Lung inflammation is associated with reduced pulmonary nucleotide excision repair in vivo.

N. Gungor, A. Haegens, A.M. Knaapen, R.W. Godschalk, R.K. Chiu, E.F. Wouters, F.J. van Schooten*

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Abstract

Chronic pulmonary inflammation is associated with increased lung cancer risk, but the underlying process remains unknown. Recently, we showed that activated neutrophils inhibit nucleotide excision repair (NER) in pulmonary epithelial cells in vitro via the release of myeloperoxidase (MPO). To evaluate the effect of neutrophils on NER in vivo, mice were intratracheally instilled with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (20 mug), causing acute lung inflammation and associated neutrophil influx into the airways. Three days post-exposure, phenotypical NER capacity was assessed in lung tissue homogenate. LPS exposure inhibited pulmonary NER by approximately 50%. This finding was corroborated by down-regulation of the NER-associated genes Xpa and Xpf. To further elicit the role of neutrophils and MPO in this process, we utilized MPO-deficient mice as well as mice in which circulating neutrophils were depleted by antibody treatment. LPS-induced inhibition of pulmonary NER was not affected by either Mpo(-/-) or by depletion of circulating neutrophils. This contrasts with our previous in vitro observations, suggesting that inhibition of pulmonary NER following acute dosing with LPS is not fully mediated by neutrophils and/or MPO. In conclusion, these data show that LPS-induced pulmonary inflammation is associated with a reduction of NER function in the mouse lung.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-82
JournalMutagenesis
Volume25
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2010

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