Chronic Alcohol Ingestion Exacerbates Lung Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in HIV-1 Transgenic Rats
Xian Fan
From the Pulmonary Section (XF, PCJ, DMG), Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Division of Pulmonary (XF, PCJ, MK, DMG), Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Search for more papers by this authorPratibha C. Joshi
From the Pulmonary Section (XF, PCJ, DMG), Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Division of Pulmonary (XF, PCJ, MK, DMG), Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Koval
From the Pulmonary Section (XF, PCJ, DMG), Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Division of Pulmonary (XF, PCJ, MK, DMG), Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Search for more papers by this authorDavid M. Guidot
From the Pulmonary Section (XF, PCJ, DMG), Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Division of Pulmonary (XF, PCJ, MK, DMG), Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Search for more papers by this authorXian Fan
From the Pulmonary Section (XF, PCJ, DMG), Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Division of Pulmonary (XF, PCJ, MK, DMG), Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Search for more papers by this authorPratibha C. Joshi
From the Pulmonary Section (XF, PCJ, DMG), Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Division of Pulmonary (XF, PCJ, MK, DMG), Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Search for more papers by this authorMichael Koval
From the Pulmonary Section (XF, PCJ, DMG), Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Division of Pulmonary (XF, PCJ, MK, DMG), Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
Search for more papers by this authorDavid M. Guidot
From the Pulmonary Section (XF, PCJ, DMG), Atlanta VAMC, Atlanta, Georgia; and Division of Pulmonary (XF, PCJ, MK, DMG), Allergy & Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
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Background: Alcohol abuse and HIV-1 infection frequently coexist, and these individuals are at high risk for serious lung infections and respiratory failure. Although alcohol ingestion and HIV-1 transgene expression have been shown to independently cause oxidative stress and disrupt alveolar epithelial barrier function in experimental models, their interactive effects have not been examined.
Methods and Results: In this study, we determined that chronic alcohol ingestion (12 weeks) exacerbated the already significant defects in alveolar epithelial paracellular permeability and lung liquid clearance in HIV-1 transgenic rats. Further, immunocytochemical analyses of tight junction protein expression in primary alveolar epithelial cells showed that occludin and zonula occludens-1 localization within the plasma membrane was more disrupted than in either condition alone, consistent with the observed defects in epithelial barrier function. Interestingly, expression of nuclear factor-erythroid 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), the transcription factor required to activate the antioxidant-response element, was decreased in primary alveolar epithelial cells isolated from HIV-1 transgenic rats. In parallel, exposing lung epithelial cells in vitro to either alcohol or the HIV-related protein gp120 also decreased Nrf2 expression. Importantly, treatment with procysteine, which increases thiol antioxidants including glutathione, improved tight junction protein localization in the plasma membrane and restored alveolar epithelial barrier function in alcohol-fed HIV-1 transgenic rats.
Conclusions: These results provide novel evidence that HIV-related proteins and alcohol together causes more barrier dysfunction in the lung epithelium than either stress alone. However, these significant effects on the alveolar barrier can be mitigated by augmenting the thiol antioxidant pool, a strategy with potential clinical applications in subjects who are highly vulnerable to lung disease because of coexistent alcohol abuse and HIV infection.
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