scholarly journals NADPH Oxidase 4 Signaling in a Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury Mouse Model

Author(s):  
Sang Hoon Lee ◽  
Mi Hwa Shin ◽  
Ah Young Leem ◽  
Su Hwan Lee ◽  
Kyung Soo Chung ◽  
...  

Abstract BackgroundFor patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a ventilator is essential to supply oxygen to tissues, but it may also cause lung damage. In this study, we investigated the role of NOX4 in lung injury using NOX4 knockout (KO) mice and NOX4 inhibitors in a ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) model.MethodsWild-type male C57BL/6J mice and NOX4 KO male mice were divided into five groups: (1) control group: wild-type (WT) mice + non-ventilator; (2) high tidal ventilation (HTV) group: WT mice + HTV; (3) NOX4 KO group: NOX4 KO + non-ventilator; (4) NOX4 KO with HTV group: NOX4 KO mice + HTV; (5) NOX4 inhibitor group: WT mice + HTV + post-treatment (anti-GKT 137831 inhibitor). In the VILI model, the supine position was maintained at 24 mL/kg volume, 0 cm H2O PEEP, 100/min respiratory rate, and 0.21 inspired oxygen fraction. In the NOX4 inhibitor group, 50 μL anti-GKT 137831 inhibitor was injected intraperitoneally, 2 h after ventilator use. After 5 h of HTV, mice in the ventilator group were euthanized, and their lung tissues were obtained for further analysis. In addition, the relationship between EphA2 (which is related to lung injury) and NOX4 was investigated using EphA2 KO mice, and NOX4 levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 38 patients with pneumonia were examined.ResultsCell counts from BALFs were significantly lower (p<0.01) in the NOX4 KO with HTV group compared to that in the HTV group. In the NOX4 inhibitor group, cell counts and protein concentrations were significantly lower than those in the HTV group (both, p<0.001). In the NOX4 KO mouse group and the NOX4 inhibitor group, EphA2 levels were significantly lower than those in the HTV group (both, p<0.001). In patients with respiratory disease, NOX4 levels were significantly higher in patients with pneumonia and patients who received ventilator treatment in the intensive care unit.ConclusionsIn the VILI model, NOX4 expression is significantly associated with Eph-ephrin signaling. It may be possible to block VILI using NOX4 antibodies.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Hoon Lee ◽  
Mi Hwa Shin ◽  
Ah Young Leem ◽  
Su Hwan Lee ◽  
Kyung Soo Chung ◽  
...  

Abstract For patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, a ventilator is essential to supply oxygen to tissues, but it may also cause lung damage. We investigated the role of NOX4 in a ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) model.Wild-type (WT) male C57BL/6J mice and NOX4 knockout (KO) male mice were divided into five groups: (1) control group; (2) high tidal ventilation (HTV) group: WT mice + HTV; (3) NOX4 KO group; (4) NOX4 KO with HTV group; (5) NOX4 inhibitor group: WT mice + HTV + NOX4 inhibitor. In addition, the relationship between EphA2 (which is related to lung injury) and NOX4 was investigated using EphA2 KO mice, and NOX4 levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 38 patients with pneumonia were examined.In the NOX4 inhibitor group, cell counts and protein concentrations from BALF were significantly lower than those in the HTV group (both, p<0.001). In the NOX4 KO group and the NOX4 inhibitor group, EphA2 levels were significantly lower than those in the HTV group (p<0.001). NOX4 levels were significantly higher in patients with pneumonia and patients who received ventilator treatment in the ICU.In the VILI model, it may be possible to block VILI using NOX4 antibodies.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Hoon Lee ◽  
Mi Hwa Shin ◽  
Ah Young Leem ◽  
Su Hwan Lee ◽  
Kyung Soo Chung ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: For patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, a ventilator is essential to supply oxygen to tissues, but it may also cause lung damage. In this study, we investigated the role of NOX4 using NOX4 knockout (KO) mice and NOX4 inhibitors in a ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) model.Methods: Wild-type (WT) male C57BL/6J mice and NOX4 knockout (KO) male mice were divided into five groups: (1) control group; (2) high tidal ventilation (HTV) group: WT mice + HTV; (3) NOX4 KO group; (4) NOX4 KO with HTV group; (5) NOX4 inhibitor group: WT mice + HTV + NOX4 inhibitor. In the VILI model, the supine position was maintained at 24 mL/kg volume, 0 cm H2O PEEP, 100/min respiratory rate, and 0.21 inspired oxygen fraction. In the NOX4 inhibitor group, 50 μL anti-GKT 137831 inhibitor was injected intraperitoneally, 2 h after ventilator use. After 5 h of HTV, mice in the ventilator group were euthanized, and their lung tissues were obtained for further analysis. In addition, the relationship between EphA2 (which is related to lung injury) and NOX4 was investigated using EphA2 KO mice, and NOX4 levels in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of 38 patients with pneumonia were examined.Results: Cell counts from BALFs were significantly lower (p<0.01) in the NOX4 KO with HTV group compared to that in the HTV group. In the NOX4 inhibitor group, cell counts and protein concentrations from BALF were significantly lower than those in the HTV group (both, p<0.001). In the NOX4 KO group and the NOX4 inhibitor group, EphA2 levels were significantly lower than those in the HTV group (p<0.001). In patients with respiratory disease, NOX4 levels were significantly higher in patients with pneumonia and patients who received ventilator treatment in the intensive care unit.Conclusion: NOX4 levels were significantly higher in patients with pneumonia and patients who received ventilator treatment in the ICU. In the VILI model, it may be possible to block VILI using NOX4 antibodies.


