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  • Title: Upregulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Protects against Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury via Promoting the Release of Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products.
    Author: Zhang H, Mao YF, Zhao Y, Xu DF, Wang Y, Xu CF, Dong WW, Zhu XY, Ding N, Jiang L, Liu YJ.
    Journal: Oxid Med Cell Longev; 2021; 2021():8889313. PubMed ID: 33628393.
    Abstract:
    Dysregulation of matrix metalloproteinase- (MMP-) 9 is implicated in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI). However, it remains controversial whether MMP-9 improves or deteriorates acute lung injury of different etiologies. The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) plays a critical role in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury. MMPs are known to mediate RAGE shedding and release of soluble RAGE (sRAGE), which can act as a decoy receptor by competitively inhibiting the binding of RAGE ligands to RAGE. Therefore, this study is aimed at clarifying whether and how pulmonary knockdown of MMP-9 affected sepsis-induced acute lung injury as well as the release of sRAGE in a murine cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) model. The analysis of GEO mouse sepsis datasets GSE15379, GSE52474, and GSE60088 revealed that the mRNA expression of MMP-9 was significantly upregulated in septic mouse lung tissues. Elevation of pulmonary MMP-9 mRNA and protein expressions was confirmed in CLP-induced mouse sepsis model. Intratracheal injection of MMP-9 siRNA resulted in an approximately 60% decrease in pulmonary MMP-9 expression. It was found that pulmonary knockdown of MMP-9 significantly increased mortality of sepsis and exacerbated sepsis-associated acute lung injury. Pulmonary MMP-9 knockdown also decreased sRAGE release and enhanced sepsis-induced activation of the RAGE/nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway, meanwhile aggravating sepsis-induced oxidative stress and inflammation in lung tissues. In addition, administration of recombinant sRAGE protein suppressed the activation of the RAGE/NF-κB signaling pathway and ameliorated pulmonary oxidative stress, inflammation, and lung injury in CLP-induced septic mice. In conclusion, our data indicate that MMP-9-mediated RAGE shedding limits the severity of sepsis-associated pulmonary edema, inflammation, oxidative stress, and lung injury by suppressing the RAGE/NF-κB signaling pathway via the decoy receptor activities of sRAGE. MMP-9-mediated sRAGE production may serve as a self-limiting mechanism to control and resolve excessive inflammation and oxidative stress in the lung during sepsis.
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