PMID- 29906743 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181108 LR - 20181108 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 61 DP - 2018 Aug TI - Costunolide ameliorates lipoteichoic acid-induced acute lung injury via attenuating MAPK signaling pathway. PG - 283-289 LID - S1567-5769(18)30268-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.06.017 [doi] AB - Lipoteichoic acid (LTA)-induced acute lung injury (ALI) is an experimental model for mimicking Gram-positive bacteria-induced pneumonia that is a refractory disease with lack of effective medicines. Here, we reported that costunolide, a sesquiterpene lactone, ameliorated LTA-induced ALI. Costunolide treatment reduced LTA-induced neutrophil lung infiltration, cytokine and chemokine production (TNF-alpha, IL-6 and KC), and pulmonary edema. In response to LTA challenge, treatment with costunolide resulted less iNOS expression and produced less inflammatory cytokines in bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDMs). Pretreatment with costunolide also attenuated the LTA-induced the phosphorylation of p38 MAPK and ERK in BMDMs. Furthermore, costunolide treatment reduced the phosphorylation of TAK1 and inhibited the interaction of TAK1 with Tab1. In conclusion, we have demonstrated that costunolide protects against LTA-induced ALI via inhibiting TAK1-mediated MAPK signaling pathway, and our studies suggest that costunolide is a promising agent for treatment of Gram-positive bacteria-mediated pneumonia. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Chen, Zhengxu AU - Chen Z AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China; Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, Anhui Province, China. FAU - Zhang, Dan AU - Zhang D AD - Research Center for Cancer Precision Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, Anhui Province, China. Electronic address: zhangdan_0117@163.com. FAU - Li, Man AU - Li M AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Second People's Hospital of Hefei, Hefei, Anhui Province, China. FAU - Wang, Baolong AU - Wang B AD - Department of Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China. Electronic address: wbl196555@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180612 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Sesquiterpenes) RN - 0 (Teichoic Acids) RN - 4IK578SA7Z (costunolide) RN - 56411-57-5 (lipoteichoic acid) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP kinase kinase kinase 7) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury/*drug therapy MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases/metabolism MH - Gram-Positive Bacteria/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides MH - Lung/*drug effects/immunology/pathology MH - MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases/metabolism MH - Macrophages/*drug effects/immunology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neutrophil Infiltration MH - Pneumonia, Bacterial/*drug therapy MH - Pulmonary Edema/*drug therapy MH - Sesquiterpenes/*therapeutic use MH - Signal Transduction MH - Teichoic Acids OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute lung injury OT - Costunolide OT - Lipoteichoic acid OT - Macrophage OT - TLR2 EDAT- 2018/06/16 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/09 06:00 CRDT- 2018/06/16 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/06/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/06/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1567-5769(18)30268-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.06.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2018 Aug;61:283-289. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.06.017. Epub 2018 Jun 12.