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Chronic plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) overexpression dampens CD25+ lymphocyte recruitment after lipopolysaccharide endotoxemia in mouse lung.

Poggi M, Paulmyer-Lacroix O, Verdier M, Peiretti F, Bastelica D, Boucraut J, Lijnen HR, Juhan-Vague I, Alessi MC

Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.

BACKGROUND: Plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) level rises during sepsis and confers a worse prognosis. PAI-1 participation to sepsis has been poorly documented and was mainly associated with fibrin deposits. Beside fibrin deposits, increased tissue PAI-1 expression may contribute to the poor outcome of endotoxemia through other mechanisms. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS: During lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge, the role of PAI-1 in the early phase of inflammation was examined in the lungs of transgenic mice that either overexpress or lack the PAI-1 gene (PAI-1Tg or PAI-1(-/-)). RESULTS: Analysis of leukocytes revealed that neutrophil and macrophage infiltrations did not differ for PAI-1Tg and wild-type (WT) mice. Remarkably, CD25+ lymphocyte infiltration was totally blunted in PAI-1Tg lungs and inversely correlated with fibrin depositions. In parallel, mRNA levels of the regulatory T cell (Treg) markers FoxP3, CTLA-4, and GITR were significantly lower in PAI-1Tg than in WT lungs after LPS challenge. These data are supported by opposite results in PAI-1(-/-) lungs. The systemic compartments (spleen and peripheral blood) showed no decrease in CD25+, CD4+ CD25+ lymphocytes, and Treg markers in PAI-1Tg mice after LPS injection compared with WT mice. In addition, plasma and lung concentrations of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) were significantly higher in PAI-1Tg mice than WT mice. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that chronic tissue PAI-1 overexpression influences the early phase of the inflammatory response during endotoxemia through the control of T lymphocyte traffic.

Published 23 November 2007 in J Thromb Haemost, 5(12): 2467-75.
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