Role of mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 in corticosteroid insensitivity of chronic oxidant lung injury

Mariona Pinart, Farhana Hussain, Sima Shirali, Feng Li, Jie Zhu, Andrew R. Clark, Alaina J. Ammit, Kian Fan Chung*

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Abstract

Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in the induction of corticosteroid (CS) insensitivity. Chronic ozone exposure leads to a model of COPD with lung inflammation and emphysema. Mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1 (MKP-1) may underlie CS insensitivity in COPD. We determined the role played by MKP-1 by studying the effect of corticosteroids in wild-type C57/BL6J and MKP-1-/- mice after chronic ozone exposure. Mice were exposed to ozone (3 ppm, 3 h) 12 times over 6 weeks. Dexamethasone (0.1 or 2 mg/kg; intraperitoneally) was administered before each exposure. Mice were studied 24 h after final exposure. In ozone-exposed C57/BL6J mice, bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR) was not inhibited by both doses of dexamethasone, but in MKP-1-/- mice, there was a small inhibition by high dose dexamethasone (2 mg/kg). There was an increase in mean linear intercept after chronic ozone exposure in both strains which was CS-insensitive. There was lesser inflammation after low dose of dexamethasone in MKP-1-/- mice compared to C57/Bl6J mice. Epithelial and collagen areas were modulated in ozone-exposed MKP-1-/- mice treated with dexamethasone compared to C57/Bl6J mice. MKP-1 regulated the expression of MMP-12, IL-13 and KC induced by ozone but did not alter dexamethasones effects. Bronchial hyperresponsiveness, lung inflammation and emphySEMa after chronic exposure are CS-insensitive, and the contribution of MKP-1 to CS sensitivity in this model was negligible.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)108-114
Number of pages7
JournalEuropean Journal of Pharmacology
Volume744
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Oct 2014

Keywords

  • Bronchial hyperresponsiveness
  • Emphysema
  • Lung inflammation
  • Mitogen-activated protein kinase
  • Ozone exposure
  • phosphatase 1 (MKP-1)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pharmacology

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