論文

査読有り 筆頭著者 責任著者 国際誌
2021年1月1日

Thioredoxin-albumin fusion protein prevents urban aerosol-induced lung injury via suppressing oxidative stress-related neutrophil extracellular trap formation.

Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987)
  • Ken-Ichiro Tanaka
  • ,
  • Maho Kubota
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  • Mikako Shimoda
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  • Tomoko Hayase
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  • Mamika Miyaguchi
  • ,
  • Nahoko Kobayashi
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  • Mayumi Ikeda
  • ,
  • Yu Ishima
  • ,
  • Masahiro Kawahara

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Pt A
開始ページ
115787
終了ページ
115787
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115787

The number of deaths from air pollution worldwide is estimated at 8.8 million per year, more than the number of deaths from smoking. Air pollutants, such as PM2.5, are known to induce respiratory and cardiovascular diseases by inducing oxidative stress. Thioredoxin (Trx) is a 12-kDa endogenous protein that exerts antioxidant activity by promoting dithiol disulfide exchange reactions. We previously synthesized human serum albumin-fused thioredoxin (HSA-Trx), which has a longer half-life in plasma compared with Trx, and demonstrated its efficacy against various diseases including respiratory diseases. Here, we examined the effect of HSA-Trx on urban aerosol-induced lung injury in mice. Urban aerosols induced lung injury and inflammatory responses in ICR mice, but intravenous administration of HSA-Trx markedly inhibited these responses. We next analyzed reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in murine lungs using an in vivo imaging system. The results show that intratracheal administration of urban aerosols induced ROS production that was inhibited by intravenously administered HSA-Trx. Finally, we found that HSA-Trx inhibited the urban aerosol-induced increase in levels of neutrophilic extracellular trap (NET) indicators (i.e., double-stranded DNA, citrullinated histone H3, and neutrophil elastase) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Together, these findings suggest that HSA-Trx prevents urban aerosol-induced acute lung injury by suppressing ROS production and neutrophilic inflammation. Thus, HSA-Trx may be a potential candidate drug for preventing the onset or exacerbation of lung injury caused by air pollutants.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115787
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33065363
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7538875
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115787
  • PubMed ID : 33065363
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7538875

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