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Crystalline silica-induced leukotriene B4-dependent inflammation promotes lung tumour growth

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  • Shuchismita R. Satpathy

    (James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville
    University of Louisville)

  • Venkatakrishna R. Jala

    (James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville
    University of Louisville)

  • Sobha R. Bodduluri

    (James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville
    University of Louisville)

  • Elangovan Krishnan

    (James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville
    University of Louisville)

  • Bindu Hegde

    (James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville
    University of Louisville)

  • Gary W. Hoyle

    (University of Louisville)

  • Mostafa Fraig

    (University of Louisville)

  • Andrew D. Luster

    (Allergy and Immunology, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School)

  • Bodduluri Haribabu

    (James Graham Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville
    University of Louisville)

Abstract

Chronic exposure to crystalline silica (CS) causes silicosis, an irreversible lung inflammatory disease that may eventually lead to lung cancer. In this study, we demonstrate that in K-rasLA1 mice, CS exposure markedly enhances the lung tumour burden and genetic deletion of leukotriene B4 receptor-1 (BLT1−/−) attenuates this increase. Pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation induced by CS is significantly reduced in BLT1−/−K-rasLA1 mice. CS exposure induces LTB4 production by mast cells and macrophages independent of inflammasome activation. In an air-pouch model, CS-induced neutrophil recruitment is dependent on LTB4 production by mast cells and BLT1 expression on neutrophils. In an implantable lung tumour model, CS exposure results in rapid tumour growth and decreased survival that is attenuated in the absence of BLT1. These results suggest that the LTB4/BLT1 axis sets the pace of CS-induced sterile inflammation that promotes lung cancer progression. This knowledge may facilitate development of immunotherapeutic strategies to fight silicosis and lung cancer.

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  • Shuchismita R. Satpathy & Venkatakrishna R. Jala & Sobha R. Bodduluri & Elangovan Krishnan & Bindu Hegde & Gary W. Hoyle & Mostafa Fraig & Andrew D. Luster & Bodduluri Haribabu, 2015. "Crystalline silica-induced leukotriene B4-dependent inflammation promotes lung tumour growth," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 6(1), pages 1-12, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:6:y:2015:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms8064
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8064
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