IRF5 regulates lung macrophages M2 polarization during severe acute pancreatitis in vitro.

Abstract

AIM:

To investigate the role of interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) in reversing polarization of lung macrophages during severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) in vitro.

METHODS:

A mouse SAP model was established by intraperitoneal (ip) injections of 20 μg/kg body weight caerulein. Pathological changes in the lung were observed by hematoxylin and eosin staining. Lung macrophages were isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. The quantity and purity of lung macrophages were detected by fluorescence-activated cell sorting and evaluated by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). They were treated with IL-4/IRF5 specific siRNA (IRF5 siRNA) to reverse their polarization and were evaluated by detecting markers expression of M1/M2 using RT-PCR.

RESULTS:

SAP associated acute lung injury (ALI) was induced successfully by ip injections of caerulein, which was confirmed by histopathology. Lung macrophages expressed high levels of IRF5 as M1 phenotype during the early acute pancreatitis stages. Reduction of IRF5 expression by IRF5 siRNA reversed the action of macrophages from M1 to M2 phenotype in vitro. The expressions of M1 markers, including IRF5 (S + IRF5 siRNA vs S + PBS, 0.013 ± 0.01 vs 0.054 ± 0.047, P < 0.01), TNF-α (S + IRF5 siRNA vs S + PBS, 0.0003 ± 0.0002 vs 0.019 ± 0.018, P < 0.001), iNOS (S + IRF5 siRNA vs S + PBS, 0.0003 ± 0.0002 vs 0.026 ± 0.018, P < 0.001) and IL-12 (S + IRF5 siRNA vs S + PBS, 0.000005 ± 0.00004 vs 0.024 ± 0.016, P < 0.001), were decreased. In contrast, the expressions of M2 markers, including IL-10 (S + IRF5 siRNA vs S + PBS, 0.060 ± 0.055 vs 0.0230 ± 0.018, P < 0.01) and Arg-1 (S + IRF5 siRNA vs S + PBS, 0.910 ± 0.788 vs 0.0036 ± 0.0025, P < 0.001), were increased. IRF5 siRNA could reverse the lung macrophage polarization more effectively than IL-4.

CONCLUSION:

Treatment with IRF5 siRNA can reverse the pancreatitis-induced activation of lung macrophages from M1 phenotype to M2 phenotype in SAP associated with ALI.

• Authors: Kang Sun, Song-Bing He, Jian-Guo Qu, Sheng-Chun Dang, Ji-Xiang Chen, Ai-Hua Gong, Rong Xie, Jian-Xin Zhang
• Journal: World journal of gastroenterology (World J Gastroenterol) Vol. 22 Issue 42 Pg. 9368-9377 (Nov 14 2016) ISSN: 2219-2840 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 27895424 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Interferon Regulatory Factors
• Irf5 protein, mouse
• Ceruletide

Topics

• Acute Lung Injury (chemically induced, genetics, metabolism, pathology)
• Animals
• Cells, Cultured
• Ceruletide
• Disease Models, Animal
• Female
• Interferon Regulatory Factors (genetics, metabolism)
• Macrophage Activation
• Macrophages, Alveolar (metabolism, pathology)
• Male
• Mice, Inbred C57BL
• Pancreatitis (chemically induced, genetics, metabolism, pathology)
• Phenotype
• RNA Interference
• Severity of Illness Index
• Signal Transduction
• Time Factors
• Transfection