title: Involvement of phosphoinositide 3-kinases in neutrophil activation and the development of acute lung injury.
abstract: Activated neutrophils contribute to the development and severity of acute lung injury (ALI). Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3-K) and the downstream serine/threonine kinase Akt/protein kinase B have a central role in modulating neutrophil function, including respiratory burst, chemotaxis, and apoptosis. In the present study, we found that exposure of neutrophils to endotoxin resulted in phosphorylation of Akt, activation of NF-kappaB, and expression of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1beta and TNF-alpha through PI3-K-dependent pathways. In vivo, endotoxin administration to mice resulted in activation of PI3-K and Akt in neutrophils that accumulated in the lungs. The severity of endotoxemia-induced ALI was significantly diminished in mice lacking the p110gamma catalytic subunit of PI3-K. In PI3-Kgamma(-/-) mice, lung edema, neutrophil recruitment, nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB, and pulmonary levels of IL-1beta and TNF-alpha were significantly lower after endotoxemia as compared with PI3-Kgamma(+/+) controls. Among neutrophils that did accumulate in the lungs of the PI3-Kgamma(-/-) mice after endotoxin administration, activation of NF-kappaB and expression of proinflammatory cytokines was diminished compared with levels present in lung neutrophils from PI3-Kgamma(+/+) mice. These results show that PI3-K, and particularly PI3-Kgamma, occupies a central position in regulating endotoxin-induced neutrophil activation, including that involved in ALI.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Yum
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Arcaroli
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kupfner
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shenkar
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Penninger
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Abraham
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019446:Endotoxemia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000276:immunology; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D018375:Neutrophil Activation / Q000276:immunology*; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt