Mtorc1 Is a Mechanosensor That Regulates Surfactant Function and Lung Compliance During Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury
RESEARCH ARTICLE mTORC1 is a mechanosensor that regulates surfactant function and lung compliance during ventilator-induced lung injury Hyunwook Lee,1,2 Qinqin Fei,1,2 Adam Streicher,1,2 Wenjuan Zhang,1,2 Colleen Isabelle,3 Pragi Patel,1,2 Hilaire C. Lam,3 Antonio Arciniegas-Rubio,3 Miguel Pinilla-Vera,3 Diana P. Amador-Munoz,3 Diana Barragan-Bradford,3 Angelica Higuera-Moreno,3 Rachel K. Putman,3 Lynette M. Sholl,4 Elizabeth P. Henske,3 Christopher M. Bobba,1,2,5 Natalia Higuita-Castro,2,5 Emily M. Shalosky,1,2 R. Duncan Hite,6 John W. Christman,1,2 Samir N. Ghadiali,2,5 Rebecca M. Baron,3 and Joshua A. Englert1,2 1Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and 2The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 3Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, and 4Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. 5Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 6Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a highly lethal condition that impairs lung function and causes respiratory failure. Mechanical ventilation (MV) maintains gas exchange in patients with ARDS but exposes lung cells to physical forces that exacerbate injury. Our data demonstrate that mTOR complex 1 (mTORC1) is a mechanosensor in lung epithelial cells and that activation of this pathway during MV impairs lung function.
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