Abstract
Cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) are pulmonary genetic disorders associated with inflammation and heterogeneous progression of the lung disease. We hypothesized that respiratory exosomes, nanovesicles circulating in the respiratory tract, may be involved in the progression of inflammation-related lung damage. We compared proteomic content of respiratory exosomes isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in CF and PCD to asthma (A), a condition also associated with inflammation but with less severe lung damage.BALF were obtained from 3 CF, 3 PCD and 6 A patients. Exosomes were isolated from BALF by ultracentrifugations and characterized using immunoelectron microscopy and western-blot. Exosomal protein analysis was performed by high-resolution mass spectrometry using label-free quantification.Exosome enrichment was validated by electron microscopy and immunodetection of CD9, CD63 and ALIX. Mass spectrometry analysis allowed the quantification of 665 proteins, of which 14 were statistically differential according to the disease. PCD and CF exosomes contained higher levels of antioxidant proteins (Superoxide-dismutase, Glutathione peroxidase-3, Peroxiredoxin-5) and proteins involved in leukocyte chemotaxis. All these proteins are known activators of the NF-KappaB pathway.Our results suggest that respiratory exosomes are involved in the pro-inflammatory propagation during the extension of CF or PCD lung diseases. SignificanceThe mechanism of local propagation of lung disease in cystic fibrosis (CF) and primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is not clearly understood. Differential Proteomic profiles of exosomes isolated from BAL from CF, PCD and asthmatic patients suggest that they carry pro-inflammatory proteins that may be involved in the progression of lung damage.
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