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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2011

FOXO3 deficiency leads to increased susceptibility to cigarette smoke-induced inflammation, airspace enlargement, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Jae-woong Hwang, Saravanan Rajendrasozhan, Hongwei Yao, Sangwoon Chung, Isaac K Sundar, Heidie L Huyck, Gloria S Pryhuber, Vuokko L Kinnula, Irfan Rahman

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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93 citing papers in PubMed, 171 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jae-woong HwangLung Biology and Disease Program, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
Saravanan Rajendrasozhan
Hongwei Yao
Sangwoon Chung
Isaac K Sundar
Heidie L Huyck
Gloria S Pryhuber
Vuokko L Kinnula
Irfan Rahman
University of Rochester Medical Center · USUniversity of Helsinki · FI

Funding

VISUAL INDICES OF NEUROTOXICITYP30ES001247 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Martha Susiarjo · 1985 to 2026
$42.8M
MECHANISMS OF CIGARETTE SMOKE-INDUCED LUNG CELLULAR SENESCENCER01HL085613 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI RAHMAN, IRFAN · 2007 to 2017
$4.0M
CIRCADIAN-COUPLED CELLULAR AND LUNG FUNCTION IN COPDR01HL097751 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI RAHMAN, IRFAN · 2009 to 2012
$1.9M
ROLE OF SIRTUIN IN CIGARETTE SMOKE-INDUCED LUNG INFLAMMATION AND INJURYR01HL092842 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI RAHMAN, IRFAN · 2010 to 2013
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL085613NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL085613NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL092842NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL092842NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL097751NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL097751NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES001247NIEHS NIH HHS P30-ES01247
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forkhead box class O 3a (FOXO3) is a member of the FoxO transcription factor subfamily, which regulates the expression of target genes not only through DNA binding as a transcription factor, but also through protein-protein interaction. Although FoxO3 is a well-known transcription factor involved in diverse biological processes, the role of FoxO3 in cigarette smoke (CS)-induced lung inflammation and injury has not been studied. It is, therefore, hypothesized that deficiency of FoxO3 leads to increased susceptibility to CS-induced lung inflammatory response and airspace enlargement. In this article, we show that the levels of FOXO3 are significantly decreased in lungs of smokers and patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, as well as in lungs of mice exposed to CS. Genetic ablation of FoxO3 led to pulmonary emphysema and exaggerated inflammatory response in lungs of mice exposed to CS. We further showed that CS induced the translocation of FoxO3 into the nucleus where FoxO3 interacted with NF-κB and disrupted NF-κB DNA-binding ability, leading to inhibition of its activity. Targeted disruption of FoxO3 also resulted in downregulation of antioxidant genes in mouse lungs in response to CS exposure. These results suggest that FoxO3 plays a pivotal role in regulation of lung inflammatory response and antioxidant genes, and deficiency of FoxO3 results in development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/emphysema.

Indexed as

Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseAnimalsDown-RegulationForkhead Box Protein O3Forkhead Transcription FactorsHumansInflammationLungMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, KnockoutMice, TransgenicPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructivePulmonary EmphysemaSmokingForkhead Box Protein O3Forkhead Transcription FactorsFOXO3 protein, human

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PMID21690325
PMCPMC3131437
OpenAlexW2136123560

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