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Title: Adrenal-derived stress hormones modulate ozone-induced lung injury and inflammation.

Authors: Henriquez, Andres; House, John; Miller, Desinia B; Snow, Samantha J; Fisher, Anna; Ren, Hongzu; Schladweiler, Mette C; Ledbetter, Allen D; Wright, Fred; Kodavanti, Urmila P

Published In Toxicol Appl Pharmacol, (2017 Aug 15)

Abstract: Ozone-induced systemic effects are modulated through activation of the neuro-hormonal stress response pathway. Adrenal demedullation (DEMED) or bilateral total adrenalectomy (ADREX) inhibits systemic and pulmonary effects of acute ozone exposure. To understand the influence of adrenal-derived stress hormones in mediating ozone-induced lung injury/inflammation, we assessed global gene expression (mRNA sequencing) and selected proteins in lung tissues from male Wistar-Kyoto rats that underwent DEMED, ADREX, or sham surgery (SHAM) prior to their exposure to air or ozone (1ppm), 4h/day for 1 or 2days. Ozone exposure significantly changed the expression of over 2300 genes in lungs of SHAM rats, and these changes were markedly reduced in DEMED and ADREX rats. SHAM surgery but not DEMED or ADREX resulted in activation of multiple ozone-responsive pathways, including glucocorticoid, acute phase response, NRF2, and PI3K-AKT. Predicted targets from sequencing data showed a similarity between transcriptional changes induced by ozone and adrenergic and steroidal modulation of effects in SHAM but not ADREX rats. Ozone-induced increases in lung Il6 in SHAM rats coincided with neutrophilic inflammation, but were diminished in DEMED and ADREX rats. Although ozone exposure in SHAM rats did not significantly alter mRNA expression of Ifnγ and Il-4, the IL-4 protein and ratio of IL-4 to IFNγ (IL-4/IFNγ) proteins increased suggesting a tendency for a Th2 response. This did not occur in ADREX and DEMED rats. We demonstrate that ozone-induced lung injury and neutrophilic inflammation require the presence of circulating epinephrine and corticosterone, which transcriptionally regulates signaling mechanisms involved in this response.

PubMed ID: 28623178 Exiting the NIEHS site

MeSH Terms: Adrenal Cortex/metabolism*; Adrenal Cortex/surgery; Adrenal Medulla/metabolism*; Adrenal Medulla/surgery; Adrenalectomy; Animals; Corticosterone/blood*; Cytokines/metabolism; Disease Models, Animal; Epinephrine/blood*; Gene Expression Regulation; Inflammation Mediators/metabolism; Lung Injury/blood; Lung Injury/chemically induced*; Lung Injury/genetics; Lung Injury/prevention & control; Lung/metabolism*; Lung/pathology; Male; Neutrophils/metabolism; Oxidative Stress; Ozone*; Pneumonia/blood; Pneumonia/chemically induced*; Pneumonia/genetics; Pneumonia/pathology; Pneumonia/prevention & control; RNA, Messenger/genetics; RNA, Messenger/metabolism; Rats, Inbred WKY; Signal Transduction; Stress, Physiological*/genetics; Transcription, Genetic

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