1992 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 1320-1325 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Davis ◽  
J. Whitin

To determine if prophylactic corticosteroids would prevent acute lung injury caused by hyperoxia and barotrauma, 29 piglets (1.2 +/- 0.3 kg, 1–2 days of age) were studied. Ten piglets were hyperventilated [arterial PCO2 (PaCO2) 15–20 Torr] with 100% O2 for 48 h and compared with 10 piglets treated with the identical management but given 0.7 mg/kg of dexamethasone at time 0 and every 12 h for the 48-h study. Six piglets were normally ventilated (PaCO2 40–45 Torr) for 48 h with 21% O2 as an additional control group. Pulmonary function and tracheal aspirates were examined at time 0 and every 24 h. Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed for surfactant analyses at the conclusion of the study. In animals treated with hyperoxia and hyperventilation, lung compliance decreased 32% and tracheal aspirate polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) chemotactic activity increased by 51%, cell counts by 204%, number of PMNs by 277%, elastase activity by 111%, and albumin concentration by 328% over 48 h (P less than 0.05). In contrast, dexamethasone-treated piglets had increases in only tracheal aspirate albumin concentration (206%) over the 48-h study. All cellular and biochemical variables were lower in dexamethasone-treated compared with hyperoxic hyperventilated piglets. Room air normal ventilation controls had only a 108% increase in tracheal aspirate albumin concentration noted. Despite quantitative differences in surfactant among the three groups, activity was unaffected. Results indicate that hyperoxia and hyperventilation for 48 h causes significant inflammatory changes and acute lung injury and that prophylactic high-dose dexamethasone significantly ameliorates this lung damage.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 1771
Author(s):  
Tzu-Hsiung Huang ◽  
Pin-Hui Fang ◽  
Jhy-Ming Li ◽  
Huan-Yuan Ling ◽  
Chieh-Mo Lin ◽  
...  

Mechanical ventilation is usually required for saving lives in critically ill patients; however, it can cause ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). As VEGF-secreting Ly6Chigh monocytes are involved in VILI pathogenesis, we investigated whether cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) activity regulates the recruitment of VEGF-secreting Ly6Chigh monocytes during VILI. The clinically relevant two-hit mouse model of VILI, which involves the intravenous injection of lipopolysaccharide prior to high tidal volume (HTV)-mechanical ventilation, was used in this study. To investigate the role of COX-2 in the recruitment of VEGF-secreting Ly6Chigh monocytes during VILI, celecoxib, which is a clinical COX-2 inhibitor, was administered 1 h prior to HTV-mechanical ventilation. Pulmonary vascular permeability and leakage, inflammatory leukocyte infiltration, and lung oxygenation levels were measured to assess the severity of VILI. HTV-mechanical ventilation significantly increased the recruitment of COX-2-expressing Ly6Chigh, but not Ly6Clow, monocytes. Celecoxib significantly diminished the recruitment of Ly6Chigh monocytes, attenuated the levels of VEGF and total protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and restored pulmonary oxygenation during VILI. Our findings demonstrate that COX-2 activity is important in the recruitment of VEGF-secreting Ly6Chigh monocytes, which are involved in VILI pathogenesis, and indicate that the suppression of COX-2 activity might be a useful strategy in mitigating VILI.


