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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-68508-y
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services [HHSN272201000046C, HHSN272201500013I]
- University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Mass Spectrometry Center [SOP1841-IQB2014]
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Radiation-induced lung injury is a highly complex combination of pathological alterations that develop over time and severity of disease development is dose-dependent. Following exposures to lethal doses of irradiation, morbidity and mortality can occur due to a combination of edema, pneumonitis and fibrosis. Protein glycosylation has essential roles in a plethora of biological and immunological processes. Alterations in glycosylation profiles have been detected in diseases ranging from infection, inflammation and cancer. We utilized mass spectrometry imaging to spatially map N-glycans to distinct pathological alterations during the clinically latent period and at 180 days post-exposure to irradiation. Results identified alterations in a number of high mannose, hybrid and complex N-glycans that were localized to regions of mucus and alveolar-bronchiolar hyperplasia, proliferations of type 2 epithelial cells, accumulations of macrophages, edema and fibrosis. The glycosylation profiles indicate most alterations occur prior to the onset of clinical symptoms as a result of pathological manifestations. Alterations in five N-glycans were identified as a function of time post-exposure. Understanding the functional roles N-glycans play in the development of these pathologies, particularly in the accumulation of macrophages and their phenotype, may lead to new therapeutic avenues for the treatment of radiation-induced lung injury.
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