PMID- 36430427 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20221129 LR - 20221214 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 22 DP - 2022 Nov 12 TI - Cirsilineol Treatment Attenuates PM(2.5)-Induced Lung Injury in Mice. LID - 10.3390/ijms232213948 [doi] LID - 13948 AB - Ultrafine particulate matter with less than 2.5 mum diameter (PM(2.5)) is an air pollutant that causes severe lung damage. Currently, effective treatment and preventive methods for PM(2.5)-induced lung damage are limited. Cirsilineol (CSL) is a small natural compound isolated from Artemisia vestita. In this study, the efficacy of CSL on PM(2.5)-induced lung toxicity was tested, and its mechanism was identified. Lung injury was caused by intratracheal administration of PM(2.5) suspension in animal models. Two days after PM(2.5) pretreatment, CSL was injected via mouse tail vein for two days. The effects of CSL on PM(2.5)-induced lung damage, autophagy, apoptosis, and pulmonary inflammation in a mouse model and their mechanisms were investigated. CSL significantly suppressed histological lung damage and lung wet/dry weight proportion. CSL also significantly reduced PM(2.5)-induced autophagy dysfunction, apoptosis, lymphocyte suppression, and inflammatory cytokine levels in bronchoalveolar fluid (BALF). Furthermore, CSL increased mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) phosphorylation and significantly inhibited the expression of Toll-like receptors (TLR) 2 and 4, MyD88, and the autophagy proteins, Beclin1 and LC3II. Thus, CSL exerts protective effects on pulmonary damage by regulating mTOR and TLR2,4-myD88 autophagy pathways. Therefore, CSL can be used as an effective treatment for PM(2.5)-induced lung damage. FAU - Kim, Chaeyeong AU - Kim C AD - College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea. FAU - Kim, Go Oun AU - Kim GO AD - College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea. FAU - Bae, Jong-Sup AU - Bae JS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5756-9367 AD - College of Pharmacy, Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea. LA - eng GR - HI15C0001/Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea/ GR - 2020R1A2C1004131 and 2022R1A4A10189001/National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (MSIT)/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221112 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 41365-32-6 (cirsilineol) RN - 0 (Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - 0 (Particulate Matter) SB - IM MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - *Lung Injury/chemically induced/drug therapy MH - Myeloid Differentiation Factor 88 MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Particulate Matter/toxicity MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Mammals PMC - PMC9692977 OTO - NOTNLM OT - 4-mTOR autophagy OT - TLR2 OT - apoptosis OT - cirsilineol OT - lung toxicity OT - particulate matter COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/11/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/11/30 06:00 PMCR- 2022/11/12 CRDT- 2022/11/26 01:16 PHST- 2022/10/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/10/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/11/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/11/26 01:16 [entrez] PHST- 2022/11/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/12 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms232213948 [pii] AID - ijms-23-13948 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms232213948 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Nov 12;23(22):13948. doi: 10.3390/ijms232213948.