application): Modulating innate pulmonary defense mechanisms for therapeutic advantage requires a better understanding of the molecules that mediate the antimicrobial actions of phagocytic cells. Although most research in this arena has focused on peptide mediators, or laboratory has recently identified an important and heretofore unrecognized role in antimicrobial defense for an alternative group of mediators, namely, leukotrienes (LTs) and other metabolites of the 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) pathway of arachidonate metabolism. The investigators' work has demonstrated that LTs are produced by phagocytes in the context of bacterial infection, that LTs are required for optimal bacterial clearance from the lung, and that LTs enhance the capacity of alveolar macrophages (AMs) for bacterial phagocytosis and killing. Despite this progress, we have an incomplete understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which microbes trigger endogenous LT synthesis during their encounter with phagocytes, and by which LTs augment microbial phagocytosis and killing. Moreover, preliminary data suggest that other arachidonate metabolites (eicosanoids), including prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and 15-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (15-HETE), suppress antimicrobial activity of AMs. The central hypothesis of the present proposal is that the effects of eicosanoids on AM phagocytosis and killing reflect the amplification (in the case of LTs) or down-regulation (in the case of PGE2 and 15-HETE) or molecular signals generated upon cellular interaction with immunoglobulin-opsonized phagocytic targets. This hypothesis will be tested in a series of in vitro experiments utilizing cultured AMs challenged with either IgG-coated erythrocytes or bacteria.
The aims are to: 1) determine the enzymatic pathways that mediate arachidonate release and metabolism triggered by ligation of the AM receptor for the Fc portion of IgG (FcR), and the post-receptor signal transduction events that are responsible for eicosanoid generation; 2) identify the signal transduction events amplified by LTs that result in augmented FcR-dependent phagocytosis and killing; and 3) determine the relative importance of inhibition of LT synthesis vs. inhibition of FcR-dependent signaling in the ability of PGE2 and 15-HETE to down-regulate phagocytosis and killing by AMs. These studies will provide critical mechanistic information about an understudied and clinically relevant arm of the innate host defense system.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HL058897-07
Application #
6603344
Study Section
Lung Biology and Pathology Study Section (LBPA)
Program Officer
Colombini-Hatch, Sandra
Project Start
1997-07-10
Project End
2004-06-30
Budget Start
2003-07-01
Budget End
2004-06-30
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
2003
Total Cost
$302,000
Indirect Cost
Name
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Department
Internal Medicine/Medicine
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
073133571
City
Ann Arbor
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48109
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