Endogenous attenuation of allergic lung inflammation by syndecan-1

Jie Xu, Pyong Woo Park, Farrah Kheradmand, David Corry

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    Abstract

    The airway plays a vital role in allergic lung diseases by responding to inhaled allergens and initiating allergic inflammation. Various proiinflammatory functions of the airway epithelium have been identified, but, equally important, anti-inflammatory mechanisms must also exist. We show in this study that syndecan-1, the major heparan sulfate proteoglycan of epithelial cells, attenuates allergic lung inflammation. Our results show that syndecan-1-null mice instilled with allergens exhibit exaggerated airway hyperresponsiveness, glycoprotein hypersecretion, eosinophilia, and lung IL-4 responses. However, administration of purified syndecan-1 ectodomains, but not ectodomain core proteins devoid of heparan sulfate, significantly inhibits these inflammatory responses. Furthermore, syndecan-1 ectodomains are shed into the airway when wild-type mice are intranasally instilled with several biochemically distinct inducers of allergic lung inflammation. Our results also show that syndecan-1 ectodomains bind to the CC chemokines (CCL7, CCL11, and CCL17) implicated in allergic diseases, inhibit CC chemokine-mediated T cell migration, and suppress allergen-induced accumulation of Th2 cells in the lung through their heparan sulfate chains. Together, these findings uncover an endogenous anti-inflammatory mechanism of the airway epithelium where syndecan-1 ectodomains attenuate allergic lung inflammation via suppression of CC chemokine-mediated Th2 cell recruitment to the lung.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)5758-5765
    Number of pages8
    JournalJournal of Immunology
    Volume174
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    StatePublished - May 1 2005

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Immunology and Allergy
    • Immunology

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