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:Sepsis is characterized by injury of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (PMVEC) leading to barrier dysfunction. Multiple mechanisms promote septic PMVEC barrier dysfunction, including interaction with circulating leukocytes and PMVEC apoptotic death. Our previous work demonstrated a strong correlation between septic neutrophil (PMN)-dependent PMVEC apoptosis and pulmonary microvascular albumin leak in septic mice in vivo; however, this remains uncertain in human PMVEC. Thus, we hypothesize that human PMVEC apoptosis is required for loss of PMVEC barrier function under septic conditions in vitro. To assess this hypothesis, human PMVECs cultured alone or in coculture with PMN were stimulated with PBS or cytomix (equimolar interferon γ, tumor necrosis factor α, and interleukin 1β) in the absence or presence of a pan-caspase inhibitor, Q-VD, or specific caspase inhibitors. PMVEC barrier function was assessed by transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER), as well as fluoroisothiocyanate-labeled dextran and Evans blue-labeled albumin flux across PMVEC monolayers. PMVEC apoptosis was identified by (1) loss of cell membrane polarity (Annexin V), (2) caspase activation (FLICA), and (3) DNA fragmentation [terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)]. Septic stimulation of human PMVECs cultured alone resulted in loss of barrier function (decreased TEER and increased macromolecular flux) associated with increased apoptosis (increased Annexin V, FLICA, and TUNEL staining). In addition, treatment of septic PMVEC cultured alone with Q-VD decreased PMVEC apoptosis and prevented septic PMVEC barrier dysfunction. In septic PMN-PMVEC cocultures, there was greater trans-PMVEC macromolecular flux (both dextran and albumin) vs. PMVEC cultured alone. PMN presence also augmented septic PMVEC caspase activation (FLICA staining) vs. PMVEC cultured alone but did not affect septic PMVEC apoptosis. Importantly, pan-caspase inhibition (Q-VD treatment) completely attenuated septic PMN-dependent PMVEC barrier dysfunction. Moreover, inhibition of caspase 3, 8, or 9 in PMN-PMVEC cocultures also reduced septic PMVEC barrier dysfunction whereas inhibition of caspase 1 had no effect. Our data demonstrate that human PMVEC barrier dysfunction under septic conditions in vitro (cytomix stimulation) is clearly caspase-dependent, but the mechanism differs depending on the presence of PMN. In isolated PMVEC, apoptosis contributes to septic barrier dysfunction, whereas PMN presence enhances caspase-dependent septic PMVEC barrier dysfunction independently of PMVEC apoptosis.
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Frontiers in immunologyauthors
Wang L,Mehta S,Ahmed Y,Wallace S,Pape MC,Gill SEdoi
10.3389/fimmu.2018.01743subject
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