Dexmedetomidine Attenuates LPS-Stimulated Alveolar Type II Cells’ Injury through Upregulation of miR-140-3p and Partial Suppression of PD-L1 Involving Inactivating JNK-Bnip3 Pathway

Dexmedetomidine (DEX), which is reported to be a newly discovered, novel α-2 adrenoceptor agonist, is known to exhibit anti-inflammatory properties in several diseases. DEX regulates inflammation-related signaling pathways and genes through interactions with several miRNAs. This study verified that...

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Main Authors: Xianfeng Chen, Juntao Hu, Jie Lai, Zhiyong Zhang, Zhanhong Tang
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Canadian Respiratory Journal
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8433960
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Jie Lai
Zhiyong Zhang
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description Dexmedetomidine (DEX), which is reported to be a newly discovered, novel α-2 adrenoceptor agonist, is known to exhibit anti-inflammatory properties in several diseases. DEX regulates inflammation-related signaling pathways and genes through interactions with several miRNAs. This study verified that expression levels of miR-140-3p were diminished when alveolar type II cells were exposed to LPS. However, the levels of miR-140-3p were confirmed as showing an increase with DEX treatment. These observations revealed that the expression of miR-140-3p was related to the beneficial effects that accompanied the DEX treatment of LPS-induced ALI. In addition, PD-1/PD-L1 expression increased extensively when RLE-6TN cells were induced by LPS. The increased expression was reduced after treatment with DEX. Thus, it appears that the PD-L1 expression was targeted directly by miR-140-3p, resulting in the partial repression of PD-L1 levels, which involved the inhibition of p-JNK and Bnip3 expression. Therefore, DEX was shown to inhibit the PD-L1 expression by promoting partially increased miR-140-3p levels in RLE-6TN cells. DEX also inactivated the JNK-Bnip3 pathway, resulting in the inhibition of inflammation and alleviating alveolar type II cell injury.
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spelling doaj-art-94eb99bdf2e04e5d9a049451be2d7be52025-08-20T03:19:47ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1916-72452022-01-01202210.1155/2022/8433960Dexmedetomidine Attenuates LPS-Stimulated Alveolar Type II Cells’ Injury through Upregulation of miR-140-3p and Partial Suppression of PD-L1 Involving Inactivating JNK-Bnip3 PathwayXianfeng Chen0Juntao Hu1Jie Lai2Zhiyong Zhang3Zhanhong Tang4Department of Intensive Care UnitDepartment of Intensive Care UnitDepartment of Intensive Care UnitDepartment of Intensive Care UnitDepartment of Intensive Care UnitDexmedetomidine (DEX), which is reported to be a newly discovered, novel α-2 adrenoceptor agonist, is known to exhibit anti-inflammatory properties in several diseases. DEX regulates inflammation-related signaling pathways and genes through interactions with several miRNAs. This study verified that expression levels of miR-140-3p were diminished when alveolar type II cells were exposed to LPS. However, the levels of miR-140-3p were confirmed as showing an increase with DEX treatment. These observations revealed that the expression of miR-140-3p was related to the beneficial effects that accompanied the DEX treatment of LPS-induced ALI. In addition, PD-1/PD-L1 expression increased extensively when RLE-6TN cells were induced by LPS. The increased expression was reduced after treatment with DEX. Thus, it appears that the PD-L1 expression was targeted directly by miR-140-3p, resulting in the partial repression of PD-L1 levels, which involved the inhibition of p-JNK and Bnip3 expression. Therefore, DEX was shown to inhibit the PD-L1 expression by promoting partially increased miR-140-3p levels in RLE-6TN cells. DEX also inactivated the JNK-Bnip3 pathway, resulting in the inhibition of inflammation and alleviating alveolar type II cell injury.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8433960
spellingShingle Xianfeng Chen
Juntao Hu
Jie Lai
Zhiyong Zhang
Zhanhong Tang
Dexmedetomidine Attenuates LPS-Stimulated Alveolar Type II Cells’ Injury through Upregulation of miR-140-3p and Partial Suppression of PD-L1 Involving Inactivating JNK-Bnip3 Pathway
Canadian Respiratory Journal
title Dexmedetomidine Attenuates LPS-Stimulated Alveolar Type II Cells’ Injury through Upregulation of miR-140-3p and Partial Suppression of PD-L1 Involving Inactivating JNK-Bnip3 Pathway
title_full Dexmedetomidine Attenuates LPS-Stimulated Alveolar Type II Cells’ Injury through Upregulation of miR-140-3p and Partial Suppression of PD-L1 Involving Inactivating JNK-Bnip3 Pathway
title_fullStr Dexmedetomidine Attenuates LPS-Stimulated Alveolar Type II Cells’ Injury through Upregulation of miR-140-3p and Partial Suppression of PD-L1 Involving Inactivating JNK-Bnip3 Pathway
title_full_unstemmed Dexmedetomidine Attenuates LPS-Stimulated Alveolar Type II Cells’ Injury through Upregulation of miR-140-3p and Partial Suppression of PD-L1 Involving Inactivating JNK-Bnip3 Pathway
title_short Dexmedetomidine Attenuates LPS-Stimulated Alveolar Type II Cells’ Injury through Upregulation of miR-140-3p and Partial Suppression of PD-L1 Involving Inactivating JNK-Bnip3 Pathway
title_sort dexmedetomidine attenuates lps stimulated alveolar type ii cells injury through upregulation of mir 140 3p and partial suppression of pd l1 involving inactivating jnk bnip3 pathway
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/8433960
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