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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Extracellular CIRP-Impaired Rab26 Restrains EPOR-Mediated Macrophage Polarization in Acute Lung Injury.

Wen Zhang, Yao Wang, Chuanwei Li, Yu Xu, Xia Wang, Di Wu, Zhan Gao, Hang Qian, Zaichun You, Zhiren Zhang and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Wen ZhangInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yao WangInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Chuanwei LiDepartment of Cardiology, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Yu XuInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Xia WangInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Di WuInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Zhan GaoInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Hang QianInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Zaichun YouDepartment of General Practice, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Zhiren ZhangInstitute of Immunology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Binfeng HeInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Guansong WangInstitute of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Army Medical University · CNXinqiao Hospital · CNDaping Hospital · CNFudan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a condition with an imbalanced inflammatory response and delayed resolution of inflammation. Macrophage polarization plays an important role in inflammation and resolution. However, the mechanism of macrophage polarization in ALI/ARDS is not fully understood. We found that mice with lipopolysaccharide administration developed lung injury with the accumulation of extracellular cold-inducible RNA-binding protein (eCIRP) in the lungs. eCIRP, as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP), inhibited M2 macrophage polarization, thereby tipping the balance toward inflammation rather than resolution. Anti-CIRP antibodies reversed such phenotypes. The levels of macrophage erythropoietin (EPO) receptor (EPOR) were reduced after eCIRP treatment. Myeloid-specific EPOR-deficient mice displayed restrained M2 macrophage polarization and impaired inflammation resolution. Mechanistically, eCIRP impaired Rab26, a member of Ras superfamilies of small G proteins, and reduced the transportation of surface EPOR, which resulted in macrophage polarization toward the M1 phenotype. Moreover, EPO treatment hardly promotes M2 polarization in Rab26 knockout (KO) macrophages through EPOR. Collectively, macrophage EPOR signaling is impaired by eCIRP through Rab26 during ALI/ARDS, leading to the restrained M2 macrophage polarization and delayed inflammation resolution. These findings identify a mechanism of persistent inflammation and a potential therapy during ALI/ARDS.

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Acute Lung InjuryAnimalsCell PolarityCells, CulturedInflammationMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPPAR gammarab GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, ErythropoietinRNA-Binding ProteinsCirbp protein, mousePPAR gammaRab26 protein, mouserab GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, ErythropoietinRNA-Binding Proteinsacute lung injury (ALI)eCIRPEPORmacrophagesRab26 GTPase

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