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Title:   Author  item
                                            YAN, CHUANGUANG - Harvard Medical Schoolitem
                                            WU, MIN - University Of North Dakotaitem
                                            Cao, Jayitem
                                            TANG, HUIFANG - Harvard Medical Schoolitem
                                            JOHNSON, PETER - National Institutes Of Health (NIH)item
                                            GAO, HONGWEI - Harvard Medical School
  Submitted to: Journal of Immunology
                                    Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 5/21/2012
                                    Publication  Date: 8/1/2012
                                    Citation: Yan, C., Wu, M., Cao, J.J., Tang, H., Zhu, M., Johnson, P.E., Gao, H. 2012. Critical role for CCAAT/Enhancer-binding protein beta in immune complex-induced acute lung injury. Journal of Immunology. 189(3):1480-90.Interpretive Summary: This study investigated the molecular mechanisms of inflammation in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI) and role of the CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP)', -' and -' in the regulation of inflammatory. Using two models of acute lung injury, we demonstrate that C/EBPß, -d, and -' play important regulatory roles in lung inflammatory responses. We show that C/EBP' deficiency significantly reduced IgG immune complex-stimulated inflammatory responses in alveolar macrophages and injured lung, whereas C/EBP' is critical for LPS-induced acute lung injury.  Moreover, overexpression of C/EBP' in lung using a recombinant adenovirus encoding murine C/EBP' resulted in substantial decreases of lung inflammatory injury induced by both IgG immune complex and LPS. Our findings identify the C/EBP transcription factors are critical mediators of both the pro- and anti-inflammatory mechanisms in acute lung injury.
                                Technical Abstract: Although inflammation plays a central role in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI), the molecular mechanisms underlying inflammatory responses in ALI are poorly understood, and therapeutic options remain limited. The CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) gamma and -gamma have been implicated in the regulation of inflammatory mediators, while the role of C/EBP in inflammation remains elusive.  C/EBP beta, -delta, and -gamma are all expressed in the lung; however, their function in lung are not clear.  Here, using two models of acute lung injury, we demonstrate that C/EBP beta, -delta, and -gamma play important regulatory roles in lung inflammatory responses. We show that C/EBP gamma deficiency significantly reduced IgG immune complex-stimulated inflammatory responses in alveolar macrophages and injured lung, whereas C/EBP gamma is critical for LPS-induced acute lung injury.  Moreover, overexpression of C/EBP gamma in lung using a recombinant adenovirus encoding murine C/EBP gamma resulted in substantial decreases of lung inflammatory injury induced by both IgG immune complex and LPS. These findings identify the same family of C/EBP transcription factors as critical mediators of both the pro- and anti-inflammatory mechanisms in acute lung injury.


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