithelial cell injury, followed by fibrogenesis. Specific mechanisms recruiting neutrophils to the lung during hyperoxia-induced lung injury have not been fully elucidated. Because CXCL1 and CXCL2/3, acting through CXCR2, are potent neutrophil chemoattractants, we investigated their role in mediating hyperoxia-induced lung injury. Under variable concentrations of oxygen, murine survival during hyperoxia-induced lung injury was dose dependent. Eighty percent oxygen was associated with 50% mortality at 6 days, while greater oxygen concentrations were more lethal. Using 80% oxygen, we found that lungs harvested at day 6 demonstrated markedly increased neutrophil sequestration and lung injury. Expression of CXCR2 ligands paralleled neutrophil recruitment to the lung and CXCR2 mRNA expression. Inhibition of CXC chemokine ligands/CXCR2 interaction using CXCR2(-/-) mice exposed to hyperoxia significantly reduced neutrophil sequestration and lung injury, and led to a significant survival advantage as compared with CXCR2(+/+) mice. These findings demonstrate that CXC chemokine ligand/CXCR2 biological axis is critical during the pathogenesis of hyperoxia-induced lung injury. |
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