TY - JOUR
T1 - Calpain Promotes LPS-induced Lung Endothelial Barrier Dysfunction via Cleavage of Talin
AU - Song, Linjie
AU - Shi, Xiaofan
AU - Kovacs, Laszlo
AU - Han, Weihong
AU - John, Joseph
AU - Barman, Scott A.
AU - Dong, Zheng
AU - Lucas, Rudolf
AU - Fulton, David J.R.
AU - Verin, Alexander D.
AU - Su, Yunchao
PY - 2023/12/1
Y1 - 2023/12/1
N2 - Acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by lung vascular endothelial cell (EC) barrier compromise resulting in increased endothelial permeability and pulmonary edema. The infection of gram-negative bacteria that produce toxins like LPS is one of the major causes of ALI. LPS activates Toll-like receptor 4, leading to cytoskeleton reorganization, resulting in lung endothelial barrier disruption and pulmonary edema in ALI. However, the signaling pathways that lead to the cytoskeleton reorganization and lung microvascular EC barrier disruption remain largely unexplored. Here we show that LPS induces calpain activation and talin cleavage into head and rod domains and that inhibition of calpain attenuates talin cleavage, RhoA activation, and pulmonary EC barrier disruption in LPS-treated human lung microvascular ECs in vitro and lung EC barrier disruption and pulmonary edema induced by LPS in ALI in vivo. Moreover, overexpression of calpain causes talin cleavage and RhoA activation, myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation, and increases in actin stress fiber formation. Furthermore, knockdown of talin attenuates LPS-induced RhoA activation and MLC phosphorylation and increased stress fiber formation and mitigates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption. Additionally, overexpression of talin head and rod domains increases RhoA activation, MLC phosphorylation, and stress fiber formation and enhances lung endothelial barrier disruption. Finally, overexpression of cleavage-resistant talin mutant reduces LPS-induced increases in MLC phosphorylation in human lung microvascular ECs and attenuates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption. These results provide the first evidence that calpain mediates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption in ALI via cleavage of talin.
AB - Acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by lung vascular endothelial cell (EC) barrier compromise resulting in increased endothelial permeability and pulmonary edema. The infection of gram-negative bacteria that produce toxins like LPS is one of the major causes of ALI. LPS activates Toll-like receptor 4, leading to cytoskeleton reorganization, resulting in lung endothelial barrier disruption and pulmonary edema in ALI. However, the signaling pathways that lead to the cytoskeleton reorganization and lung microvascular EC barrier disruption remain largely unexplored. Here we show that LPS induces calpain activation and talin cleavage into head and rod domains and that inhibition of calpain attenuates talin cleavage, RhoA activation, and pulmonary EC barrier disruption in LPS-treated human lung microvascular ECs in vitro and lung EC barrier disruption and pulmonary edema induced by LPS in ALI in vivo. Moreover, overexpression of calpain causes talin cleavage and RhoA activation, myosin light chain (MLC) phosphorylation, and increases in actin stress fiber formation. Furthermore, knockdown of talin attenuates LPS-induced RhoA activation and MLC phosphorylation and increased stress fiber formation and mitigates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption. Additionally, overexpression of talin head and rod domains increases RhoA activation, MLC phosphorylation, and stress fiber formation and enhances lung endothelial barrier disruption. Finally, overexpression of cleavage-resistant talin mutant reduces LPS-induced increases in MLC phosphorylation in human lung microvascular ECs and attenuates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption. These results provide the first evidence that calpain mediates LPS-induced lung microvascular endothelial barrier disruption in ALI via cleavage of talin.
KW - acute lung injury
KW - ARDS
KW - myosin light chain
KW - pulmonary edema
KW - vascular endothelial cells
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U2 - 10.1165/rcmb.2023-0009OC
DO - 10.1165/rcmb.2023-0009OC
M3 - Article
C2 - 37639326
AN - SCOPUS:85178651342
SN - 1044-1549
VL - 69
SP - 678
EP - 688
JO - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
JF - American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology
IS - 6
ER -