PMID- 33311976 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210625 LR - 20231110 IS - 1178-2005 (Electronic) IS - 1176-9106 (Print) IS - 1176-9106 (Linking) VI - 15 DP - 2020 TI - Monocytes and Macrophages in Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency. PG - 3183-3192 LID - 10.2147/COPD.S276792 [doi] AB - Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) is a genetic condition characterised by low circulating levels of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT), a serine proteinase inhibitor. The most common deficiency variants are the S and Z mutations, which cause the accumulation of misfolded AAT in hepatocytes resulting in endoplasmic reticular stress and insufficient release of AAT into the circulation (<11mumol/L). This leads to liver disease, as well as an increased risk of emphysema due to unopposed proteolytic activity of neutrophil-derived serine proteinases in the lungs. AATD has been traditionally viewed as an inflammatory disorder caused directly by a proteinase-antiproteinase imbalance in the lung, but increasing evidence suggests that low AAT levels may affect other cellular functions. Recently, AAT polymers have been identified in both monocytes and macrophages from AATD patients and evidence is building that these cells may also play a role in the development of AATD lung disease. Alveolar macrophages are phagocytic cells that are important in the lung immune response but are also implicated in driving inflammation. This review explores the potential implications of monocyte and macrophage involvement in non-liver AAT synthesis and the pathophysiology of AATD lung disease. CI - (c) 2020 Belchamber et al. FAU - Belchamber, Kylie B R AU - Belchamber KBR AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3241-258X AD - Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. FAU - Walker, Eloise M AU - Walker EM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3132-8861 AD - Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. FAU - Stockley, Robert A AU - Stockley RA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3726-1207 AD - Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. FAU - Sapey, Elizabeth AU - Sapey E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3454-5482 AD - Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. AD - NIHR Clinical Research Facility Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK. LA - eng GR - MR/L008335/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20201203 PL - New Zealand TA - Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis JT - International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease JID - 101273481 RN - 0 (alpha 1-Antitrypsin) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Macrophages MH - Monocytes MH - *Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive MH - *Pulmonary Emphysema MH - alpha 1-Antitrypsin/genetics MH - *alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency/genetics PMC - PMC7725100 OTO - NOTNLM OT - alpha-1 antitrypsin OT - alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency OT - macrophage OT - monocyte COIS- Kylie BR Belchamber reports grants from Alpha-1 foundation, during the conduct of the study. Robert A Stockley reports personal fees from Vertex, grants and personal fees from CSL Behring, grants from Mereo biopharma and Takeda, Advisory Board for Z factor, and Chair DSMB for Kamada, during the conduct of the study. Elizabeth Sapey reports grants from Medical Research Council, grant from Wellcome Trust, grants from NIHR, grants from British Lung Foundation, grants from Alpha 1 Foundation, and grants from HDR-UK, outside the submitted work. The authors report no other potential conflicts of interest for this work. EDAT- 2020/12/15 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/29 06:00 PMCR- 2020/12/03 CRDT- 2020/12/14 10:55 PHST- 2020/08/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/14 10:55 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/03 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 276792 [pii] AID - 10.2147/COPD.S276792 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2020 Dec 3;15:3183-3192. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S276792. eCollection 2020.