Short palate, lung, and nasal epithelial clone 1 (SPLUNC1) level determines steroid-resistant airway inflammation in aging
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Short palate, lung, and nasal epithelial clone 1 (SPLUNC1) level determines steroid-resistant airway inflammation in aging
Abstract
Asthma and its heterogeneity change with age. Increased airspace neutrophil numbers contribute to severe steroid-resistant asthma exacerbation in the elderly, which correlates with the changes seen in adults with asthma. However, whether that resembles the same disease mechanism and pathophysiology in aged and adults is poorly understood. Here, we sought to address the underlying molecular mechanism of steroid-resistant airway inflammation development and response to corticosteroid (Dex) therapy in aged mice. To study the changes in inflammatory mechanism, we used a clinically relevant treatment model of house-dust mite (HDM)-induced allergic asthma and investigated lung adaptive immune response in adult (20-22 wk old) and aged (80-82 wk old) mice. Our result indicates an age-dependent increase in airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), mixed granulomatous airway inflammation comprising eosinophils and neutrophils, and Th1/Th17 immune response with progressive decrease in frequencies and numbers of HDM-bearing dendritic cells (DC) accumulation in the draining lymph node (DLn) of aged mice as compared with adult mice. RNA-Seq experiments of the aged lung revealed short palate, lung, and nasal epithelial clone 1 (SPLUNC1) as one of the steroid-responsive genes, which progressively declined with age and further by HDM-induced inflammation. Moreover, we found increased glycolytic reprogramming, maturation/activation of DCs, the proliferation of OT-II cells, and Th2 cytokine secretion with recombinant SPLUNC1 (rSPLUNC1) treatment. Our results indicate a novel immunomodulatory role of SPLUNC1 regulating metabolic adaptation/maturation of DC. An age-dependent decline in the SPLUNC1 level may be involved in developing steroid-resistant airway inflammation and asthma heterogeneity.
Keywords: INTRODUCTION; SPLUNC1; aging; airway inflammation; dendritic cells; steroid-resistant asthma.
Conflict of interest statement
No conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, are declared by the authors.
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