PMID- 34767813 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220302 LR - 20230401 IS - 1525-2191 (Electronic) IS - 0002-9440 (Print) IS - 0002-9440 (Linking) VI - 192 IP - 2 DP - 2022 Feb TI - Dedicator of Cytokinesis 2 (DOCK2) Deficiency Attenuates Lung Injury Associated with Chronic High-Fat and High-Fructose Diet-Induced Obesity. PG - 226-238 LID - S0002-9440(21)00474-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ajpath.2021.10.011 [doi] AB - Obesity is a major risk factor for lung disease development. However, little is known about the impact of chronic high-fat and high-fructose (HFHF) diet-induced obesity on lung inflammation and subsequent pulmonary fibrosis. Herein we hypothesized that dedicator of cytokinesis 2 (DOCK2) promotes a proinflammatory phenotype of lung fibroblasts (LFs) to elicit lung injury and fibrosis in chronic HFHF diet-induced obesity. An HFHF diet for 20 weeks induced lung inflammation and profibrotic changes in wild-type C57BL/6 mice. CD68 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) expression were notably increased in the lungs of wild-type mice fed an HFHF diet. An HFHF diet further increased lung DOCK2 expression that co-localized with fibroblast-specific protein 1, suggesting a role of DOCK2 in regulating proinflammatory phenotype of LFs. Importantly, DOCK2 knockout protected mice from lung inflammation and fibrosis induced by a HFHF diet. In primary human LFs, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and IL-1beta induced DOCK2 expression concurrent with MCP-1, IL-6, and matrix metallopeptidase 2. DOCK2 knockdown suppressed TNF-alpha-induced expression of these molecules and activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/AKT and NF-kappaB signaling pathways, suggesting a mechanism of DOCK2-mediated proinflammatory and profibrotic changes in human LFs. Taken together, these findings reveal a previously unrecognized role of DOCK2 in regulating proinflammatory phenotype of LFs, potentiation of lung inflammation, and pulmonary fibrosis in chronic HFHF diet-caused obesity. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 American Society for Investigative Pathology. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Qian, Guoqing AU - Qian G AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas. FAU - Adeyanju, Oluwaseun AU - Adeyanju O AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas. FAU - Sunil, Christudas AU - Sunil C AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas. FAU - Huang, Steven K AU - Huang SK AD - Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. FAU - Chen, Shi-You AU - Chen SY AD - Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. FAU - Tucker, Torry A AU - Tucker TA AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas. FAU - Idell, Steven AU - Idell S AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas. FAU - Guo, Xia AU - Guo X AD - Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, Texas; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Electronic address: xia.guo@uthct.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 HL127203/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL130133/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL142853/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - K99 HL141583/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R00 HL141583/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 - 20211110 PL - United States TA - Am J Pathol JT - The American journal of pathology JID - 0370502 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic) RN - 0 (CD68 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (DOCK2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (GTPase-Activating Proteins) RN - 0 (Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors) RN - 30237-26-4 (Fructose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/genetics/metabolism MH - Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic/genetics/metabolism MH - Chronic Disease MH - Cytokines/genetics/metabolism MH - Diet, High-Fat/*adverse effects MH - Fibroblasts/metabolism/pathology MH - Fructose/*adverse effects/pharmacology MH - GTPase-Activating Proteins/*deficiency/metabolism MH - Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/*deficiency/metabolism MH - Lung/*metabolism/pathology MH - Lung Injury/chemically induced/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Obesity/chemically induced/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Signal Transduction PMC - PMC8883439 EDAT- 2021/11/13 06:00 MHDA- 2022/03/03 06:00 PMCR- 2023/02/01 CRDT- 2021/11/12 20:13 PHST- 2021/04/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/09/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/10/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/11/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/03/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/11/12 20:13 [entrez] PHST- 2023/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0002-9440(21)00474-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ajpath.2021.10.011 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Pathol. 2022 Feb;192(2):226-238. doi: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2021.10.011. Epub 2021 Nov 10.