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Protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase is a mediator of stretch in ventilator-induced lung injury

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Title
Protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase is a mediator of stretch in ventilator-induced lung injury
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Respiratory Research, August 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12931-018-0856-2
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Tamás Dolinay, Chanat Aonbangkhen, William Zacharias, Edward Cantu, Jennifer Pogoriler, Alec Stablow, Gladys G. Lawrence, Yoshikazu Suzuki, David M. Chenoweth, Edward Morrisey, Jason D. Christie, Michael F. Beers, Susan S. Margulies

Abstract

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a severe form of lung injury characterized by damage to the epithelial barrier with subsequent pulmonary edema and hypoxic respiratory failure. ARDS is a significant medical problem in intensive care units with associated high care costs. There are many potential causes of ARDS; however, alveolar injury associated with mechanical ventilation, termed ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI), remains a well-recognized contributor. It is thus critical to understand the mechanism of VILI. Based on our published preliminary data, we hypothesized that the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response molecule Protein Kinase R-like Endoplasmic Reticulum Kinase (PERK) plays a role in transmitting mechanosensory signals the alveolar epithelium. ER stress signal responses to mechanical stretch were studied in ex-vivo ventilated pig lungs. To explore the effect of PERK inhibition on VILI, we ventilated live rats and compared lung injury parameters to non-ventilated controls. The effect of stretch-induced epithelial ER Ca2+ signaling on PERK was studied in stretched alveolar epithelial monolayers. To confirm the activation of PERK in human disease, ER stress signaling was compared between ARDS and non-ARDS lungs. Our studies revealed increased PERK-specific ER stress signaling in response to overstretch. PERK inhibition resulted in dose-dependent improvement of alveolar inflammation and permeability. Our data indicate that stretch-induced epithelial ER Ca2+ release is an activator of PERK. Experiments with human lung tissue confirmed PERK activation by ARDS. Our study provides evidences that PERK is a mediator stretch signals in the alveolar epithelium.

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Unknown 24 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 5 21%
Lecturer 3 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 13%
Researcher 3 13%
Student > Master 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 8 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 10 42%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 4%
Sports and Recreations 1 4%
Other 1 4%
Unknown 7 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 August 2018.
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#15,175,718
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#1,601
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#180,590
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#39
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