Alveolar hypoxia induces organ-specific inflammasome-related inflammation in male mouse lungs.
Physiol Rep
; 12(14): e16143, 2024 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Inflammation through activation of caspase-1, seems to play a role in pulmonary hypertension induced by alveolar hypoxia. Whether alveolar hypoxia induces caspase-1-mediated inflammation and influx of leukocytes in other organs than the lungs, is not known. Our aim was to explore sites of caspase-1-related inflammation in alveolar hypoxia. Wild type (WT) mice were exposed to environmental hypoxia or room-air, and organs were analyzed. Right heart catheterization was performed after 14 days of alveolar hypoxia in WT mice and mice transplanted with WT or caspase-1-/- bone marrow. Hypoxia induced leukocyte accumulation and increased caspase-1 protein in the lungs, not in other organs. WT mice transplanted with WT or caspase-1-/- bone marrow showed no difference in pulmonary leukocyte accumulation or development of pulmonary hypertension after alveolar hypoxia. Caspase-1 and IL-18 were detected in bronchial epithelium in WT mice, and hypoxia induced IL-18 secretion from bronchial epithelial cells. IL-18 stimulation generated IL-6 mRNA in monocytes. Phosphorylated STAT3 was increased in hypoxic lungs, not in other organs. Alveolar hypoxia induces caspase-1 activation and leukocyte accumulation specific to the lungs, not in other organs. Caspase-1 activation and IL-18 secretion from bronchial epithelial cells might initiate hypoxia-induced inflammation, leading to pulmonary hypertension.
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Caspase 1
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Interleucina-18
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Inflamassomos
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Pulmão
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Hipóxia
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Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL
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2024
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