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* Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care and
Bone Marrow Transplantation and Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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)contribute to
donor T cell-dependent lung dysfunction after bone marrow
transplantation (BMT) in mice. We hypothesized that inhibiting
production during inducible NO synthase induction would
suppress oxidative/nitrative stress and result in less severe lung
injury. Irradiated mice lacking the phagocytic NADPH-oxidase
(phox-/-), a contributor to
generation, were conditioned with cyclophosphamide and
given donor bone marrow in the presence or absence of
inflammation-inducing allogeneic spleen T cells. On day 7 after
allogeneic BMT, survival, weight loss, and indices of lung injury
between phox-/- and wild-type mice were not
different. However, the majority of macrophages/monocytes from
phox-/- mice given donor T cells produced
fewer oxidants and contained less nitrotyrosine than cells obtained
from T cell-recipient wild-type mice. Importantly, suppressed oxidative
stress was associated with marked infiltration of the lungs with
inflammatory cells and was accompanied by increased bronchoalveolar
lavage fluid levels of the chemoattractants monocyte chemoattractant
protein-1 and macrophage-inflammatory protein-1
and impaired
clearance of recombinant mouse macrophage-inflammatory protein-1
from the circulation. Furthermore, cultured macrophages/monocytes from
NADPH-deficient mice produced 3-fold more TNF-
compared with equal
number of cells from NADPH-sufficient mice. The high NO production was
not modified during NADPH-oxidase deficiency. We conclude that
phox-/- mice exhibit enhanced pulmonary
influx of inflammatory cells after BMT. Although NO may contribute to
increased production of TNF-
in phox-/-
mice, the data suggest that NADPH-oxidase-derived oxidants have a role
in limiting inflammation and preventing lung cellular infiltration
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) and
-derived toxic
species (4, 5, 6, 7). The lung is particularly sensitive to
Cy/TBI because of its oxygen-rich environment (8). In
addition, allo-activated donor T cells up-regulate the expression of
inducible NO synthase (iNOS) and the production of NO (9).
When simultaneously generated in large amounts, NO rapidly reacts with
to form peroxynitrite (ONOO-), a
potent oxidant and tissue-damaging nitrating species
(10). In our established murine BMT model, we observed that infusion of allogeneic T cells on the day of BMT into TBI recipients induces NO generation, and the addition of Cy to irradiation regimen facilitates T cell-dependent oxidative/nitrative stress and depletes glutathione (11, 12), possibly via the formation of ONOO- (13). Using iNOS deletional mutant mice (iNOS-/-) we reported that iNOS-derived NO amplifies T cell-dependent inflammation and mortality after allogeneic BMT (14). However, during Cy-facilitated oxidative stress mice lacking iNOS persist to generate NO-independent potent oxidants and in fact exhibited increased mortality compared with wild-type mice (14). These data indicated that cellular redox state is a main determinant of whether inhibition of NO is beneficial or detrimental after allogeneic BMT.
Phagocyte NADPH-oxidase is a multicomponent enzyme that transfers
electrons from NADPH to oxygen to generate
(15). The main function of NADPH-dependent oxidative
stress is host defense against invading microorganisms.
is
a weak oxidant, but the formation of hydroxyl radicals (·OH) by the
-driven fenton reaction and the formation of
ONOO- by the reaction of
with NO
generate potent oxidants that can oxidize fluorescent probes
(16). In addition, neutrophils and, to a lesser extent,
monocytes can release myeloperoxidase (MPO) into the extracellular
space, where it reacts with hydrogen peroxide
(H2O2) and chloride to
generate hypochlorous acid (HOCl), a strong oxidizing agent
(17). Although oxidative stress is effective in control of
infections, not infrequently it also causes injury to host proteins,
lipids, and DNA, culminating in tissue damage.
In addition to their tissue-destructive effector function,
NADPH-oxidase-derived reactive species can regulate cellular signal
transduction pathways (reviewed in Ref. 18). For example,
in a model of alcoholic liver injury, NADPH-oxidase activates the
proinflammatory transcriptional factor NF-
B (19), known
to up-regulate the expression of a number of genes involved in immune
and inflammatory responses. In addition,
and
H2O2 have been reported to
contribute to inflammation by increasing leukocyte adhesion to
endothelium (20), by altering the intracellular redox
state (21), and by induction of intracellular calcium
(22). In a model of influenza-induced lung injury,
transgenic mice that overexpress extracellular superoxide dismutase, an
antioxidant enzyme that decreases the steady state of
,
exhibited resistance to injury associated with suppressed generation of
oxidative stress and decreased production of TNF-
and NO
(23). An in vivo anti-inflammatory role for oxidative
stress has not been described.
