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Corticosteroid-resistant inflammatory signalling in Pseudomonas-infected bronchial cells

Mirai Mizutani, Julie Bérubé, Heather G. Ahlgren, Joanie Bernier, Elias Matouk, Dao Nguyen, Simon Rousseau
ERJ Open Research 2017 3: 00144-2016; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00144-2016
Mirai Mizutani
1Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Julie Bérubé
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Heather G. Ahlgren
2Dept of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Joanie Bernier
3Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Elias Matouk
3Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Montreal Chest Institute, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Dao Nguyen
1Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
2Dept of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Simon Rousseau
1Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Abstract

Decreasing the inflammatory response that leads to tissue damage during cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease has been a long-standing goal of CF therapy. While corticosteroids are widely used anti-inflammatory drugs, their efficacy in CF lung disease remains debated. The complex interaction between the colonising bacteria and the host environment may impact corticosteroid responsiveness.

In this study, sputum samples from adult CF patients were collected at baseline and during pulmonary exacerbation episodes. Lung function measurements and sputum microbiological analyses were performed. In parallel, the inflammatory response and corticosteroid sensitivity of airway epithelial cells to Pseudomonas-derived exoproducts was investigated.

We report that adult CF patients colonised with mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa have higher levels of baseline inflammation, more frequent exacerbations and worse lung function compared with patients colonised with nonmucoid P. aeruginosa. Moreover, mucoid P. aeruginosa activates NF-κB via Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2, which acts in an additive manner to TLR5 to drive inflammation in airway epithelial cells. Furthermore, TLR2-mediated intracellular signalling is more resistant to the anti-inflammatory effects of corticosteroid when compared with other TLR signalling pathways.

Overall, these results suggest that airway inflammation triggered by mucoid P. aeruginosa is less responsive to the anti-inflammatory action of corticosteroids. Whether this translates into a diminished response of CF patients to corticosteroid therapy should be examined in future clinical studies.

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Introduction

Pulmonary exacerbations are important clinical events during cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease as they can result in a net decline of lung function from the pre-exacerbation state [1]. Although antibiotic therapy resolves the clinical symptoms associated with most pulmonary exacerbations, it fails to prevent the decline in lung function that occurs over the course of repeated pulmonary exacerbations. Inflammation driven by bacterial infection is a major contributor to lung tissue destruction in CF [2], which may account for the loss of lung function following pulmonary exacerbations. Calprotectin is an abundant neutrophilic protein complex that is a marker of inflammation in CF [3].

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative bacterium that chronically infects the lungs of CF patients [4], can trigger inflammation via activation of airway epithelium sensors, such as Toll-like receptor (TLR) 5 binding to flagellin [5–8]. Importantly, P. aeruginosa strains that infect CF patients show significant phenotypic diversity. One major bacterial adaptation is the acquisition of a mucoid phenotype, with 70% of all isolated strains from CF patients exhibiting this phenotype at one point or another [9]. Infection with mucoid P. aeruginosa is associated with poor survival in CF children [10] and greater decline in lung function in young CF adults [11]. Interestingly, the switch of P. aeruginosa to a mucoid phenotype leads to increased lipopeptide synthesis that is accompanied by activation of TLR2 in human airway epithelial cells [12, 13]. This raises the possibility that mucoid P. aeruginosa is not only a marker of more severe lung disease but may in fact induce greater lung inflammation, thus directly contributing to the pathogenesis of CF lung disease.

Therefore, anti-inflammatory therapy combined with antibiotics may mitigate the accelerated lung function associated with pulmonary exacerbation events. The use of corticosteroids as an anti-inflammatory therapy in the treatment of CF remains unclear. Chronic systemic glucocorticoid therapy in CF can improve lung function [14, 15], but is associated with significant adverse effects [16]. Cochrane reviews of both oral and inhaled corticosteroids in CF also fail to provide clear guidelines for the use of corticosteroids in CF [17, 18]. A key to the use of corticosteroids in CF may be the identification of patients that benefit most from their use. We hypothesise that corticosteroids have differential anti-inflammatory effects based on the inflammatory signalling pathways that are activated by P. aeruginosa.

