Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.
Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, United States.
ACS Nano. 2023 Aug 8;17(15):14586-14603. doi: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01668. Epub 2023 Jul 18.
It has been shown that inhalation exposure to copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) results in pulmonary inflammation. However, immunomodulatory consequences after CuO NP inhalation exposure have been less explored. We tested the effect of CuO NP aerosols on immune responses in healthy, house dust mite (HDM) asthmatic, or allergen immunotherapy (AIT)-treated asthmatic mice (BALB/c, females). The AIT consisted of a vaccine comprising HDM allergens and CpG-loaded nanoparticles (CpG NPs). AIT treatment involved mice being immunized (via subcutaneous (sc) injection; 2 doses) while concomitantly being exposed to CuO NP aerosols (over a 2 week period), starting on the day of the first vaccination. Mice were then sensitized twice by sc injection and subsequently challenged with HDM extract 10 times by intranasal instillation. The asthmatic model followed the same timeline except that no immunizations were administered. All mice were necropsied 24 h after the end of the HDM challenge. CuO NP-exposed healthy mice showed a significant decrease in T1 and T2 cells, and an elevation in T-bet Treg cells, even 40 days after the last exposure to CuO NPs. Similarly, the CuO NP-exposed HDM asthma model demonstrated decreased T2 responses and increased T-bet Treg cells. Conversely, CuO NP inhalation exposure to AIT-treated asthmatic mice resulted in an increase in T2 cells. In conclusion, immunomodulatory effects of inhalation exposure to CuO NPs are dependent on immune conditions prior to exposure.
已经证明,吸入氧化铜纳米颗粒(CuO NPs)会导致肺部炎症。然而,吸入 CuO NP 暴露后的免疫调节后果尚未得到充分探索。我们测试了 CuO NP 气溶胶对健康、屋尘螨(HDM)哮喘或过敏原免疫治疗(AIT)治疗哮喘小鼠(BALB/c,雌性)免疫反应的影响。AIT 包括一种疫苗,该疫苗由 HDM 过敏原和负载 CpG 的纳米颗粒(CpG NPs)组成。AIT 治疗包括通过皮下(sc)注射(2 剂)对小鼠进行免疫接种,同时暴露于 CuO NP 气溶胶(2 周),从第一次接种疫苗的那一天开始。然后,通过 sc 注射对小鼠进行两次致敏,随后通过鼻内滴注将 HDM 提取物进行 10 次攻击。哮喘模型遵循相同的时间表,但不进行免疫接种。在 HDM 挑战结束后 24 小时对所有小鼠进行尸检。暴露于 CuO NPs 的健康小鼠表现出 T1 和 T2 细胞明显减少,T-bet Treg 细胞增加,甚至在最后一次暴露于 CuO NPs 40 天后也是如此。同样,暴露于 CuO NP 的 HDM 哮喘模型显示 T2 反应减少和 T-bet Treg 细胞增加。相反,AIT 治疗的哮喘小鼠吸入 CuO NP 暴露会导致 T2 细胞增加。总之,吸入 CuO NPs 暴露的免疫调节作用取决于暴露前的免疫状况。
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