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited disorder caused by
defects in NADPH-oxidase-dependent
production
(24). Recently, mouse models of CGD have been created by
deletion of the phagocytic oxidase (phox) membrane-bound component
gp91phox (25) or of the cytoplasmic
component p47phox (26).
phox-/- mice are susceptible to severe
bacterial and fungal infections. A second feature of CGD in humans and
mice is the frequent development of inflammatory granulomas in lung,
skin, liver, and the lining of gastrointestinal and genitourinary
tracts (27). Although incomplete resolution of active
infection has been suggested as a possible reason for granuloma
formation, the rapid response to systemic steroid therapy suggests a
noninfectious etiology (28). Potential mechanisms for the
in vivo occurrence of inflammatory granulomas have not been clearly
defined.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of NADPH-oxidase
during noninfectious T cell-dependent inflammation after
transplantation. We hypothesized that Cy/TBI
phox-/- mice given allogeneic T cells
would exhibit decreased oxidative/nitrative stress but persistent
NO-dependent inflammation. Our results indicate
phox-/- mice have enhanced lung cellular
infiltration associated with severe activation of
macrophages/monocytes. Because NO production after allogeneic
transplantation in phox-/- and wild-type
mice was comparable, the data suggest a role for
-derived oxidative stress in
modulation of the early post-BMT inflammatory events.
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B10.BR (H-2K), C57BL/6J (H-2b), and phox-/- mice generated by deletion of a 91-kDa subunit of the oxidase cytochrome b (gp91; backcrossed >10 generations to C57BL/6 mice) were purchased from The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor, ME). Mice were housed in microisolator cages in the specific pathogen-free facility of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) and cared for according to the Research Animal Resources guidelines of our institution. For BMT, donors were 68 wk of age and recipients were used at 810 wk of age. Sentinal mice were found to be negative for 15 known murine viruses including CMV, K-virus, and pneumonia virus of mice.
Pre-BMT conditioning
C57BL/6 wild-type or phox-/- mice received i.p. injections of Cy (Cytoxan; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Seattle, WA) 120 mg/kg per day on days -3 and -2 pre-BMT. On the day before BMT, all mice were lethally TBI (7.5 Gy) by x-ray at a dose rate of 0.41 Gy/min.
BM transplant
Our BMT and IPS generation protocols have been described previously (29). Briefly, donor B10.BR bone marrow (BM) was T cell depleted (TCD) with anti-Thy 1.2 mAb (clone 30-H-12, rat IgG2b; kindly provided by Dr. D. Sachs, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA) plus complement (Neiffenegger, Woodland, CA). For each experiment, a total of 510 recipient mice per treatment group were transplanted via caudal vein with 20 x 106 B10.BR TCD BM cells without spleen T cells (BM + Cy) or with 15 x 106 spleen T cells (BM plus spleen (BMS) + Cy) as a source of GVHD/IPS-causing T cells. Day 7 post-BMT white blood cell count was determined using a Coulter Counter (Model ZF; Coulter, Miami, FL) after lysis of RBCs by Zap-Oglobin II lytic reagent (Coulter).
Bronchoalveolar lavage
Mice were sacrificed on day 7 after BMT after an i.p. injection of sodium pentobarbital, and the thoracic cavity was partially dissected. The trachea was cannulated with a 22-gauge angiocatheter, infused with 1 ml of ice-cold sterile PBS, and withdrawn. This was repeated several times and the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) was immediately centrifuged at 500 x g for 10 min at 4°C to pellet cells. The initial 1.5 ml of BALF was used for biochemical analysis and the remaining fluid was used to increase the yield of recovered cells.
