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The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Suppresses Chronic Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation
- Source :
- Frontiers in Toxicology, Vol 3 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Frontiers Media SA, 2021.
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Abstract
- The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor expressed in the lungs that is activated by numerous xenobiotic, endogenous and dietary ligands. Although historically the AhR is known for mediating the deleterious response to the environmental pollutant dioxin, emerging evidence supports a prominent role for the AhR in numerous biological process including inflammation. We have shown that the AhR suppresses pulmonary neutrophilia in response to acute cigarette smoke exposure. Whether the AhR can also prevent lung inflammation from chronic smoke exposure is not known but highly relevant, given that people smoke for decades. Using our preclinical smoke model, we report that exposure to chronic cigarette smoke for 8-weeks or 4 months significantly increased pulmonary inflammation, the response of which was greater in Ahr−/− mice. Notably, there was an increased number of multinucleated giant cells (MNGCs) in smoke-exposed Ahr−/− mice without a change in cytokine levels. These data support a protective role for the AhR against the deleterious effects of cigarette smoke, warranting continued investigation into its therapeutic potential for chronic lung diseases.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_treatment
Endogeny
Inflammation
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
multinucleated (foreign body) giant cell
RA1190-1270
medicine
Transcription factor
lungs
Smoke
Lung
biology
aryl hydrocarbon receptor
business.industry
cigarette smoke
General Medicine
respiratory system
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
Neutrophilia
respiratory tract diseases
030104 developmental biology
Cytokine
medicine.anatomical_structure
inflammation
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Toxicology. Poisons
Immunology
biology.protein
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 26733080
- Volume :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Frontiers in Toxicology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9265160bf856c3b27f82330e2ef8506d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3389/ftox.2021.653569