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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 284: L402-L409, 2003. First published October 18, 2002; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00115.2002
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Vol. 284, Issue 2, L402-L409, February 2003

Haptoglobin reduces lung injury associated with exposure to blood

Funmei Yang1, David J. Haile2, Franklin G. Berger3, Damon C. Herbert1, Emily Van Beveren1, and Andrew J. Ghio4

Departments of 1 Cellular and Structural Biology and 2 Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229; 3 Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 29208; and 4 National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711

The biological functions of the acute- phase protein haptoglobin (Hp) may be related to its ability to bind hemoglobin (Hb) or to modulate immune response. Hp is expressed at a high level in lung cells, yet its protective role(s) in the lung is not known. With the use of transgenic mice overexpressing Hp in alveolar macrophages, we demonstrated that Hp diminished Hb-induced lung injury when the lung was exposed to whole blood. In transgenic mouse lungs, Hb was more efficiently removed, and the induction of stress- responsive heme oxygenase-1 gene was significantly lower when compared with wild-type mice. At 24 h after blood treatment, the ferritin level that serves as an index for intracellular iron content was also lower in alveolar macrophages in transgenic mice than in wild-type mice. We propose that an Hp-mediated Hb catabolism process exists in alveolar macrophages. This process is likely coupled to an iron mobilization pathway and may be an efficient mechanism to reduce oxidative damage associated with hemolysis.

erythrocyte; lung diseases; hemorrhage; metal transporter protein-1; heme oxygenase-1


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