BALF analysis
Cell-free BALF monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1),
macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1
, MIP-1
, and TNF-
levels were determined by sandwich ELISA using murine-specific
commercial kits (sensitivity, 1.53 pg/ml; R&D Systems, Minneapolis,
MN). Nitrite in BALF was measured according to the Greiss method after
the conversion of nitrate to nitrite with the reduced NADH-dependent
enzyme nitrate reductase (Calbiochem, La Jolla, CA). BALF total protein
was determined by the bicinchoninic acid (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO)
method with BSA as the standard.
Macrophage culture
The BALF cell pellets from mice in each treatment group were
combined, washed twice in cold PBS, and resuspended in RPMI 1640 medium
(Celox Laboratories, St. Paul, MN) containing 5% FCS, penicillin (100
U/ml), and streptomycin (100 µg/ml). Total cell number was determined
with a hemacytometer. A total of 2 x 105
cells/well were added to flat-bottom 96-well microtiter plates (Costar,
Cambridge, MA), and macrophages were allowed to adhere for 1 h at
37°C in 5% CO2 in air, followed by removal of
unbound cells. More than 95% of adherent cells were macrophages. The
cells were maintained in culture at 37°C for 48 h in 5%
CO2 in air. At termination of cell culture,
supernatants were aspirated from individual culture wells for
measurement of TNF-
by ELISA, nitrite by the Greiss method, and
lactic dehydrogenase (LDH) by the colorimetric CytoTox 96 assay
(Promega, Madison, WI). Cells were washed twice with PBS and lysed with
lysis solution (10x, Triton X-100; Promega), and cellular LDH release
was measured. Total (supernatant plus cellular) LDH values were used to
correct for possible differences in adherent cell number between
groups. TNF-
and nitrite readings were adjusted accordingly using
the BM group as an assigned reference value for 2 x
105 cells (the number of cells originally plated
per well).
Macrophage-derived intracellular oxidants
Alveolar macrophages obtained from day 7 post-BMT BALF were cultured in flat-bottom 24-well plates (Costar) for 1 h followed by removal of nonadherent cells. Adherent cells (mainly macrophages/monocytes) were detached from culture plates using trypsin (0.05%; Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA) and suspended in PBS. Cells were loaded with 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin diacetate (10 µM; Molecular Probes, Eugene, OR) for 15 min at 37°C. During loading the acetate groups are removed by intracellular esterases, trapping the probe inside the cells. Following an oxidative burst, dichlorofluorescin is oxidized to the fluorescent probe, dichlorofluorescein. Fluorescence was quantitated 30 min after loading by FACScan flow cytometer (BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA) using CellQuest applications (BD Biosciences). For each sample 5000 events were analyzed by measuring the increase in FL1 fluorescence (530 nm).
Histology and immunohistochemistry
In some animals lungs were extracted without lavage and were perfused with 1 ml PBS via the right ventricle of the heart. A mixture of 0.51 ml optimal cutting temperature medium (Miles Laboratories, Elkhart, IN) and PBS (3:1) was infused via the trachea into the lung. The lung was snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80°C. Frozen sections were cut 6 µm thick, mounted onto glass slides, and fixed for 5 min in acetone. Representative sections were stained with H&E for histopathologic assessment. After a blocking step in 10% normal horse serum (Sigma-Aldrich), sections were incubated for 30 min at 23°C with the following biotinylated mAbs (BD PharMingen, San Diego, CA): anti-CD4 (clone GK1.5), anti-CD8 (clone 2.43), anti-Gr-1 (clone RB6-8C5), and anti-Mac-1 (clone M1/70). Immunoperoxidase staining was performed using avidin-biotin blocking reagents, ABC-peroxidase conjugate, and diaminobenzidine chromogenic substrate (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA). In control measurements the primary Ab was omitted. The sections were counterstained with hematoxylin, dehydrated, overlaid with Permount (Sigma-Aldrich), and sealed with coverslips. The number of positive CD4/CD8 (T cells), positive Mac-1 (macrophages/monocytes), and positive Gr-1 (neutrophils) cells in the lung were quantitated as the percentage of nucleated cells at a magnification of x50 (x20 objective lens). Four fields per lung were evaluated.