2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Fonseca dos Reis ◽  
Maycon de Moura Reboredo ◽  
Leda Marília Fonseca Lucinda ◽  
Aydra Mendes Almeida Bianchi ◽  
Maria Aparecida Esteves Rabelo ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate the effects that administering dexamethasone before the induction of ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) has on the temporal evolution of that injury. Methods: Wistar rats were allocated to one of three groups: pre-VILI administration of dexamethasone (dexamethasone group); pre-VILI administration of saline (control group); or ventilation only (sham group). The VILI was induced by ventilation at a high tidal volume. Animals in the dexamethasone and control groups were euthanized at 0, 4, 24, and 168 h after VILI induction. We analyzed arterial blood gases, lung edema, cell counts (total and differential) in the BAL fluid, and lung histology. Results: At 0, 4, and 24 h after VILI induction, acute lung injury (ALI) scores were higher in the control group than in the sham group (p < 0.05). Administration of dexamethasone prior to VILI induction decreased the severity of the lung injury. At 4 h and 24 h after induction, the ALI score in the dexamethasone group was not significantly different from that observed for the sham group and was lower than that observed for the control group (p < 0.05). Neutrophil counts in BAL fluid were increased in the control and dexamethasone groups, peaking at 4 h after VILI induction (p < 0.05). However, the neutrophil counts were lower in the dexamethasone group than in the control group at 4 h and 24 h after induction (p < 0.05). Pre-treatment with dexamethasone also prevented the post-induction oxygenation impairment seen in the control group. Conclusions: Administration of dexamethasone prior to VILI induction attenuates the effects of the injury in Wistar rats. The molecular mechanisms of such injury and the possible clinical role of corticosteroids in VILI have yet to be elucidated.


Antioxidants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 925
Author(s):  
Aron B. Fisher ◽  
Chandra Dodia ◽  
Shampa Chatterjee

Ventilator induced lung injury (VILI) is a lung injury syndrome associated with mechanical ventilation, most frequently for treatment of Acute Lung Injury (ALI), and generally secondary to the use of greater than physiologic tidal volumes. To reproduce this syndrome experimentally, C57Bl/6 mice were intubated and ventilated with low (4 mL/Kg body weight) or high (12 mL/Kg) tidal volume for 6 h. Lung parameters with low volume ventilation were unchanged from non-ventilated (control) mice. High tidal volume ventilation resulted in marked lung injury with increased neutrophils in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) indicating lung inflammation, increase in both protein in BALF and lung dry/wet weight indicating lung edema, increased lung thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), and 8-isoprostanes indicating lung lipid peroxidation, and increased lung protein carbonyls indicating protein oxidation. Either intratracheal or intravenous pretreatment of mice with a 9 amino acid peptide called peroxiredoxin 6 inhibitor peptide-2 (PIP-2) significantly reduced all parameters of lung injury by ~50–80%. PIP-2 inhibits NADPH oxidase type 2 (NOX2) activation. We propose that PIP-2 does not affect the mechanically induced lung damage component of VILI but does significantly reduce the secondary inflammatory component.


1994 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 539-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Matsuoka ◽  
T. Kawano ◽  
K. Miyasaka

Granulocytes were collected from the lung lavage fluid of surfactant-depleted rabbits to assess the relationship between granulocyte-related lung injury and ventilatory mode. The number of lavaged granulocytes was determined after 2 and 4 h of conventional mechanical ventilation (2CMV and 4CMV, respectively) or high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (2HFO and 4HFO, respectively). Stimulated respiratory bursts were assayed by luminol-dependent chemiluminescence (LDCL) with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (FMLP) stimulation in four groups of rabbits. The number of lavaged granulocytes significantly increased with ventilatory duration in the CMV mode but not in the HFO mode. Meanwhile, peak LDCL response value with FMLP stimulation in 4CMV was substantially lower than values in the other three groups. The decrease in the granulocyte LDCL response in 4CMV suggests oxygen metabolite exhaustion in the cells. CMV increasingly induced the accumulation of granulocytes with activated respiratory bursts in the alveolar spaces with ventilatory duration. HFO did not cause granulocyte accumulation, nor did it impair granulocyte function. The results suggest that HFO is useful for the prevention of lung injury related to activated granulocytes.


