Inflammation and Immunity, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Department of Molecular Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 Feb;45(2):338-350. doi: 10.1111/acer.14542. Epub 2021 Jan 23.
Sepsis and septic shock kill over 270,000 patients per year in the United States. Sepsis transitions from a hyper-inflammatory to a hypo-inflammatory phase. Alcohol dependence is a risk factor for mortality from sepsis. Ethanol (EtOH) exposure impairs pathogen clearance through mechanisms that are not fully understood. Sirtuin 2 (SIRT2) interferes with pathogen clearance in immune cells but its role in the effects of EtOH on sepsis is unknown. We studied the effect of EtOH exposure on hyper- and hypo-inflammation and the role of SIRT2 in mice.
We exposed C57Bl/6 (WT) mice to EtOH via drinking water and used intraperitoneal cecal slurry (CS)-induced sepsis to study: (i) 7-day survival, (ii) leukocyte adhesion (LA) in the mesenteric microcirculation during hyper- and hypo-inflammation, (iii) peritoneal cavity bacterial clearance, and (iv) SIRT2 expression in peritoneal macrophages. Using EtOH-exposed and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated RAW 264.7 (RAW) cell macrophages for 4 hours or 24 hours, we studied: (i) tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-10 (IL-10), and SIRT2 expression, and (ii) the effect of the SIRT2 inhibitor AK-7 on inflammatory response at 24 hours. Lastly, we studied the effect of EtOH on sepsis in whole body Sirt2 knockout (SIRT2KO) mice during hyper- and hypo-inflammation, bacterial clearance, and 7-day survival.
WT EtOH-sepsis mice showed: (i) Decreased survival, (ii) Muted LA in the microcirculation, (iii) Lower plasma TNF-α and IL-6 expression, (iv) Decreased bacterial clearance, and (v) Increased SIRT2 expression in peritoneal macrophages versus vehicle-sepsis. EtOH-exposed LPS-stimulated RAW cells showed: (i) Muted TNF-α, IL-6, and increased IL-10 expression at 4 hours, (ii) endotoxin tolerance at 24 hours, and (iii) reversal of endotoxin tolerance with the SIRT2 inhibitor AK-7. EtOH-exposed SIRT2KO-sepsis mice showed greater 7-day survival, LA, and bacterial clearance than WT EtOH-sepsis mice.
EtOH exposure decreases survival and reduces the inflammatory response to sepsis via increased SIRT2 expression. SIRT2 is a potential therapeutic target in EtOH with sepsis.
在美国,每年有超过 27 万名患者死于败血症和感染性休克。败血症从过度炎症反应阶段向低炎症反应阶段转变。酒精依赖是败血症死亡率的一个风险因素。乙醇(EtOH)暴露通过尚未完全了解的机制损害病原体清除。沉默调节蛋白 2(SIRT2)干扰免疫细胞中的病原体清除,但它在 EtOH 对败血症的影响中的作用尚不清楚。我们研究了 EtOH 暴露对超炎症和低炎症的影响,以及 SIRT2 在小鼠中的作用。
我们通过饮用水使 C57Bl/6(WT)小鼠接触 EtOH,并使用腹腔盲肠浆液(CS)诱导的败血症来研究:(i)7 天存活率,(ii)超炎症和低炎症期间肠系膜微循环中的白细胞黏附(LA),(iii)腹腔内细菌清除率,以及(iv)腹腔巨噬细胞中的 SIRT2 表达。我们用 EtOH 暴露和脂多糖(LPS)刺激 RAW 264.7(RAW)细胞巨噬细胞 4 小时或 24 小时,研究了:(i)肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)、白细胞介素-6(IL-6)、白细胞介素-10(IL-10)和 SIRT2 表达,以及(ii)SIRT2 抑制剂 AK-7 在 24 小时时对炎症反应的影响。最后,我们研究了 EtOH 在全身 Sirt2 敲除(SIRT2KO)小鼠的超炎症和低炎症、细菌清除率和 7 天存活率中的作用。
WT EtOH-败血症小鼠表现出:(i)存活率降低,(ii)微循环中的 LA 减弱,(iii)血浆 TNF-α和 IL-6 表达降低,(iv)细菌清除率降低,以及(v)与 vehicle-败血症相比,腹腔巨噬细胞中的 SIRT2 表达增加。EtOH 暴露的 LPS 刺激 RAW 细胞显示:(i)4 小时时 TNF-α、IL-6 和 IL-10 表达减弱,(ii)24 小时时内毒素耐受,以及(iii)SIRT2 抑制剂 AK-7 逆转内毒素耐受。EtOH 暴露的 SIRT2KO-败血症小鼠的 7 天存活率、LA 和细菌清除率均高于 WT EtOH-败血症小鼠。
EtOH 暴露通过增加 SIRT2 表达降低败血症的存活率和炎症反应。SIRT2 是 EtOH 治疗败血症的潜在治疗靶点。