Citrullinated Histone H3 As a Therapeutic Target for Endotoxic Shock in Mice

Overview

Journal Front Immunol

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2020 Jan 31

PMID 31998291

Citations 48

Authors

Qiufang Deng

Baihong Pan

Hasan B Alam

Yingjian Liang

Zhenyu Wu

Baoling Liu

Nirit Mor-Vaknin

Xiuzhen Duan

Aaron M Williams

Yuzi Tian

Justin Zhang

Yongqing Li

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Abstract

Sepsis results in millions of deaths every year, with acute lung injury (ALI) being one of the leading causes of mortality in septic patients. As neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are abundant in sepsis, neutralizing components of NETs may be a useful strategy to improve outcomes of sepsis. Citrullinated histone H3 (CitH3) has been recently shown to be involved in the NET formation. In this study, we demonstrate that CitH3 damages human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and potentiates NET formation through a positive feedback mechanism. We developed a novel CitH3 monoclonal antibody to target peptidylarginine deiminase (PAD) 2 and PAD 4 generated CitH3. In a mouse model of lethal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induced shock, neutralizing CitH3 with the newly developed anti-CitH3 monoclonal antibody attenuates inflammatory responses, ameliorates ALI, and improves survival. Our study suggests that effectively blocking circulating CitH3 might be a potential therapeutic method for the treatment of endotoxemia.

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