Material and methods

Study cohort

Adult patients followed at the Montreal Chest Institute Adult CF Clinic (Montreal, QC, Canada) were enrolled in a prospective observational cohort study, as previously described [19]. 53% of patients were female and the mean±sd age was 33±13.6 years. The mean±sd forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) % pred was 62.6±28.27%, representing a moderate level of disease severity. The mean±sd body mass index was 21.9±4.16 kg·m−2, representing adequate nutritional status. Patients were evaluated during a stable clinical state when sputum, blood and lung function were measured. Clinical stability was defined as a period of at least 28 days without intravenous or oral antibiotics (excluding chronic antibiotic treatment). The European Consensus Group's view was used to define a pulmonary exacerbation as the need for additional antibiotic treatment as indicated by a recent change in at least two of the following criteria: a change in sputum volume or colour; increased coughing; increased dyspnoea; increased malaise, fatigue or lethargy; anorexia or weight loss; and a decrease in pulmonary function by ≥10% or radiographic changes [20–22]. We also extracted from the patients’ medical records the number of i.v.-treated pulmonary exacerbations 1 year prior to baseline. Lung spirometry (FEV1) was performed according to the American Thoracic Society standards [23]. Spontaneously expectorated sputum samples were analysed by the McGill University Health Centre clinical microbiology laboratory (Montreal, QC, Canada) per standard protocols for CF samples. Mucoid and nonmucoid P. aeruginosa strains were identified by colony morphology on McConkey agar plates. Calprotectin levels were measured from plasma samples using an ELISA kit from Hycult Biotech (Uden, The Netherlands). All study participants provided written informed consent. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Board of the McGill University Health Centre.

Materials

All chemicals were from Fisher Scientific (Fair Lawn, NJ, USA). FSL-1, Pam3CSK4 and Salmonella typhimurium flagellin were from Invivogen (San Diego, CA, USA). Dexamethasone was from Cayman Chemical (Ann Arbor, MI, USA). Passive lysis 5× buffer was from Promega (Madison, WI, USA).

Epithelial cell culture

BEAS-2B airway epithelial cells were cultured as previously described [24]. HEK293 NF-κB and HEK293 GRE (glucocorticoid response element) cells were cultured in DMEM with 5% fetal bovine serum and 200 µg·mL−1 hygromycin.

Cell lysis, RNA extraction and quantitative real-time PCR

All the techniques were performed as previously described [24]. Quantitative real-time PCR primer sequences for mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase-1 (MKP-1) are 5′-CTG CCT TGA TCA ACG TCT CA-3′ and 5′-ACC CTT CCT CCA GCA TTC TT-3′.

NF-κB and GRE luciferase reporter cell lines

HEK293 cells were stably transfected with either four copies of NF-κB binding domain (ggg gac ttt cc) or four copies of GRE (ggt aca ttt tgt tct), cloned in tandem in pGL4.28 vector (Promega) that encodes for luciferase. Transfected cells were selected for their resistance to 200 µg·mL−1 hygromycin. Cells were stimulated for 3 h, then lysed using passive lysis 1× buffer. The luciferase activity was measured using a Tecan plate reader (Tecan, Männedorf, Switzerland), in luciferase assay reagent (20 mM Tricine, 1.07 mM (MgCO3)4Mg(OH)2, 2.67 mM MgSO4, 0.1 mM EDTA, 33.3 mM dithiothreitol, 270 μM coenzyme A, 4.7 mM luciferin, 5.3 mM ATP).

Statistical analysis

The t-test was used for comparison of means of all disease variables between the low and high calprotectin groups. A Poisson regression model was used to estimate the interactions between baseline continuous calprotectin values, FEV1 % pred and frequency of pulmonary exacerbations. Significance was set at p<0.05. Data were analysed using SAS version 9.4 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA). ANOVA followed by a multiple comparison test (Bonferroni) was used to test differences in mean between groups using Prism 6 (GraphPad, La Jolla, CA, USA) for figures 2 and 3. p<0.05 was considered significant.