For nitrotyrosine (NT) staining, BALF cells were centrifuged onto glass slides, permeabilized, and fixed with methanol at -20°C for 7 min. Endogenous peroxidase activity was quenched by treatment with 0.3% H2O2 in cold methanol for 30 min followed by three washes with PBS. Nonspecific binding was blocked with 10% goat serum for 30 min. The primary Ab, polyclonal anti-NT Ab (Upstate Biotechnology, Lake Placid, NY), at 0.01 mg/ml in 10% goat serum and 2% BSA in PBS was applied to the cells for 30 min. Control measurements included rabbit polyclonal IgG (Upstate Biotechnology) and NT Ab in the presence of excess NT (10 mM; NT block). To visualize specific NT Ab binding, sections were incubated with secondary Ab, goat anti-rabbit IgG conjugated with HRP (1/500 dilution), followed by the addition of 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (Vector Laboratories) chromogenic substrate. The sections were counterstained with hematoxylin, dehydrated, overlaid with Permount (Sigma-Aldrich), and sealed with coverslips. Cells were considered NT positive based on the presence or absence of the brown reaction product in the cell cytoplasm.
Multiplex quantitative RT-PCR
Total RNA was extracted from whole lungs obtained on day 7 after BMT using the guanidium thiocyanate-phenol-chloroform method (Tri-Reagent; Sigma-Aldrich). Reverse transcriptase was performed using a cDNA synthesis kit (First-Strand cDNA Synthesis kit; Amersham Pharmacia Biotech, Uppsala, Sweden). MCP-1 cDNA were amplified using mouse MCP-1 gene-specific primers with 18S rRNA as an internal control (Gene Specific Relative RT-PCR; Ambion, Austin, TX). The PCR products were electrophoresed through 1% agarose gel and amplified cDNA bands were visualized by ethidium bromide staining. MCP-1 PCR product was included as positive control. Densitometry was used in relative semiquantitative assessment of RT-PCR product (NIH Image; Scion, Frederick, MD).
Chemokine clearance
To assess the clearance of chemokines from the circulation after
allogeneic transplantation in the presence or absence of
NADPH-oxidase-derived oxidative stress, Cy/TBI donor T cell-recipient
wild-type and phox-/- mice were injected
with recombinant mouse MIP-1
on day 6 after BMT. Recombinant
MIP-1
(10 ng) or an equal volume of PBS was given i.p. and a cohort
of phox+/+ and
phox-/- mice were sacrificed at 1 and
4 h after MIP-1
/PBS administration (n = 3 per
time point). Serum MIP-1
was determined by sandwich ELISA (R&D
Systems).
Lung weights
Mice were sacrificed on day 7 after BMT and the thoracic cavity was partially dissected. To maximize use of mice, the right lung (bi-lobed) was used for weight determinations while the left lobe was processed for tissue staining. For each mouse, the wet weight was determined immediately after removal from the thorax. Lungs were dried overnight to a constant weight at 80°C followed by determination of dry weights and wet:dry weight ratio was calculated. No correction for extravascular blood content was attempted in the calculations.
Statistical analysis
Results are expressed as means ± SEM. Data were analyzed
by ANOVA or Students t test. Statistical differences among
group means were determined by Tukeys Studentized test. Values of
p
0.05 were considered statistically significant.
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To examine the role of host phagocyte NADPH-oxidase during the
early inflammatory response and oxidative stress after allogeneic BMT,
conditioned B6 wild-type and phox-/- mice
were given B10.BR donor spleen T cells at time of BMT. BALF return
volumes collected on day 7 after transplantation were similar in all
groups (>90% of instilled volume). BALF from Cy/TBI donor T
cell-recipient phox-/- mice contained a
significantly higher total number of inflammatory cells compared with
wild-type mice (Fig. 1
A). This
increase of cellularity in BALF from
phox-/- mice was not due to an increased
number of inflammatory cells in the blood (Fig. 1
B).
Furthermore, H&E-stained lung sections from
phox-/- Cy/TBI-conditioned mice given
donor T cells revealed severe interstitial infiltration with
inflammatory cells (Fig. 2
). As
determined by immunohistochemistry, the increased number of
lung-infiltrating cells in phox-/- mice
were positive for Mac-1, CD4, and CD8 surface markers, consistent with
enhanced monocytic and lymphocytic influx during NADPH-oxidase
deficiency (Fig. 3
). Cy/TBI
NADPH-oxidase-deficient and -sufficient mice given BM without T cells
did not exhibit significant cellular infiltration in the lung.