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Woo Hyun Cho ◽  
Yun Hak Kim ◽  
Hye Jin Heo ◽  
Dohyung Kim ◽  
Tae Won Kwak ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Ginsenosides have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory features. This study aimed to evaluate the biologic effects of ginsenoside Rb2 pretreatment on ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI) in rats. Methods Rats were divided into four groups with 12 rats per group: control; low tidal volume (TV), TV of 6 mL/kg, VILI, TV of 20 mL/kg, positive end-expiratory pressure of 5 cm H2O, and respiratory rate of 60 breaths per minute for 3 h at an inspiratory oxygen fraction of 0.21; and ginsenosides, treated the same as the VILI group but with 20 mg/kg intraperitoneal ginsenoside pretreatment. Morphology was observed with a microscope to confirm the VILI model. Wet-to-dry weight ratios, protein concentrations, and pro-inflammatory cytokines in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were measured. RNA sequencing of the lung tissues was conducted to analyze gene expression. Results High TV histologically induced VILI with alveolar edema and infiltration of inflammatory cells. Ginsenosides pretreatment significantly reduced the histologic lung injury score compared to the VILI group. Wet-to-dry weight ratios, malondialdehyde, and TNF-α in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid were significantly higher in the VILI group and ginsenoside pretreatment mitigated these effects. In the immunohistochemistry assay, ginsenoside pretreatment attenuated the TNF-α upregulation induced by VILI. We identified 823 genes differentially presented in the VILI group compared to the control group. Of the 823 genes, only 13 genes (Arrdc2, Cygb, Exnef, Lcn2, Mroh7, Nsf, Rexo2, Srp9, Tead3, Ephb6, Mvd, Sytl4, and Ube2l6) recovered to control levels in the ginsenoside group. Conclusions Ginsenosides inhibited the inflammatory and oxidative stress response in VILI. Further studies are required on the 13 genes, including LCN2.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Yaser H.A. Elewa ◽  
Osamu Ichii ◽  
Teppei Nakamura ◽  
Yasuhiro Kon

Diabetes is a devastating global health problem and is considered a predisposing factor for lung injury progression. Furthermore, previous reports of the authors revealed the role of mediastinal fat-associated lymphoid clusters (MFALCs) in advancing respiratory diseases. However, no reports concerning the role of MFALCs on the development of lung injury in diabetes have been published. Therefore, this study aimed to examine the correlations between diabetes and the development of MFALCs and the progression of lung injury in a streptozotocin-induced diabetic mouse model. Furthermore, immunohistochemical analysis for immune cells (CD3+ T-lymphocytes, B220+ B-lymphocytes, Iba1+ macrophages, and Gr1+ granulocytes), vessels markers (CD31+ endothelial cells and LYVE-1+ lymphatic vessels “LVs”), and inflammatory markers (TNF-α and IL-5) was performed. In comparison to the control group, the diabetic group showed lung injury development with a significant increase in MFALC size, immune cells, LVs, and inflammatory marker, and a considerable decrease of CD31+ endothelial cells in both lung and MFALCs was observed. Furthermore, the blood glucose level showed significant positive correlations with MFALCs size, lung injury, immune cells, inflammatory markers, and LYVE-1+ LVs in lungs and MFALCs. Thus, we suggest that the development of MFALCs and LVs could contribute to lung injury progression in diabetic conditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioanna Nikitopoulou ◽  
Ioanna Ninou ◽  
Nikolaos Manitsopoulos ◽  
Ioanna Dimopoulou ◽  
Stylianos E. Orfanos ◽  
...  

Abstract Background The pathophysiology of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) may eventually result in heterogeneous lung collapse and edema-flooded airways, predisposing the lung to progressive tissue damage known as ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). Autotaxin (ATX; ENPP2), the enzyme largely responsible for extracellular lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) production, has been suggested to play a pathogenic role in, among others, pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis. Methods C57BL/6 mice were subjected to low and high tidal volume mechanical ventilation using a small animal ventilator: respiratory mechanics were evaluated, and plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) samples were obtained. Total protein concentration was determined, and lung histopathology was further performed Results Injurious ventilation resulted in increased BALF levels of ATX. Genetic deletion of ATX from bronchial epithelial cells attenuated VILI-induced pulmonary edema. Conclusion ATX participates in VILI pathogenesis.


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