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标题：Cigarette smoke-induced impairment of autophagy in macrophages increases galectin-8 and inflammation
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作者：Yuta Kono ; Thomas Colley ; Masako To 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：1
页码：335
DOI：10.1038/s41598-020-79848-0
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：Cigarette smoke impairs autophagy, an intracellular protein degradation system, but the consequences of this defect have not been fully elucidated, especially in macrophages. Dysfunctional alveolar macrophages play an important role in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Here we show that galectin-8, a danger receptor that identifies damaged intracellular host vesicles and initiates autophagosome engulfment, is elevated due to activation of autophagy by cigarette smoke extract (CSE) in macrophages. CSE impaired autophagic flux in PMA-differentiated U937 macrophage-like cells, resulting in intracellular accumulation of galectin-8 and the autophagic adaptor protein NDP52. COPD patients showed elevated levels of galectin-8 and NDP52 in the lung homogenates with significant increase in the serum galectin-8 levels in patients with frequent acute exacerbations. Soluble galectin-8 induced interleukin (IL)-6 release in bronchial epithelial cells via PI3Kα signalling. Thus, increased galectin-8 due to CSE-induced impaired autophagy may be involved in the pathogenesis of COPD and may be a biomarker of this disease.