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Previous data showed that up-regulation of MCP-1 on day 7 after
BMT BALF and lung parenchyma of T cell-recipient mice preceded lung
infiltration with host monocytes, whereas increased expression of
MIP-1
and MIP-1
was accompanied by infiltration with donor T
cells (30). We reasoned that measurement of MCP-1,
MIP-1
, and MIP-1
in BALF of T cell-recipient
phox-/- mice may clarify, at least in
part, the exuberant influx of monocytes and T cells into the lungs. Day
7 after allogeneic BMT MCP-1, MIP-1
, and MIP-1
levels were
significantly higher in the BALF of
phox-/- compared with wild-type mice
(Fig. 4
). The increased level of
chemokines was dependent on infusion of T cells, because both
phox-/- and wild-type mice given BM
without T cells had low BALF levels of MCP-1, MIP-1
, and MIP-1
.
The enhanced MCP-1 protein during NADPH-oxidase deficiency was not due
to up-regulation of MCP-1 expression, because lung MCP-1 mRNA, as
assessed by multiplex gene-specific relative RT-PCR, in
phox-/- and wild-type recipients was
similar (Fig. 5
). Taken together, these
data are consistent with decreased clearance instead of increased
production as the cause of the elevated chemokine BALF levels from
Cy/TBI T cell-recipient phox-/-
mice.
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from the circulation after allogeneic BMT
To confirm that oxidative stress facilitates chemokine clearance,
recombinant mouse MIP-1
or PBS were injected i.p. in wild-type and
phox-/- mice on day 6 after allogeneic
BMT, and serum MIP-1
was measured 1 and 4 h later. Consistent
with BALF MIP-1
, serum MIP-1
levels in PBS-injected mice were
higher in Cy/TBI donor T cell-recipient
phox-/- compared with wild-type mice.
Injection of rMIP-1
increased serum MIP-1
levels measured after
1 h in both wild-type and phox-/-
BMS+Cy mice. However, 4 h after injection of the recombinant
chemokine, MIP-1
levels in wild-type mice had returned to baseline.
In contrast, MIP-1
levels in MIP-1
-treated
phox-/- mice remained elevated (Fig. 6
). These data establish the critical
role of oxidative stress in the in vivo clearance of chemokines.
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but not NO
To determine whether NADPH-oxidase deficiency also altered the
production of inflammatory mediators by macrophages/monocytes, equal
number of cells obtained from day 7 after allogeneic BMT BALF were
cultured for 48 h and supernatant was assessed for TNF-
and
nitrite, the stable byproduct of NO metabolism. Macrophages/monocytes
from Cy/TBI phox-/- mice given donor T
cells (BMS + Cy) produced
3-fold more TNF-
than cells from BMS +
Cy wild-type mice (Fig. 7
A).
In contrast, nitrite levels in the supernatant of the same macrophages
were not different (Fig. 7
B). Similarly, day 7 after BMT
BALF from T cell-recipient Cy/TBI mice lacking phagocytic NADPH-oxidase
contained significantly higher levels of TNF-
, but not nitrite plus
nitrate, than BALF from T cell-recipient wild-type controls (data not
shown).
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The contribution of NADPH-oxidase to the generation of oxidative
and nitrative stress by monocytes/macrophages extracted from day 7
after BMT BALF was examined. The generation of strong oxidants by
alveolar macrophages/monocytes was assessed using dichlorofluorescin as
an intracellular fluorescent probe. Neither NO nor
is able
to oxidize dichlorofluorescin. In contrast,
ONOO- and other strong oxidants such as ·OH
and HOCl oxidize dichlorofluorescin to form the highly fluorescent
product dichlorofluorescein (31). Generation of oxidants
was dependent on infusion of donor T cells because macrophages from
irradiated mice given BM without T cells exhibited baseline
fluorescence (data not shown). Compared with cells from Cy/TBI
wild-type mice given donor T cells, the majority of
monocytes/macrophages from Cy/TBI phox-/-
T cell-recipient mice exhibited lower levels of fluorescence,
quantified by flow cytometry (Fig. 8
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The effects of NADPH-oxidase deficiency on day 7 after BMT
survival, weight loss, and indices of lung injury were determined.
