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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 198, Issue 8, Pages 3017-3022Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1601848
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- National Institutes of Health Grants [AI 107779, AI 38425, AI 70535, AI 72115, AI 242236, AI 114585, GM087415]
- National Institutes of Health Grant [T32 AI 07469]
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In this study, we used cre-lox techniques to generate mice selectively deficient in ORMDL3 in airway epithelium (Ormdl3(Delta 2-3/Delta 2-3)/CC10) to simulate an inhaled therapy that effectively inhibited ORMDL3 expression in the airway. In contrast to the anticipated reduction in airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR), OVA allergen-challenged Ormdl3(Delta 2-3/Delta 2-3)/CC10 mice had a significant increase in AHR compared with wild-type mice. Levels of airway inflammation, mucus, fibrosis, and airway smooth muscle were no different in Ormdl3(Delta 2-3/Delta 2-3)/CC10 and wild-type mice. However, levels of sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) were significantly increased in Ormdl3(Delta 2-3/Delta 2-3)/CC10 mice as well as in airway epithelial cells in which ORMDL3 was inhibited with small interfering RNA. Incubation of S1P with airway smooth muscle cells significantly increased contractility. Overall, Ormdl3(Delta 2-3/Delta 2-3)/CC10 mice exhibit increased allergen-induced AHR independent of inflammation and associated with increased S1P generation. These studies raise concerns for inhaled therapies that selectively and effectively inhibit ORMDL3 in airway epithelium in asthma.
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