| First Author | Takyar S | Year | 2016 |
| Journal | FASEB J | Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 3 | Pages | 1317-27 |
| PubMed ID | 26655705 | Mgi Jnum | J:230894 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5766425 | Doi | 10.1096/fj.15-275024 |
| Citation | Takyar S, et al. (2016) An endothelial TLR4-VEGFR2 pathway mediates lung protection against oxidant-induced injury. FASEB J 30(3):1317-27 |
| abstractText | TLR4 deficiency causes hypersusceptibility to oxidant-induced injury. We investigated the role of TLR4 in lung protection, using used bone marrow chimeras; cell-specific transgenic modeling; and lentiviral delivery in vivo to knock down or express TLR4 in various lung compartments; and lung-specific VEGF transgenic mice to investigate the effect of TLR4 on VEGF-mediated protection. C57/BL6 mice were exposed to 100% oxygen in an enclosed chamber and assessed for survival and lung injury. Primary endothelial cells were stimulated with recombinant VEGF and exposed to hyperoxia or hydrogen peroxide. Endothelium-specific expression of human TLR4 (as opposed to its expression in epithelium or immune cells) increased the survival of TLR4-deficent mice in hyperoxia by 24 h and decreased LDH release and lung cell apoptosis after 72 h of exposure by 30%. TLR4 expression was necessary and sufficient for the protective effect of VEGF in the lungs and in primary endothelial cells in culture. TLR4 knockdown inhibited VEGF signaling through VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2), Akt, and ERK pathways in lungs and primary endothelial cells and decreased the availability of VEGFR2 at the cell surface. These findings demonstrate a novel mechanism through which TLR4, an innate pattern receptor, interacts with an endothelial survival pathway.-Takyar, S., Zhang, Y., Haslip, M., Jin L., Shan P., Zhang, X., Lee, P. J. An endothelial TLR4-VEGFR2 pathway mediates lung protection against oxidant-induced injury. |
