Mucosal production of uric acid by airway epithelial cells contributes to particulate matter-induced allergic sensitization

Gold, M. J.; Hiebert, P. R.; Ibrahim, Z. A.; Sukkar, M. B.; Hansbro, P. M.; Carlsten, C.; VanEeden, S.; Sin, D. D.; McNagny, K. M.; Knight, D. A.; Hirota, J. A.; Park, H. Y.; Stefanowicz, D.; Le, A.; Starkey, M. R.; Deane, A.; Brown, A. C.; Liu, G.; Horvat, J. C.

Title: Mucosal production of uric acid by airway epithelial cells contributes to particulate matter-induced allergic sensitization
Creator: Gold, M. J.; Hiebert, P. R.; Ibrahim, Z. A.; Sukkar, M. B.; Hansbro, P. M.; Carlsten, C.; VanEeden, S.; Sin, D. D.; McNagny, K. M.; Knight, D. A.; Hirota, J. A.; Park, H. Y.; Stefanowicz, D.; Le, A.; Starkey, M. R.; Deane, A.; Brown, A. C.; Liu, G.; Horvat, J. C.
Relation: Mucosal Immunology Vol. 9, Issue 3, p. 809-820
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mi.2015.104
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2016
Description: Exposure to particulate matter (PM), a major component of air pollution, contributes to increased morbidity and mortality worldwide. PM induces innate immune responses and contributes to allergic sensitization, although the mechanisms governing this process remain unclear. Lung mucosal uric acid has also been linked to allergic sensitization. The links among PM exposure, uric acid, and allergic sensitization remain unexplored. We therefore investigated the mechanisms behind PM-induced allergic sensitization in the context of lung mucosal uric acid. PM 10 and house dust mite exposure selectively induced lung mucosal uric acid production and secretion in vivo, which did not occur with other challenges (lipopolysaccharide, virus, bacteria, or inflammatory/fibrotic stimuli). PM 10 -induced uric acid mediates allergic sensitization and augments antigen-specific T-cell proliferation, which is inhibited by uricase. We then demonstrate that human airway epithelial cells secrete uric acid basally and after stimulation through a previously unidentified mucosal secretion system. Our work discovers a previously unknown mechanism of air pollution-induced, uric acid-mediated, allergic sensitization that may be important in the pathogenesis of asthma.
Subject: epithelial cells; uric acid; mucosal; asthma
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1344788
Identifier: uon:29496
Identifier: ISSN:1933-0219
Language: eng
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