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  • Title: Interleukin-1 mediates thermal injury-induced lung damage through C-Jun NH2-terminal kinase signaling.
    Author: Chen LW, Chang WJ, Wang JS, Hsu CM.
    Journal: Crit Care Med; 2007 Apr; 35(4):1113-22. PubMed ID: 17334237.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: The molecular mechanisms of lung damage following thermal injury are not clear. The purpose of this study was to determine whether interleukin (IL)-1 mediates burn-induced inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression, peroxynitrite production, and lung damage through c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling. DESIGN: Prospective, experimental study. SETTING: Research laboratory at a university hospital. SUBJECTS: Thermal injury models in the mice. INTERVENTIONS: IL-1 receptor type 1 (IL-1R1) mice, Tnfrsf1a mice, and wild-type (WT) mice were subjected to 30% total body surface area third-degree burn. The JNK inhibitor, SP600125, was given to mice to study the involvement of the JNK pathway in thermal injury-induced lung damage. WT --> WT, WT --> IL-1R1, and IL-1R1 --> WT chimeric mice were generated to determine the role of hematopoietic cells in IL-1-mediated lung damage. Neutrophils were harvested and treated in vitro with N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine (fMLP). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: IL-1R1 mice rather than Tnfrsf1a mice showed less thermal injury-induced lung damage. IL-1R1 mice displayed less lung JNK activity; intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM), vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM), chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2), and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP2), messenger RNA expression; myeloperoxidase activity; and neutrophil p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphorylation after thermal injury. SP600125 significantly reduced thermal injury-induced blood dihydrorhodamine (DHR) 123 oxidation, iNOS expression, and lung permeability in WT mice but not in IL-1R1 mice. IL-1R1 --> WT chimeric mice rather than WT --> IL-1R1 chimeric mice showed less thermal injury-induced lung damage. fMLP increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production of neutrophils in WT mice but not in IL-1R1 mice. SP600125 decreased ROS production of neutrophils in WT mice but not in IL-1R1 mice. CONCLUSIONS: Thermal injury-induced lung JNK activation; lung ICAM, VCAM, CXCR2, and MIP2 expression; and DHR 123 oxidation are IL-1 dependent. JNK inhibition decreases IL-1-mediated thermal injury-induced lung damage. Given that the IL-1 receptor is critical in thermal injury-induced p38 MAPK phosphorylation and ROS production of neutrophils, we conclude that IL-1 mediates thermal injury-induced iNOS expression and lung damage through the JNK signaling pathway.
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