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Journal of Virology, October 2000, p. 9655-9667, Vol. 74, No. 20
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Internalization of Adenovirus by Alveolar Macrophages Initiates Early Proinflammatory Signaling during Acute Respiratory Tract Infection

Zsuzsanna Zsengellér,1,dagger Kazuhisa Otake,1,Dagger Shaikh-Abu Hossain,1 Pierre-Yves Berclaz,2 and Bruce C. Trapnell1,*

Division of Pulmonary Biology1 and Division of Pulmonary Medicine,2 Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Received 30 March 2000/Accepted 13 July 2000

Adenovirus is a common respiratory pathogen which causes a broad range of distinct clinical syndromes and has recently received attention for its potential for in vivo gene delivery. Although adenovirus respiratory tract infection (ARTI) results in dose-dependent, local inflammation, the pathogenesis of this remains unclear. We hypothesized that alveolar macrophages (AMphi ) rapidly internalize adenovirus following in vivo pulmonary administration and then initiate inflammatory signaling within the lung. To evaluate the role of AMphi in the induction of lung inflammation during ARTI in vivo, we directly assessed adenovirus uptake by murine AMphi and correlated uptake with the initiation of proinflammatory gene expression. Stimulation of cytokine (tumor necrosis factor alpha [TNF-alpha ], interleukin-6 [IL-6], macrophage inflammatory protein-2 [MIP-2], and MIP-1alpha ) expression in the lung was evaluated at the level of mRNA (by reverse transcription-PCR [RT-PCR]) and protein (by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and by identification of cells expressing TNF-alpha and IL-6 mRNA in lung tissues (by in situ hybridization) and isolated lung lavage cells (by RT-PCR). Adenovirus, labeled with the fluorescent dye (Cy3), was rapidly and widely distributed on epithelial surfaces of airways and alveoli and was very rapidly (~1 min) localized within AMphi . At 30 min after infection AMphi but not airway epithelial or vascular endothelial cells expressed mRNA for TNF-alpha and IL-6, thus identifying AMphi as the cell source of initial cytokine signaling. IL-6, TNF-alpha , MIP-2, and MIP-1alpha levels progressively increased in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid after pulmonary adenovirus infection, and all were significantly elevated at 6 h (P < 0.05). To begin to define the molecular mechanism(s) by which adenovirus initiates the inflammatory signaling in macrophages, TNF-alpha expression from adenovirus-infected RAW264.7 macrophages was evaluated in vitro. TNF-alpha expression was readily detected in adenovirus-infected RAW cell supernatant with kinetics similar to AMphi during in vivo infection. Blockage of virus uptake at specific cellular sites, including internalization (by wortmannin), endosome acidification and/or lysis (by chloroquine) or by Ca2+ chelation (by BAPTA) completely blocked TNF-alpha expression. In conclusion, results showed that during ARTI, (i) AMphi rapidly internalized adenovirus, (ii) expression of inflammatory mediators was initiated within AMphi and not airway epithelial or other cells, and (iii) the initiation of inflammatory signaling was linked to virion uptake by macrophages occurring at a point after vesicle acidification. These results have implications for our understanding of the role of the AMphi in the initiation of inflammation following adenovirus infection and adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to the lung.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Pulmonary Biology, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229. Phone: (513) 636-6361. Fax: (513) 636-3723. E-mail: Bruce.Trapnell{at}chmcc.org.

dagger Present address: Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

Dagger Present address: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata 990-23, Japan.

Journal of Virology, October 2000, p. 9655-9667, Vol. 74, No. 20
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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