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Therapeutic suppression of pulmonary neutrophilia and allergic airway hyperresponsiveness by an RORγt inverse agonist
Gregory S. Whitehead, … , Anton M. Jetten, Donald N. Cook
Gregory S. Whitehead, … , Anton M. Jetten, Donald N. Cook
Published June 11, 2019
Citation Information: JCI Insight. 2019;4(14):e125528. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.125528.
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Research Article Inflammation Therapeutics

Therapeutic suppression of pulmonary neutrophilia and allergic airway hyperresponsiveness by an RORγt inverse agonist

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Abstract

Airway neutrophilia occurs in approximately 50% of patients with asthma and is associated with particularly severe disease. Unfortunately, this form of asthma is usually refractory to corticosteroid treatment, and there is an unmet need for new therapies. Pulmonary neutrophilic inflammation is associated with Th17 cells, whose differentiation is controlled by the nuclear receptor retinoic acid–related orphan receptor γt (RORγt). Here, we tested whether VTP-938, a selective inverse agonist of this receptor, can reduce disease parameters in animal models of neutrophilic asthma. When administered before allergic sensitization through the airway, the RORγt inverse agonist blunted allergen-specific Th17 cell development in lung-draining lymph nodes and attenuated allergen-induced production of IL-17. VTP-938 also reduced pulmonary production of IL-17 and airway neutrophilia when given during the allergen challenge of the model. Finally, in an environmentally relevant model of allergic responses to house dust extracts, VTP-938 suppressed production of IL-17 and neutrophilic inflammation and also markedly diminished airway hyperresponsiveness. Together, these findings suggest that orally available inverse agonists of RORγt might provide an effective therapy to treat glucocorticoid-resistant neutrophilic asthma.

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Gregory S. Whitehead, Hong Soon Kang, Seddon Y. Thomas, Alexander Medvedev, Tadeusz P. Karcz, Gentaro Izumi, Keiko Nakano, Sergei S. Makarov, Hideki Nakano, Anton M. Jetten, Donald N. Cook

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