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ArticleScientific reports2025

Unphosphorylated STAT1 binds to the BST2 transcription promoter, promoting increased AKBA anchoring on HPMECs to alleviate ARDS.

Kaili Li, Zixiang Zhou, Feng Liu, Zuotian Huang, Xiaoying Chen, Fachun Zhou

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Kaili LiDepartment of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 1 Youyi Rd, Yuzhong District, 3rd Floor, Building 7, 400016, Chongqing, China.
Zixiang ZhouDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China.
Feng LiuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China.
Zuotian HuangDepartment of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Tumor Center, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, 400030, Chongqing Municipality, China. zuotian@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.
Xiaoying ChenDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 400016, Chongqing, China. chenxiaoying@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.
Fachun ZhouDepartment of Emergency, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, 1 Youyi Rd, Yuzhong District, 3rd Floor, Building 7, 400016, Chongqing, China. zhoufachun@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.

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Abstract

Although the drug therapeutic targets of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are still unclear and no specific drugs for ARDS treatment have been found, some breakthroughs have been gradually made in the biological target pathways such as endothelial injury. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Systems Pharmacology (TCMSP) database suggests that Acetyl-11-keto-β-boswellic acid (AKBA), a processed product of boswellic acid, may be an effective intervention for ARDS. After preliminary in vitro and in vivo verification of the protective role of AKBA on ARDS, in order to explore the mechanism of AKBA in ARDS, we used transcriptomic and proteomic methods to explore its main targets, and used molecular docking and cell thermal shift assay (CETSA) to further reveal the potential value of bone marrow stromal cell antigen 2 (BST2) as a target. We subsequently examined the effect of AKBA targeting BST2 on tubule formation, cell proliferation (Colony formation and EdU assay), migration (transwell and scratch assays), apoptosis and autophagy levels both in vitro and in vivo, and protein changes (analyzed by Western blotting analysis). Our results show that the unphosphorylated signal transducers and transcription activation factors (U-STAT1) bins to the BST2 transcription promoter to encourage more AKBA anchoring the human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (HPMECs), thus inhibiting apoptosis and autophagy, promoting migration and tube formation, and restraining the cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) induced lung tissue damage in mice. In conclusion, AKBA treatment may be a potential strategy in the intervention of ARDS. Alternatively, BST2 may contribute to the anchoring of AKBA to HPMECs, and STAT1 as a transcription factor promoting BST2 expression may bind to its promoter.

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Antigens, CDPromoter Regions, GeneticRespiratory Distress SyndromeSTAT1 Transcription FactorAnimalsApoptosisBone Marrow Stromal Antigen 2Cell MovementCell ProliferationEndothelial CellsGPI-Linked ProteinsHumansMaleMiceMolecular Docking SimulationPhosphorylationAntigens, CDBone Marrow Stromal Antigen 2BST2 protein, humanGPI-Linked ProteinsSTAT1 protein, humanSTAT1 Transcription FactorAcute respiratory distress syndromeBone marrow stromal cell antigen 2ProteomicsSignal transducer and activator of transcription 1Transcriptomics

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PMCPMC12044156

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