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Expression of a surfactant protein C mutation links postnatal type 2 cell dysfunction with adult disease

ABSTRACT: Mutations in the gene encoding surfactant protein C (SFTPC) are associated with interstitial lung disease in children and adults. To assess the natural history of disease, we knocked-in a familial disease-associated SFTPC mutation, L188Q (L184Q in mice), into the mouse Sftpc locus. Expression of L184Q (LQ) resulted in formation of an unstable, misfolded proprotein (proSP-CLQ) that was rapidly degraded by the proteasome pathway. Importantly, expression of misfolded proSP-CLQ was associated with a decrease in AT2 cells in adult mutant mice, with no effect on lung homeostasis; however, lung regeneration in response to bleomycin challenge was substantially reduced in mutant mice. Translation of proSP-CLQ exceeded that of proSP-CWT in neonatal AT2 cells and was associated with activation of oxidative stress and apoptosis leading to impaired expansion of AT2 cells during postnatal alveolarization. Collectively, these data support the hypothesis that susceptibility to disease in adult mutant mice is established during postnatal lung development and is associated with a reduction in AT2 cell numbers.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE155814 | GEO | 2021/06/30

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Rationale: Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a ligand-activated transcription factor, has been considered as an important regulator for immune diseases. We have previously shown that AhR protects against allergic airway inflammation. The underlying mechanism, however, remains undetermined. Objectives: We sought to determine whether AhR specifically in Type II alveolar epithelial cells (AT2) modulates allergic airway inflammation and its underlying mechanisms. Methods: The role of AhR in AT2 cells in airway inflammation was investigated in a mouse model of asthma with AhR conditional knock out mice in AT2 cells (Sftpc-Cre;AhRflox/flox). The effect of AhR on allergen-induced autophagy was examined by both in vivo and in vitro analyses. The involvement of autophagy in airway inflammation was analyzed by using autophagy inhibitor chloroquine. The AhR-regulated gene profiling in AT2 cells was also investigated by RNA-seq analysis. Results: Sftpc-Cre; AhRflox/flox mice showed exacerbation of allergen-induced airway hyperresponsiveness and airway inflammation with elevated Th2 and airway epithelial-derived cytokines in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Notably, an increased allergen-induced autophagy was observed in the lung tissues of Sftpc-Cre; AhRflox/flox mice when compared with wild-type mice. Further analyses suggested a functional axis of AhR-TGF-β1 that is critical in driving allergic airway inflammation through regulating allergen-induced cellular autophagy. Furthermore, inhibition of autophagy suppressed allergic airway inflammation with decreased Th2 and epithelial cell-derived cytokines in BALFs. Additionally, RNA-seq analysis suggests that autophagy is one of the major pathways and CALCOCO2/NDP52 and S1009 are major autophagy-associated genes in AT2 cells that contribute to the AhR-mediated allergic airway inflammation. Conclusion: These results suggest that AhR in AT2 cells functions as a protective mechanism against allergic airway inflammation through controlling cell autophagy.

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Expression of a surfactant protein C mutation links postnatal type 2 cell dysfunction with adult disease

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