Reducing lung atp levels and alleviating asthmatic airway inflammation through adeno-associated viral vector-mediated cd39 expression

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Abstract

Asthma is a chronic respiratory inflammatory disease. Patients usually suffer long-term symptoms and high medical expenses. Extracellular ATP (eATP) has been identified as a danger signal in innate immunity and serves as a potent inflammatory mediator for asthma. Hydrolyzing eATP in lungs might be a potential approach to alleviate asthmatic inflammation. Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors that contain tissue-specific cap protein have been demonstrated to efficiently transfer exogenous genes into the lung tissues. To test anti-inflammation efficacy of rAAV-mediated CD39 gene transfer, rAAV-CD39 was generated and applied to OVA-mediated asthmatic mice. BALB/c mice were sensitized intraperitoneally and challenged intratracheally with OVA and treated with rAAV-CD39. At the end of procedure, some inflammatory features were examined. rAAV-CD39 treatment downregulated the levels of pulmonary eATP by the rescued expression of CD39. Several asthmatic features, such as airway hyperresponsiveness, eosinophilia, mucin deposition, and IL-5/IL-13 production in the lungs were decreased in the rAAV-CD39-treated mice. Reduced IL-5/IL-13 production and increased frequency of CD4+ FoxP3+ regulatory T cells were detected in draining lymph nodes of rAAV-CD39 treated mice. This evidence suggested that rAAV-mediated CD39 gene transfer attenuated the asthmatic airway inflammation locally. The results suggest that rAAV-CD39 might have therapeutic potential for asthma.

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Huang, Y. A., Chen, J. C., Wu, C. C., Hsu, C. W., Ko, A. M. S., Chen, L. C., & Kuo, M. L. (2021). Reducing lung atp levels and alleviating asthmatic airway inflammation through adeno-associated viral vector-mediated cd39 expression. Biomedicines, 9(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines9060656

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