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  • Title: Evidence for a role of heat shock factor 1 in inhibition of NF-kappaB pathway during heat shock response-mediated lung protection.
    Author: Wirth D, Bureau F, Melotte D, Christians E, Gustin P.
    Journal: Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol; 2004 Nov; 287(5):L953-61. PubMed ID: 15220113.
    Abstract:
    Heat shock transcription factor (HSF)-1 is recognized as a central component of the heat shock response, which protects against various harmful conditions. However, the mechanisms underlying the protection and the role of HSF-1 in these mechanisms have not yet been clearly elucidated. Using HSF-1 knockout mice (Hsf1(-/-)), we examined whether heat shock response-mediated lung protection involved an inhibition of the proinflammatory pathway via an interaction between HSF-1 and NF-kappaB, in response to cadmium insult. The HSF-1-dependent protective effect against intranasal instillation of cadmium (10 and 100 microg/mouse) was demonstrated by the higher protein content (1.2- and 1.4-fold), macrophage (1.6- and 1.9-fold), and neutrophil (2.6- and 1.8-fold) number in bronchoalveolar fluids, higher lung wet-to-dry weight ratio, and more severe lung damage evaluated by histopathology in Hsf1(-/-) compared with wild-type animals. These responses were associated with higher granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF; 1.7-fold) but not TNF-alpha concentrations in bronchoalveolar fluids of Hsf1(-/-) mice compared with those of wild-type animals, indicating that HSF-1 behaved as a repressor of specific cytokine production in our model. To further investigate the mechanism of GM-CSF repression, we analyzed the NF-kappaB activity and IkappaB stability. The DNA binding NF-kappaB activity, in particular p50 homodimer activity, was higher in Hsf1(-/-) mice than in wild-type mice after cadmium exposure. These results provide a first line of evidence that mechanisms of lung protection depending on HSF-1 involve specific cytokine repression via inhibition of NF-kappaB activation in vivo.
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