PMID- 37801969 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231113 LR - 20231113 IS - 1878-1705 (Electronic) IS - 1567-5769 (Linking) VI - 124 IP - Pt B DP - 2023 Nov TI - Orexin A alleviates LPS-induced acute lung injury by inhibiting macrophage activation through JNK-mediated autophagy. PG - 111018 LID - S1567-5769(23)01343-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111018 [doi] AB - Crosstalk between the central nervous system and immune system by the neuroendocrine and autonomic nervous systems is critical during the inflammatory response. Exposure to endotoxin alters the activity of hypothalamic homeostatic systems, resulting in changed transmitter release within the brain. This study investigated the effects and cellular molecular mechanisms of neurogenic and exogenous orexin-A (OXA) in LPS-induced acute lung injury (ALI). We found the production of OXA in the hypothalamus and lungs was both decreased following LPS infection. LPS-induced lung injury including the destruction of the structure, inflammatory cell infiltration, and pro-inflammatory cytokines generation was aggravated in mice in which orexin neurons were lesioned with the neurotoxin orexin-saporin (orexin-SAP). Administration of exogenous OXA greatly improved lung pathology and reduced inflammatory response. Orexin receptors were found in cultured mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) and lung macrophages (LMs), adoptive transfer of OXA-treated macrophages showed alleviative lung injury compared to adoptive transfer of macrophages without OXA treatment. Mechanistically, it is the induction of autophagy via JNK activation that is responsible for OXA to suppress macrophage-derived pro-inflammatory cytokine production. These findings highlight the importance of neuro-immune crosstalk and indicate that OXA may be a potential therapeutic agent in the treatment of ALI. CI - Copyright (c) 2023. Published by Elsevier B.V. FAU - Nie, Yunjuan AU - Nie Y AD - Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, 1000 Hefeng Road, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, PR China; Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China. FAU - Liang, Junjie AU - Liang J AD - Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China. FAU - Sun, Jie AU - Sun J AD - Department of Pharmacy, Wuxi Higher Health Vocational Technology School, Wuxi 214000, PR China. FAU - Li, Jiao AU - Li J AD - Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China. FAU - Zhai, Xiaorun AU - Zhai X AD - Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China. FAU - Zhao, Peng AU - Zhao P AD - Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University, 1000 Hefeng Road, Wuxi 214000, Jiangsu Province, PR China; Department of Basic Medicine, Wuxi School of Medicine, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, PR China. Electronic address: zhaopeng336@jiangnan.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20231004 PL - Netherlands TA - Int Immunopharmacol JT - International immunopharmacology JID - 100965259 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Orexins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - *Acute Lung Injury/chemically induced/drug therapy/pathology MH - Autophagy MH - Cytokines MH - *Lipopolysaccharides MH - Lung/pathology MH - Macrophage Activation MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Orexins/therapeutic use/pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Acute lung injury OT - Autophagy OT - JNK OT - Macrophage OT - Orexin A COIS- Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2023/10/07 00:41 MHDA- 2023/11/02 12:46 CRDT- 2023/10/06 18:10 PHST- 2023/07/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/09/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/09/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/11/02 12:46 [medline] PHST- 2023/10/07 00:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/10/06 18:10 [entrez] AID - S1567-5769(23)01343-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111018 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Immunopharmacol. 2023 Nov;124(Pt B):111018. doi: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.111018. Epub 2023 Oct 4.