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Higher circulating calprotectin levels are associated with lower lung function and the presence of mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa. a) Calprotectin circulating levels were measured by ELISA in the plasma collected from 49 adult cystic fibrosis (CF) patients of the Montreal Chest Institute Adult CF Clinic during a stable clinic visit (i.e. the patient had not experienced a pulmonary exacerbation within the previous 2 months). During the visit spirometry measurements were performed to determine forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1) % pred. A Poisson regression model was used to estimate the interactions between baseline continuous calprotectin values and FEV1 % pred. b, c) Frequency distribution of sputum microbiology status in b) low (<150 ng·mL−1) versus c) high (≥150 ng·mL−1) calprotectin groups. MPA: mucoid P. aeruginosa; MR: multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa; NF: normal flora; PA: nonmucoid P. aeruginosa; SA: Staphylococcus aureus.

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Additive activation of NF-κB upon dimerisation of Toll-like receptor (TLR) 5 and TLR2. BEAS-2B epithelial cells stably transfected with an NF-κB luciferase reporter were treated with increasing concentrations of flagellin (40, 400 and 4000 ng·mL−1) in the absence or presence of 40 ng·mL−1 FSL-1 for 3 h. Cells were lysed using reporter lysis buffer and luciferase activity was measured using a Tecan plate. AU: arbitrary unit. *: p<0.05 flagellin compared with flagellin+FSL-1; #: p<0.05 FSL-1 compared with flagellin+FSL-1.

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Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2-induced inflammatory signalling is more resistant to dexamethasone than TLR5-driven signalling. a) BEAS-2B NF-κB luciferase reporter cells were pre-treated for 1 h with increasing doses of dexamethasone (0.1–1000 nM), then treated for 3 h with 1 µg·mL−1 Pam3CSK4, 100 ng·mL−1 flagellin, 40 ng·mL−1 FSL-1 or 1 µg·mL−1 polyinosinic–polycytidylic acid (poly(I:C)) and luciferase activity was measured. b, c) BEAS-2B cells were pre-treated for 1 h with increasing doses of dexamethasone (0.1–1000 nM), then treated for 30 min with either b) 1 µg·mL−1 Pam3CSK4 or c) 100 ng·mL−1 flagellin. Following stimulation, cells were lysed and 20 µg of Triton-soluble material was subjected to SDS-PAGE. After transfer to nitrocellulose, the membranes were probed with antibodies recognising only the phosphorylated forms of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) or antibodies that recognise all forms of p38 MAPK. Quantitative analysis of the signals from each antibody was performed using a LI-COR infrared Odyssey imaging system (LI-COR, Lincoln, NE, USA). AU: arbitrary unit. d, e) BEAS-2B glucocorticoid response element (GRE) luciferase reporter cells were treated for 1 h with increasing doses of dexamethasone (0.1–1000 nM). Cells were lysed and d) luciferase activity was measured as in figure 2 or e) mRNA levels of MAPK phosphatase-1 (MKP-1) were quantified by quantitative real-time PCR. GAPDH: glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase.

Results

Adult CF patients with higher plasma calprotectin have worse lung function, more frequent pulmonary exacerbations and high prevalence of mucoid P. aeruginosa

Plasma calprotectin levels were measured in a cohort of 49 adult CF patients during stable clinical state as an indicator of neutrophilic inflammation in CF. The mean±sd calprotectin level was 146±157.1 ng·L−1 (range 3.6–511 ng·L−1), with a median (interquartile range) of 69.3 (26.1–243) ng·L−1. Calprotectin levels were negatively correlated with FEV1 % pred (r= −0.41, p=0.002) (figure 1a). Importantly, CF patients with calprotectin levels >150 ng·mL−1 experienced more pulmonary exacerbation events in the year preceding as well as following the initial baseline visit (table 1).

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Pulmonary exacerbation frequency in adult cystic fibrosis patients with high or low plasma levels of calprotectin

Moreover, mucoid P. aeruginosa was more frequently isolated in sputum samples from the high calprotectin groups (82% versus 32%) (figure 1b and c). Accordingly, the presence of mucoid P. aeruginosa was associated with higher levels of calprotectin (184.5±160 ng·mL−1; n=24) versus other infections (77.6±99.9 ng·mL−1; n=21) (p=0.0096, t-test).

