Pioglitazone reverses alcohol-induced alterations in alveolar macrophage mitochondrial phenotype

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BACKGROUND: People with alcohol use disorder (AUD) have an increased risk of developing pneumonia and pulmonary diseases. Alveolar macrophages (AMs) are immune cells of the lower respiratory tract that are necessary for clearance of pathogens. However, alcohol causes AM oxidative stress, mitochondrial damage and dysfunction, and diminished phagocytic capacity, leading to lung injury and immune suppression.

METHODS: AMs were isolated by bronchoalveolar lavage from people with AUD and male and female C57BL/6J mice given chronic ethanol (20% w/v, 12 weeks) in drinking water. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ ligand, pioglitazone, was used to treat human AMs ex vivo (10 μM, 24 h) and mice in vivo by oral gavage (10 mg/kg/day). Levels of AM mitochondrial superoxide and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) mRNA, a marker of oxidative stress, were measured by fluorescence microscopy and RT-qPCR, respectively. Mouse AM phagocytic ability was determined by internalized Staphylococcus aureus, and mitochondrial capacity, dependency, and flexibility for glucose, long-chain fatty acid, and glutamine oxidation were measured using an extracellular flux analyzer. In vitro studies used a murine AM cell line, MH-S (±0.08% ethanol, 72 h) to investigate mitochondrial fuel oxidation and ATP-linked respiration.

RESULTS: Pioglitazone treatment decreased mitochondrial superoxide in AMs from people with AUD and ethanol-fed mice and HIF-1α mRNA in ethanol-fed mouse lungs. Pioglitazone also reversed mouse AM glutamine oxidation and glucose or long-chain fatty acid flexibility to meet basal oxidation needs. In vitro, ethanol decreased the rate of AM mitochondrial and total ATP production, and pioglitazone improved changes in glucose and glutamine oxidation.

CONCLUSIONS: Pioglitazone reversed chronic alcohol-induced oxidative stress in human AM and mitochondrial substrate oxidation flexibility and superoxide levels in mouse AM. Decreased ethanol-induced AM HIF-1α mRNA with pioglitazone suggests that this pathway may be a focus for metabolic-targeted therapeutics to improve morbidity and mortality in people with AUD.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Alcohol, clinical & experimental research - (2024) vom: 18. März

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Crotty, Kathryn M [VerfasserIn]
Kabir, Shayaan A [VerfasserIn]
Chang, Sarah S [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, Ashish J [VerfasserIn]
Yeligar, Samantha M [VerfasserIn]

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Alcohol use disorder
Immunometabolism
Journal Article
Mitochondria
Oxidative stress
Pulmonary

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1111/acer.15300

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NLM369890434