Abstract:
:Receptors for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) are members of the immunoglobulin superfamily of cell-surface receptors implicated in mechanisms of pulmonary inflammation. In the current study, we test the hypothesis that RAGE mediates inflammation in primary alveolar macrophages (AMs) exposed to diesel particulate matter (DPM). Quantitative RT-PCR and immunoblotting revealed that RAGE was up-regulated in Raw264.7 cells, an immortalized murine macrophage cell line and primary AMs exposed to DPM for 2 h. Because DPM increased RAGE expression, we exposed Raw264.7 cells and primary AMs isolated from RAGE null and wild-type (WT) mice to DPM prior to the assessment of inflammatory signaling intermediates. DPM led to the activation of Rat sarcoma GTPase (Ras), p38 MAPK and NF-κB in WT AMs and, when compared to WT AMs, these intermediates were diminished in DPM-exposed AMs isolated from RAGE null mice. Furthermore, cytokines implicated in inflammation, including IL-4, IL-12, IL-13 and TNFα, were all significantly decreased in DPM-exposed RAGE null AMs compared to similarly exposed WT AMs. These results demonstrate that diesel-induced inflammatory responses by primary AMs are mediated, at least in part, via RAGE signaling mechanisms. Further work may show that RAGE signaling in both alveolar epithelial cells and resident macrophages is a potential target in the treatment of inflammatory lung diseases exacerbated by environmental pollution.
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Cell Tissue Resjournal_title
Cell and tissue researchauthors
Barton DB,Betteridge BC,Earley TD,Curtis CS,Robinson AB,Reynolds PRdoi
10.1007/s00441-014-1905-xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
2014-10-01 00:00:00pages
229-38issue
1eissn
0302-766Xissn
1432-0878journal_volume
358pub_type
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