Forty-seven of 48 phox-/- Cy/TBI T
cell-recipient mice and 48 of 51 wild-type mice survived at least until
day 7 after BMT (p > 0.05). Post-BMT weight
loss in phox-/- and wild-type mice was
also similar. On day 7 after BMT, weight loss was 25 ± 1% and
24 ± 0.5% of baseline in wild-type and
phox-/- mice, respectively. The early
deaths and day-7 weight loss were dependent on the presence of
allogeneic T cells, because Cy/TBI wild-type and
phox-/- recipients not given T cells
exhibited 100% survival and regained baseline weight by day 7 after
BMT. The high levels of day 7 after BMT BALF total protein, an index of
lung permeability edema, was not modified by NADPH-oxidase deficiency.
Furthermore, day 7 after BMT lung wet weights, dry weights, and wet:dry
weights ratio between wild-type and
phox-/- mice were not significantly
different (Table I
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CGD mice are known to sequester abnormally large numbers of
inflammatory cells following Ag exposure. For example, tracheal
instillation of sterile Aspergillus fumigatus resulted in
extensive neutrophil infiltrate, but the reasons for the increase
influx of cells in the lungs are incompletely understood
(32). Our previous studies show donor T cell-dependent
induction of the CC chemokines MCP-1, MIP-1
, and MIP-1
after
transplantation (30). In the current study, chemokine
levels were higher in BALF from Cy/TBI donor T cell-recipient
phox-/- compared with wild-type mice. The
increased MCP-1 protein during NADPH-oxidase deficiency was observed in
the absence of increased expression of MCP-1 mRNA, consistent with
inefficient MCP-1 clearance and subsequent accumulation in the lungs.
Oxidant-induced inactivation of chemokines was confirmed using
recombinant mouse MIP-1
injected in
phox-/- and
phox+/+ mice on day 6 after allogeneic BMT.
Persistent elevation of MIP-1
levels in the serum of
MIP-1
-treated phox-/- mice compared
with similarly treated wild-type mice strongly supports a critical role
for oxidative stress in clearance of chemokines, and indicate oxidants
may have an important anti-inflammatory function in vivo.
Clark (33) reported that the ability of formyl-methionyl
peptide to attract inflammatory cells is abolished in the presence of
PMA-stimulated neutrophils obtained from healthy volunteers, but not
patients with CGD. Notably, incubation of PMA-stimulated normal
neutrophils with the MPO inhibitor, azide, and catalase, but not
superoxide dismutase, prevented chemotactic factor inactivation,
suggesting a more important role for MPO-catalyzed
H2O2-HOCl than
and ONOO- in the inactivation process. These
results may clarify the reason for the Cy-facilitated elevation of lung
and BALF MCP-1, MIP-1
, and MIP-1
levels despite
ONOO- generation in Cy/TBI mice infused with
allogeneic T cells (30). Alternatively,
ONOO- has been shown to up-regulate chemokine
gene expression (34), offsetting the potential of
ONOO- to inactivate MCP-1 as reported in an in
vitro system using chemically synthesized ONOO-
(35). Taken together, we hypothesize that the lack of
NADPH-oxidase-derived oxidative stress during donor T cell-dependent
inflammation limits the clearance of oxidant-sensitive chemoattractant
proteins, leading to exaggerated migration of inflammatory cells into
the lungs.
Not only were lung-infiltrating cells increased in number, but
monocytes/macrophages obtained from day 7 after BMT BALF of T
cell-recipient phox-/- mice also secreted
more TNF-
on a per cell basis than similarly treated controls.
Because we previously reported that NO amplifies T cell-dependent
TNF-
production after allogeneic BMT (14), we initially
expected to find increased NO production by macrophages from
phox-/- mice.
is known to
limit the steady state of NO (36), and scavengers
of
can enhance NO production (37). However, NO
generation in BALF and by macrophages from Cy/TBI T cell-recipient
phox-/- mice and genetically matched
controls were not significantly different. We concluded that although
NO may have contributed to the early donor T cell-dependent
inflammatory responses, another NO-independent factor (or factors) is
responsible for exaggerated inflammation and enhanced production of
macrophage-derived proinflammatory cytokines in
phox-/- mice. Of note is that chemokines
have been shown to contribute to inflammatory cell activation. For
example, MIP-1
can stimulate TNF-
production during acute lung
injury in rats (38).
