TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypoxic vascular response and ventilation/perfusion matching in end-stage COPD may depend on p22phox
AU - Nagaraj, Chandran
AU - Tabeling, Christoph
AU - Nagy, Bence M.
AU - Jain, Pritesh P.
AU - Marsh, Leigh M.
AU - Papp, Rita
AU - Pienn, Michael
AU - Witzenrath, Martin
AU - Ghanim, Bahil
AU - Klepetko, Walter
AU - Weir, E. Kenneth
AU - Heschl, Stefan
AU - Kwapiszewska, Grazyna
AU - Olschewski, Andrea
AU - Olschewski, Horst
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ERS 2017.
PY - 2017/7/1
Y1 - 2017/7/1
N2 - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease in which the amount of emphysema and airway disease may be very different between individuals, even in end-stage disease. Emphysema formation may be linked to the involvement of the small pulmonary vessels. The NAPDH oxidase (Nox) family is emerging as a key disease-related factor in vascular diseases, but currently its role in hypoxia-induced pulmonary remodelling in COPD remains unclear. Here we investigate the role of p22phox, a regulatory subunit of Nox, in COPD lungs, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV), hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodelling and pulmonary hypertension. In COPD, compared to control lungs, p22phox expression was significantly reduced. The expression was correlated positively with mean pulmonary arterial pressure and oxygenation index and negatively with the diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide ( p<0.02). This suggests a role of p22phox in ventilation/perfusion ratio matching, vascular remodelling and loss of perfused lung area. In p22phox-/- mice, HPV was significantly impaired. In the chronic hypoxic setting, lack of p22phox was associated with improved right ventricular function and decreased pulmonary vascular remodelling. p22phox-dependent Nox plays an important role in the COPD phenotype, by its action on phase II HPV and chronic vascular remodelling.
AB - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a heterogeneous disease in which the amount of emphysema and airway disease may be very different between individuals, even in end-stage disease. Emphysema formation may be linked to the involvement of the small pulmonary vessels. The NAPDH oxidase (Nox) family is emerging as a key disease-related factor in vascular diseases, but currently its role in hypoxia-induced pulmonary remodelling in COPD remains unclear. Here we investigate the role of p22phox, a regulatory subunit of Nox, in COPD lungs, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV), hypoxia-induced pulmonary vascular remodelling and pulmonary hypertension. In COPD, compared to control lungs, p22phox expression was significantly reduced. The expression was correlated positively with mean pulmonary arterial pressure and oxygenation index and negatively with the diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide ( p<0.02). This suggests a role of p22phox in ventilation/perfusion ratio matching, vascular remodelling and loss of perfused lung area. In p22phox-/- mice, HPV was significantly impaired. In the chronic hypoxic setting, lack of p22phox was associated with improved right ventricular function and decreased pulmonary vascular remodelling. p22phox-dependent Nox plays an important role in the COPD phenotype, by its action on phase II HPV and chronic vascular remodelling.
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U2 - 10.1183/13993003.01651-2016
DO - 10.1183/13993003.01651-2016
M3 - Article
C2 - 28729471
AN - SCOPUS:85026227138
SN - 0903-1936
VL - 50
JO - European Respiratory Journal
JF - European Respiratory Journal
IS - 1
M1 - 1601651
ER -