TY - JOUR
T1 - Chemokine (C-C motif) receptor-like 2 is not essential for lung injury, lung inflammation, or airway hyperresponsiveness induced by acute exposure to ozone
AU - Malik, Farhan
AU - Cromar, Kevin R.
AU - Atkins, Constance L.
AU - Price, Roger E.
AU - Jackson, William T.
AU - Siddiqu, Saad R.
AU - Spencer, Chantal Y.
AU - Mitchell, Nicholas C.
AU - Haque, Ikram U.
AU - Johnston, Richard A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Authors.
PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - Inhalation of ozone (O3), a gaseous air pollutant, causes lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness. Macrophages, mast cells, and neutrophils contribute to one or more of these sequelae induced by O3. Furthermore, each of these aforementioned cells express chemokine (C-C motif) receptor-like 2 (Ccrl2), an atypical chemokine receptor that facilitates leukocyte chemotaxis. Given that Ccrl2 is expressed by cells essential to the development of O3-induced lung pathology and that chemerin, a Ccrl2 ligand, is increased in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) by O3, we hypothesized that Ccrl2 contributes to the development of lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness induced by O3. To that end, we measured indices of lung injury (BALF protein, BALF epithelial cells, and bronchiolar epithelial injury), lung inflammation (BALF cytokines and BALF leukocytes), and airway responsiveness to acetyl-b-methylcholine chloride (respiratory system resistance) in wild-type and mice genetically deficient in Ccrl2 (Ccrl2-deficient mice) 4 and/or 24 hours following cessation of acute exposure to either filtered room air (air) or O3. In air-exposed mice, BALF chemerin was greater in Ccrl2-deficient as compared to wild-type mice. O3 increased BALF chemerin in mice of both genotypes, yet following O3 exposure, BALF chemerin was greater in Ccrl2-deficient as compared to wild-type mice. O3 increased indices of lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway responsiveness. Nevertheless, no indices were different between genotypes following O3 exposure. In conclusion, we demonstrate that Ccrl2 modulates chemerin levels in the epithelial lining fluid of the lungs but does not contribute to the development of O3-induced lung pathology.
AB - Inhalation of ozone (O3), a gaseous air pollutant, causes lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness. Macrophages, mast cells, and neutrophils contribute to one or more of these sequelae induced by O3. Furthermore, each of these aforementioned cells express chemokine (C-C motif) receptor-like 2 (Ccrl2), an atypical chemokine receptor that facilitates leukocyte chemotaxis. Given that Ccrl2 is expressed by cells essential to the development of O3-induced lung pathology and that chemerin, a Ccrl2 ligand, is increased in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) by O3, we hypothesized that Ccrl2 contributes to the development of lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway hyperresponsiveness induced by O3. To that end, we measured indices of lung injury (BALF protein, BALF epithelial cells, and bronchiolar epithelial injury), lung inflammation (BALF cytokines and BALF leukocytes), and airway responsiveness to acetyl-b-methylcholine chloride (respiratory system resistance) in wild-type and mice genetically deficient in Ccrl2 (Ccrl2-deficient mice) 4 and/or 24 hours following cessation of acute exposure to either filtered room air (air) or O3. In air-exposed mice, BALF chemerin was greater in Ccrl2-deficient as compared to wild-type mice. O3 increased BALF chemerin in mice of both genotypes, yet following O3 exposure, BALF chemerin was greater in Ccrl2-deficient as compared to wild-type mice. O3 increased indices of lung injury, lung inflammation, and airway responsiveness. Nevertheless, no indices were different between genotypes following O3 exposure. In conclusion, we demonstrate that Ccrl2 modulates chemerin levels in the epithelial lining fluid of the lungs but does not contribute to the development of O3-induced lung pathology.
KW - CXCR2
KW - Chemerin
KW - Cmklr1
KW - Gpr1
KW - Methacholine
KW - Osteopontin
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U2 - 10.14814/phy2.13545
DO - 10.14814/phy2.13545
M3 - Article
C2 - 29242308
AN - SCOPUS:85038831393
SN - 2051-817X
VL - 5
JO - Physiological Reports
JF - Physiological Reports
IS - 24
M1 - e13545
ER -