Additive activation of MyD88-dependent signalling upon dimerisation of TLR5 and TLR2

As mucoid P. aeruginosa is associated with more frequent pulmonary exacerbations and greater inflammation, this led us to investigate the molecular interactions between mucoid P. aeruginosa and airway epithelial cells. Mucoidy is associated with increased lipopeptide synthesis and engagement of TLR2 (see Introduction).

We asked whether activating TLR2 in addition to TLR5 influences the magnitude of the inflammatory response. The bronchial epithelial cell line BEAS-2B expressing a stable NF-κB luciferase reporter was exposed to increasing flagellin concentrations in the absence or presence of a TLR2/TLR6 agonist, FSL-1. At every experimental point measured, NF-κB luciferase activity was higher when the two agonists were combined than when either was used alone (figure 2). These results suggest a potential for greater inflammation when agonists for TLR5 and TLR2 are present.

TLR2-induced inflammatory signalling is more resistant to dexamethasone than TLR5-driven signalling

Corticosteroids have potent anti-inflammatory activity and are occasionally used in the treatment of CF pulmonary exacerbations. This led us to examine their impact on TLR-dependent inflammatory signalling. In the BEAS-2B NF-κB reporter cells, dexamethasone significantly inhibited flagellin (TLR5)- or polyinosinic–polycytidylic acid (TLR3)-induced NF-κB activation (up to 56% and 72%, respectively). In contrast, dexamethasone showed minimal impact on Pam3CSK4 (TLR1/TLR2)- or FSL-1 (TLR2/TLR6)-dependent NF-κB activation (<20%), even at the highest dose of 1000 nM (figure 3a). Similar results were obtained when the effect of dexamethasone was tested on p38α MAPK phosphorylation (figure 3b). Neither flagellin or Pam3CSK4 had any impact on induction of a GRE linked to luciferase or the endogenous expression of a gene whose expression is induced by corticosteroid, the protein phosphatase dual specificity phosphatase 1 (DUSP1) (figure 3c and d). This rules out that these ligands interfered with the dexamethasone induction of GRE-regulated genes.

These results highlight the differential anti-inflammatory effects of corticosteroids on TLR signalling in airway epithelial cells. They suggest that TLR2-dependent inflammation, which occurs predominantly in response to mucoid P. aeruginosa, may be corticosteroid resistant.

Discussion

In this study, we observed in a prospective cohort of adult CF patients that those with higher baseline levels of calprotectin, a marker of inflammation, had worse lung function, more frequent pulmonary exacerbations and higher prevalence of mucoid P. aeruginosa. In parallel, using airway epithelial cells, we report that mucoid P. aeruginosa activates NF-κB via TLR2, which can act in an additive manner to TLR5 to drive inflammation. Moreover, TLR2-mediated intracellular signalling is more resistant to the anti-inflammatory effects of corticosteroids when compared with other TLR signalling pathways.

The clinical findings in CF patients reported here are consistent with past studies showing that mucoid P. aeruginosa colonisation of CF airways is associated with worse lung disease [10, 11]. While such clinical studies only point towards an association, in vitro experimental systems can suggest mechanisms by which mucoid P. aeruginosa induces greater lung inflammation. Mucoid P. aeruginosa overexpress lipopeptides compared with their isogenic nonmucoid parental strain [12] and strongly activate TLR2 [12, 13]. In this study, it was found that concomitant activation of TLR5 and TLR2 is additive over a 1000-fold range of flagellin concentrations. This dual activation of the NF-κB pathway likely results in significant amplification of overall airway inflammation.

