PMID- 34138760 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220225 LR - 20220225 IS - 2379-3708 (Electronic) IS - 2379-3708 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 14 DP - 2021 Jul 22 TI - Endothelial SOCS3 maintains homeostasis and promotes survival in endotoxemic mice. LID - 10.1172/jci.insight.147280 [doi] LID - e147280 AB - SOCS3 is the main inhibitor of the JAK/STAT3 pathway. This pathway is activated by interleukin 6 (IL-6), a major mediator of the cytokine storm during shock. To determine its role in the vascular response to shock, we challenged mice lacking SOCS3 in the adult endothelium (SOCS3iEKO) with a nonlethal dose of lipopolysaccharide (LPS). SOCS3iEKO mice died 16-24 hours postinjection after severe kidney failure. Loss of SOCS3 led to an LPS-induced type I IFN-like program and high expression of prothrombotic and proadhesive genes. Consistently, we observed intraluminal leukocyte adhesion and neutrophil extracellular trap-osis (NETosis), as well as retinal venular leukoembolization. Notably, heterozygous mice displayed an intermediate phenotype, suggesting a gene dose effect. In vitro studies were performed to study the role of SOCS3 protein levels in the regulation of the inflammatory response. In human umbilical vein endothelial cells, pulse-chase experiments showed that SOCS3 protein had a half-life less than 20 minutes. Inhibition of SOCS3 ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation led to protein accumulation and a stronger inhibition of IL-6 signaling and barrier function loss. Together, our data demonstrate that the regulation of SOCS3 protein levels is critical to inhibit IL-6-mediated endotheliopathy during shock and provide a promising therapeutic avenue to prevent multiorgan dysfunction through stabilization of endothelial SOCS3. FAU - Martino, Nina AU - Martino N AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. FAU - Ramos, Ramon Bossardi AU - Ramos RB AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. FAU - Lu, Shuhan AU - Lu S AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. FAU - Leyden, Kara AU - Leyden K AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. FAU - Tomaszek, Lindsay AU - Tomaszek L AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. FAU - Sadhu, Sudeshna AU - Sadhu S AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. FAU - Fredman, Gabrielle AU - Fredman G AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. FAU - Jaitovich, Ariel AU - Jaitovich A AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. AD - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and. FAU - Vincent, Peter A AU - Vincent PA AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. FAU - Adam, Alejandro P AU - Adam AP AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology. AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York, USA. LA - eng GR - K01 HL130704/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM124133/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL141127/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL153019/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210722 PL - United States TA - JCI Insight JT - JCI insight JID - 101676073 RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (SOCS3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Socs3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*pathology MH - Endotoxemia/diagnosis/*immunology/mortality/pathology MH - Heterozygote MH - Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-6/metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/administration & dosage/immunology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Proteolysis MH - Severity of Illness Index MH - Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein/analysis/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitination PMC - PMC8410050 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cytokines OT - Endothelial cells OT - Inflammation OT - Signal transduction OT - Vascular Biology COIS- Conflict of interest: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists. EDAT- 2021/06/18 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/26 06:00 PMCR- 2021/07/22 CRDT- 2021/06/17 17:20 PHST- 2020/12/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/16 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/17 17:20 [entrez] PHST- 2021/07/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - e147280 [pii] AID - 147280 [pii] AID - 10.1172/jci.insight.147280 [doi] PST - epublish SO - JCI Insight. 2021 Jul 22;6(14):e147280. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.147280.