Metabolomics,Unknown,Transcriptomics,Genomics,Proteomics

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Segmental Allergen Challenge Regulates Gene Expression In Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) Cells From Atopic and Mild Asthmatic Subjects

ABSTRACT: Segmental allergen challenge increases the percentage of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cells. Mepolizumab, an anti-IL-5 therapeutic antibody, decreases the number of eosinophils in bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL). The use of both procedures allows to define genes that are either expressed by eosinophils or dependent on eosinophil presence in the airways. Cells from Bronchoalveolar lavages (BAL) are obtained by bronchoscopy before (V5) and 48 h after a segmental allergen challenge (V6) in atopic and mild astmatics. This procedure was repeated in the same two subjects 2 months later and 1 month after an injection of mepolizumab (V22 is before challenge and V23 after challenge). Cells were immediately lysed and isolated total RNAs were analyzed using the Human Genome 1.0 ST GeneChip arrays (Affymetrix, Santa Clara, CA).

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Stephane Esnault

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-46159 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Project description:Segmental instillation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by bronchoscopy can be used as a model to safely induce transient airway inflammation in the human lung. The LPS challenge model enables investigation of cellular mechanisms involved in pulmonary inflammatory processes as well as pharmacodynamic analysis of investigational drugs for the treatment of respiratory diseases. Aim of this work was to describe the transcriptomic profile of the human segmental LPS challenge model with contextualization to major respiratory diseases. Pre-challenge bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) and biopsies were sampled from twenty-eight smoking, healthy subjects, followed by segmental LPS challenge and saline control challenge. Twenty-four hours post instillation, BAL and biopsies were collected from the challenged lung segments. Total RNA of cells from BAL and biopsy samples were sequenced for subsequent data analysis. Differential gene expression analysis resulted in 6316 upregulated differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and 241 downregulated DEG in BAL, but only one downregulated DEG in biopsy samples after LPS challenge compared to saline challenge. Upregulated DEG in BAL were related to molecular functions such as “Inflammatory response” or “antimicrobial humoral immune response mediated by antimicrobial peptide”, enriched biological processes such as “chemokine receptor activity”, and upregulated pro-inflammatory pathways such as “Wnt signaling pathway”, “Ras signaling pathway” or “JAK-STAT signaling pathway”. Furthermore, the segmental LPS challenge model resembled aspects of the five most prevalent respiratory diseases chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis and lung cancer and featured similarities with acute exacerbations in COPD (AECOPD) and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). Overall, our study provides extensive information about the transcriptomic profile from BAL cells and mucosal biopsies following LPS challenge in healthy smokers. It expands the knowledge about the LPS challenge model providing potential overlap with respiratory diseases in general and infection-triggered respiratory insults such as AECOPD in particular.

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Segmental Allergen Challenge Regulates Gene Expression In Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) Cells From Atopic and Mild Asthmatic Subjects

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