Author:
Chang Jason L.,Gong Jiannan,Rizal Salu,Peterson Abigail L.,Chang Julia,Yao Chenrui,Dennery Phyllis A.,Yao Hongwei
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease in premature infants that may cause long-term lung dysfunction. Accumulating evidence supports the vascular hypothesis of BPD, in which lung endothelial cell dysfunction drives this disease. We recently reported that endothelial carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a (Cpt1a) is reduced by hyperoxia, and that endothelial cell-specific Cpt1a knockout mice are more susceptible to developing hyperoxia-induced injury than wild type mice. Whether Cpt1a upregulation attenuates hyperoxia-induced endothelial cell dysfunction and lung injury remains unknown. We hypothesized that upregulation of Cpt1a by baicalin or l-carnitine ameliorates hyperoxia-induced endothelial cell dysfunction and persistent lung injury.
Methods
Lung endothelial cells or newborn mice (< 12 h old) were treated with baicalin or l-carnitine after hyperoxia (50% and 95% O2) followed by air recovery.
Results
We found that incubation with l-carnitine (40 and 80 mg/L) and baicalin (22.5 and 45 mg/L) reduced hyperoxia-induced apoptosis, impaired cell migration and angiogenesis in cultured lung endothelial cells. This was associated with increased Cpt1a gene expression. In mice, neonatal hyperoxia caused persistent alveolar and vascular simplification in a concentration-dependent manner. Treatment with l-carnitine (150 and 300 mg/kg) and baicalin (50 and 100 mg/kg) attenuated neonatal hyperoxia-induced alveolar and vascular simplification in adult mice. These effects were diminished in endothelial cell-specific Cpt1a knockout mice.
Conclusions
Upregulating Cpt1a by baicalin or l-carnitine ameliorates hyperoxia-induced lung endothelial cell dysfunction, and persistent alveolar and vascular simplification. These findings provide potential therapeutic avenues for using l-carnitine and baicalin as Cpt1a upregulators to prevent persistent lung injury in premature infants with BPD.
Funder
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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