PMID- 28273403 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170731 LR - 20220310 IS - 1365-3083 (Electronic) IS - 0300-9475 (Linking) VI - 85 IP - 6 DP - 2017 Jun TI - PTEN/PI3k/AKT Regulates Macrophage Polarization in Emphysematous mice. PG - 395-405 LID - 10.1111/sji.12545 [doi] AB - Macrophages play an important role in the pathogenesis of COPD. Macrophage polarization towards the M2 phenotype has been observed in the lung tissues of COPD patients and cigarette smokers. The molecular basis of this process remains unclear, and it has not been completely illuminated in animal models of emphysema. In our study, we combined cigarette smoke (CS) exposure with intraperitoneal injection of cigarette smoke extract (CSE) to build an emphysema model. We found by immunohistochemical staining and flow cytometry that the expression level of CD206 and the ratio of M2 to M1 macrophages was increased in emphysematous mice. We also demonstrated that decreased protein level for phosphatase and tensin homology deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) and increased total protein levels for phosphorylation -protein kinase B (p-AKT) in the lung tissue of emphysematous mice and in CSE-treated RAW264.7 cells. In both bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) from emphysematous mice and CSE-treated RAW264.7 cells, we observed by RT-PCR that the mRNA levels of M2 macrophage-related markers and cytokines were increased. Furthermore, M1 macrophage-related markers and cytokines were decreased. Meanwhile we treated BMDMs from emphysematous mice and CSE-treated RAW264.7 cells with the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt inhibitor (LY294002), we observed a reduction in RNA levels of M2 macrophage-related markers and cytokines. In conclusion, we confirmed that macrophage M2 polarization was induced in emphysematous mice generated by CS exposure combined with intraperitoneal injection of CSE. We also showed that M2 polarization was mediated through PTEN/PI3k/AKT pathway activation. CI - (c) 2017 The Foundation for the Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. FAU - Lu, J AU - Lu J AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Third XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. FAU - Xie, L AU - Xie L AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Third XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. FAU - Liu, C AU - Liu C AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Third XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. FAU - Zhang, Q AU - Zhang Q AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Third XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. FAU - Sun, S AU - Sun S AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9705-4632 AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Third XiangYa Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Scand J Immunol JT - Scandinavian journal of immunology JID - 0323767 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Lectins, C-Type) RN - 0 (Mannose Receptor) RN - 0 (Mannose-Binding Lectins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) RN - 0 (Smoke) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 3.1.3.67 (PTEN Phosphohydrolase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Cell Line MH - Cytokines/genetics/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Expression MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Injections, Intraperitoneal MH - Lectins, C-Type/metabolism MH - Lung/drug effects/metabolism/pathology MH - Macrophage Activation MH - Macrophages/classification/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mannose Receptor MH - Mannose-Binding Lectins/metabolism MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - PTEN Phosphohydrolase/*metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*metabolism MH - Pulmonary Emphysema/chemically induced/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction MH - Smoke MH - Tobacco Products/toxicity EDAT- 2017/03/09 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/02 06:00 CRDT- 2017/03/09 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/03/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/03/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/03/09 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/sji.12545 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Scand J Immunol. 2017 Jun;85(6):395-405. doi: 10.1111/sji.12545.