PMID- 30557824 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190509 LR - 20190509 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 67 DP - 2019 Feb TI - Rapamycin ameliorates lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting IL-1beta and IL-18 production. PG - 211-219 LID - S1567-5769(18)31305-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.12.017 [doi] AB - Interleukin (IL)-1beta and IL-18 play central and detrimental roles in the development of acute lung injury (ALI), and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is involved in regulating IL-1beta and IL-18 production. However, it is not clear whether the mTOR specific inhibitor rapamycin can attenuate lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI by modulating IL-1beta and IL-18 production. In this study, we found that rapamycin ameliorated LPS-induced ALI by inhibiting NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome-mediated IL-1beta and IL-18 secretion. Mechanistically, elevated autophagy and decreased nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB activation were associated with downregulated IL-1beta and IL-18. Moreover, rapamycin reduced leukocyte infiltration in the lung tissue and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), and contributed to the alleviation of LPS-induced ALI. Consistently, rapamycin also significantly inhibited IL-1beta and IL-18 production by RAW264.7 cells via increased autophagy and decreased NF-kappaB signaling in vitro. Our results demonstrated that rapamycin protects mice against LPS-induced ALI partly by inhibiting the production and secretion of IL-1beta and IL-18. mTOR and rapamycin might represent an appropriate therapeutic target and strategy for preventing ALI induced by LPS. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Jia, Xuehong AU - Jia X AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China; Peking University China-Japan Friendship School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing 100029, China. FAU - Cao, Bin AU - Cao B AD - Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing 100029, China; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - An, Yunqing AU - An Y AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. FAU - Zhang, Xulong AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. Electronic address: zhxlwl@ccmu.edu.cn. FAU - Wang, Chen AU - Wang C AD - Peking University China-Japan Friendship School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing 100029, China; Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Respiratory Diseases, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China; National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Diseases, Beijing 100029, China; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China; Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China. Electronic address: cyh-birm@263.net. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20181215 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 0 (Immunosuppressive Agents) RN - 0 (Interleukin-18) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1beta) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Acute Lung Injury/*chemically induced/*prevention & control MH - Animals MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Immunosuppressive Agents/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-18/genetics/*metabolism MH - Interleukin-1beta/genetics/*metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/*toxicity MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Sirolimus/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute lung injury OT - Autophagy OT - IL-18 OT - IL-1beta OT - NF-kappaB OT - mTOR EDAT- 2018/12/18 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/10 06:00 CRDT- 2018/12/18 06:00 PHST- 2018/05/04 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/11/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/12/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/12/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/12/18 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1567-5769(18)31305-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.12.017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2019 Feb;67:211-219. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2018.12.017. Epub 2018 Dec 15.