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Mechanism of -1 antitrypsin endocytosis by lung endothelium

Sadaf Sohrab^*, Daniela N. Petrusca^*, Angelia D. Lockett^*,, Kelly S. Schweitzer^*, Natalia I. Rush^*, Yuan Gu^*, Krzysztof Kamocki^*,, Jana Garrison^* and Irina Petrache^*,,1

^* Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine,

Department of Microbiology and Immunology, and

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

¹ Correspondence: Indiana University, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Occupational Medicine, Walther Hall–R3, C400, 980 W. Walnut St., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. E-mail: ipetrach{at}iupui.edu

The integrity of lung alveoli is maintained by proper circulating levels of -1 antitrypsin (A1AT). Next to cigarette smoking, A1AT deficiency is a major risk factor for lung emphysema development. We recently reported that in addition to neutralizing neutrophil elastases in the extracellular compartment, A1AT is internalized by lung endothelial cells and inhibits apoptosis. We hypothesized that the intracellular uptake of A1AT by endothelial cells may be required for its protective function; therefore, we studied the mechanisms of A1AT internalization by primary rat lung microvascular endothelial cells and the effect of cigarette smoke on this process both in vitro and in vivo (in mice). Purified A1AT was taken up intracellularly by endothelial cells in a time-dependent, dose-dependent, and conformer-specific manner and was detected in the cytoplasm of endothelial cells of nondiseased human lung sections. Despite a critical role for caveoli in endothelial cell endocytosis in general, specific inhibition of clathrin-mediated, but not caveoli-mediated, endocytosis profoundly decreased A1AT internalization and reversed the A1AT’s antiapoptotic action. Further more, A1AT associated with clathrin heavy chains, but not with caveolin-1 in the plasma membrane fraction of endothelial cells. Interestingly, cigarette smoke exposure significantly inhibited A1AT uptake both in endothelial cells and in the mouse lung and altered the intracellular distribution of clathrin heavy chains. Our results suggest that clathrin-mediated endocytosis regulates A1AT intracellular function in the lung endothelium and may be an important determinant of the serpin’s protection against developing cigarette smoke-induced emphysema. Sohrab, S., Petrusca, D. N., Lockett, A. D., Schweitzer, K. S., Rush, N. I., Gu, Y., Kamocki, K., Garrison, J., Petrache, I. Mechanism of -1 antitrypsin endocytosis by lung endothelium.

Key Words: vascular • serpin • cigarette smoke • caveolin • COPD • apoptosis