title: Epilysin (MMP-28) restrains early macrophage recruitment in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia.
abstract: Several members of the matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) family function in various processes of innate immunity, particularly in controlling leukocyte influx. Epilysin (MMP-28) is expressed in numerous tissues and, in adult mice, it has the highest expression in lung, where it is detected in bronchial epithelial cells (Clara cells). Epilysin is also expressed by bone marrow-derived macrophages, but not by alveolar macrophages, suggesting that its expression by macrophages is dependent on localization and differentiation. To assess the role of this MMP, we generated epilysin-null (Mmp28(-/-)) mice. Although epilysin is constitutively expressed in normal tissues, Mmp28(-/-) mice have no overt phenotype. However, using a murine model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia, we found that Mmp28(-/-) mice had an early increase in macrophage recruitment into the lungs, as well as enhanced bacterial clearance and reduced pulmonary neutrophilia, which we predicted were due to accelerated macrophage influx. Macrophage depletion in WT and Mmp28(-/-) mice confirmed a role for macrophages in clearing P. aeruginosa and regulating neutrophil recruitment. Furthermore, we observed that macrophages derived from Mmp28(-/-) mice migrated faster than did wild-type cells to bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from P. aeruginosa-treated mice of either genotype. These observations indicate that epilysin functions as an intrinsic negative regulator of macrophage recruitment by retarding the chemotaxis of these cells.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Lung Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA. manicone@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Anne M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Manicone
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Birkland
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Betsuyaku
authors.forename: Nico
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: van Rooijen
authors.forename: Jouko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lohi
authors.forename: Jorma
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Keski-Oja
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shawn J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Skerrett
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Parks
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D002464:Cell Migration Inhibition / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D016676:Macrophages, Alveolar / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D053505:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Secreted / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D053505:Matrix Metalloproteinases, Secreted; C477998:Mmp28 protein, mouse