Calpain Promotes LPS-induced Lung Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction via Cleavage of Talin

Acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by lung vascular endothelial cell (EC) barrier compromise resulting in increased endothelial permeability and pulmonary edema. The infection of gram-negative bacteria that produce toxins like LPS is one of the major causes of ALI. LPS activates Toll-like receptor 4, leading to cytoskeleton reorganization, resulting in lung endothelial barrier disruption and pulmonary edema in ALI. However, the signaling pathways that lead to the cytoskeleton reorganization and lung microvascular EC barrier disruption remain largely unexplored. Here we show that LPS induces calpain activation and talin cleavage into head and rod domains and that inhibition of calpain attenuates talin cleavage, RhoA activation, and pulmonary EC barrier disruption in LPS-treated human lung microvascular ECs in vitro and lung EC barrier disruption and pulmonary edema induced by LPS in ALI in vivo. Moreover, overexpression of calpain causes talin cleavage and RhoA activation, myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation, and increases in actin stress fiber formation. Furthermore, knockdown of talin attenuates LPS-induced RhoA activation and MLC phosphorylation and increased stress fiber formation and mitigates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption. Additionally, overexpression of talin head and rod domains increases RhoA activation, MLC phosphorylation, and stress fiber formation and enhances lung endothelial barrier disruption. Finally, overexpression of cleavage-resistant talin mutant reduces LPS-induced increases in MLC phosphorylation in human lung microvascular ECs and attenuates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption. These results provide the first evidence that calpain mediates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption in ALI via cleavage of talin.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology - 69(2023), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 678-688

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Song, Linjie [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Xiaofan [VerfasserIn]
Kovacs, Laszlo [VerfasserIn]
Han, Weihong [VerfasserIn]
John, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Barman, Scott A [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Zheng [VerfasserIn]
Lucas, Rudolf [VerfasserIn]
Fulton, David J R [VerfasserIn]
Verin, Alexander D [VerfasserIn]
Su, Yunchao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARDS
Acute lung injury
Calpain
EC 3.4.22.-
Journal Article
Lipopolysaccharides
Myosin Light Chains
Myosin light chain
Pulmonary edema
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Talin
Vascular endothelial cells

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Date Completed 04.12.2023

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1165/rcmb.2023-0009OC

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361374356