In contrast to our study, van der Veen et al. (39), using a model of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis, reported that mice lacking NADPH-oxidase exhibit NO-dependent suppression of T cell proliferation associated with improvement in clinical score and brain histopathology. NO is known to inhibit T cell-immune responses in vivo (40). A potential explanation for the lack of antiproliferative T cell effects of NO in our model is the complete MHC mismatch, which supercedes the inhibitory effects of NO.
Weight loss, BALF indices of lung injury, wet lung weights, and wet:dry
lung weights ratio between phox-/- and
wild-type mice after allogeneic BMT were not different. A potential
reason for persistence of lung dysfunction during NADPH-oxidase
deficiency is lung infiltration with high numbers of activated
inflammatory cells capable of secreting oxidant-independent
tissue-damaging mediators, such as perforin, TNF-
, and a variety of
metalloproteinases and proteases. Alternatively,
NADPH-oxidase-independent generation of oxidative stress in
phox-/- mice may result in persistent
injury after allogeneic transplantation. For example, Kubo et al.
(41) postulated that persistence of cobra venom
factor-induced permeability edema in the lungs of CGD mice is caused by
ONOO-, formed during the simultaneous production
of
by xanthine oxidase and NO by iNOS. Although our results
show decreased oxidative burst and nitrative stress by the majority of
monocytes/macrophages of mice lacking NADPH-oxidase, we cannot rule out
in vivo formation of oxidative stress via endothelial cell-derived
xanthine oxidase and nonphagocytic NADPH-oxidase (42).
However, CGD mice are unable to clear infections, presumably because of
inadequate generation of in vivo oxidative stress (43).
Taken together, we favor the hypothesis that the exuberant inflammatory
response in NADPH-oxidase-deficient mice is the main culprit
responsible for abolishing the potentially tissue-protective effects of
decreased macrophage/monocyte-dependent oxidants.
We used mice lacking membrane-bound component of NADPH-oxidase (gp91).
Although differential susceptibility of gp91 and p47
NADPH-oxidase-deficient mice to the lethal effects of hyperoxia has
been suggested (44), it is important to note that p47
knockout mice also manifest exuberant inflammation following i.p.
injection with the sterile irritant thioglycolate (26).
Notably, Koay et al. (45) recently reported increased
neutrophil influx and elevated MIP-2 levels in lung tissue from
LPS-treated p47phox-/- mice compared with
wild-type mice. Enhanced inflammation occurred despite inhibition of
LPS-induced NF-
B activation in NADPH-oxidase-deficient
mice.
In summary, we have shown that mice lacking NADPH-oxidase exhibit
exuberant migration and activation of inflammatory cells into the lungs
after allogeneic transplantation. Based on our previous data
(14), we initially hypothesized that inflammation in
phox-/- during inhibition of phagocyte
NADPH-oxidase-derived oxidants is NO dependent. However, NO production
in phox-/- and
phox+/+ was similar, consistent with
NO-independent exacerbation of early inflammatory responses in mice
lacking NADPH-oxidase after allogeneic BMT. Data indicate that
oxidative stress facilitates the clearance of chemokines that
contribute to the initiation and sustenance of donor T cell-dependent
inflammation after BMT (Fig. 10
). These
results may also explain why CGD patients develop inflammatory lesions
in the absence of infection. Further studies will be necessary to
determine whether scavenging extracellular
without
eliminating NADPH-oxidase will result in modulation of the severe early
inflammatory response and attenuation of IPS injury following
allogeneic transplantation.
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2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Imad Y. Haddad, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware Street Southeast, Minneapolis, MN 55455. E-mail address: hadda003{at}tc.umn.edu ![]()
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: IPS, idiopathic pneumonia syndrome; BM, bone marrow; BMS, BM plus spleen; BMT, BM transplant/transplantation; BALF, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; CGD, chronic granulomatous disease; Cy, cyclophosphamide; GVHD, graft-vs-host disease; ·OH, hydroxyl radical; HOCl, hypochlorous acid; iNOS, inducible NO synthase; LDH, lactic dehydrogenase; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; MIP, macrophage-inflammatory protein; MPO, myeloperoxidase; NT, nitrotyrosine; ONOO-, peroxynitrite; phox, phagocytic oxidase; TCD, T cell depleted; TBI, total body irradiation. ![]()
Received for publication November 2, 2001. Accepted for publication March 27, 2002.
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