Additionally, TLR2-mediated intracellular signalling is markedly more resistant to the anti-inflammatory effects of corticosteroids than intracellular signalling mediated by TLR5 or TLR3 (a receptor for double-stranded RNA), as assessed by NF-κB and p38 MAPK activation. p38α MAPK is a protein kinase important for the transduction of P. aeruginosa-driven host responses [25] that can be dephosphorylated by DUSP1 in response to corticosteroids [26]. This difference cannot be explained by decreased activity of direct targets of corticosteroids, since both a GRE luciferase reporter and the endogenous induction of the well-known target gene DUSP1 were unaffected by the presence of either TLR2 or TLR5 ligands. These findings are particularly surprising since, based on current knowledge, both TLR2- and TLR5-activated signalling pathways are very similar [27]. They only differ by the requirement of the adaptor TIRAP to recruit the myeloid differentiation primary response protein MyD88 to the signalling complex of TLR2 heterodimers [28], but not TLR5 homodimers. Whether the presence of the TIRAP adaptor protein renders TLR2 signalling resistant to the anti-inflammatory action of corticosteroid remains to be investigated. The differential impact of corticosteroids on TLR2- versus TLR5-dependent signalling pathways may provide a possible explanation for the heterogeneous clinical efficacy of their use in the treatment of CF lung disease.

As the experimental studies were done in cell cultures, it is important to recognise that the effects of corticosteroids may differ in the lung tissue environment. For example, we have previously reported that in severe asthma, clinical corticosteroid resistance in patients is not well correlated with resistance in airway smooth muscle cells in culture [29], suggesting that tissue context plays a role in determining the overall response to corticosteroids.

A better understanding of how different bacterial phenotypes alter host interactions and the ensuing inflammatory response is critical to the optimal use of therapies such as corticosteroids [17, 18]. Whether patients colonised with nonmucoid P. aeruginosa respond better to corticosteroids than patients colonised with mucoid P. aeruginosa remains to be examined in future clinical studies. If this proves to be true, other options for the treatment of corticosteroid-resistant inflammation should be investigated. For example, azithromycin and high-dose ibuprofen have both proven effective at decreasing inflammation in CF lung disease and to improve outcomes [30, 31], and could be further explored.

Disclosures

Supplementary Material

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Acknowledgements

Author contributions: M. Mizutani, J. Bérubé, H.G. Ahlgren, J. Bernier, E. Matouk, D. Nguyen and S. Rousseau made substantial contributions to the conception, design of the work and the acquisition, analysis or interpretation of data for the work. M. Mizutani, J. Bérubé, H.G. Ahlgren, J. Bernier, E. Matouk, D. Nguyen and S. Rousseau drafted the work and revised it critically for intellectual content. M. Mizutani, J. Bérubé, H.G. Ahlgren, J. Bernier, E. Matouk, D. Nguyen and S. Rousseau approved the final version to be published and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

Footnotes

  • Support statement: We acknowledge the financial support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institute of Health Research (MOP#123496), Cystic Fibrosis Canada (two grants, one to S. Rousseau and one to D. Nguyen) and Burroughs Wellcome Fund (D. Nguyen). The Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, are supported by a Centre grant from Les Fonds de Recherche Québec-Santé (FRQ-S). D. Nguyen and S. Rousseau are supported by FRQ-S salary awards. Funding information for this article has been deposited with the Crossref Funder Registry.

  • Conflict of interest: Disclosures can be found alongside this article at openres.ersjournals.com

  • Received November 30, 2016.
  • Accepted April 17, 2017.
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Corticosteroid-resistant inflammatory signalling in Pseudomonas-infected bronchial cells
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Corticosteroid-resistant inflammatory signalling in Pseudomonas-infected bronchial cells
Mirai Mizutani, Julie Bérubé, Heather G. Ahlgren, Joanie Bernier, Elias Matouk, Dao Nguyen, Simon Rousseau
ERJ Open Research Apr 2017, 3 (2) 00144-2016; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00144-2016

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Corticosteroid-resistant inflammatory signalling in Pseudomonas-infected bronchial cells
Mirai Mizutani, Julie Bérubé, Heather G. Ahlgren, Joanie Bernier, Elias Matouk, Dao Nguyen, Simon Rousseau
ERJ Open Research Apr 2017, 3 (2) 00144-2016; DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00144-2016
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