Inhibition of Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Expression in Smoke-Exposed Alveolar Type II Epithelial Cells Attenuates Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition / 결핵및호흡기질환
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
;
: 462-473, 2011.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-117513
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Smoking is a risk factor for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), but the mechanism of the association remains obscure. There is evidence demonstrating that plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is involved in the progression of pulmonary fibrosis. This study was to determine whether the administration of small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting PAI-1 or PAI-1 inhibitor to the cigarette smoking extract (CSE)-exposed rat alveolar type II epithelial cells (ATII cells) limits the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT).METHODS:
ATII cells were isolated from lung of SD-rat using percoll gradient method and cultured with 5% CSE. The EMT was determined from the ATII cells by measuring the real-time RT PCR and western blotting after the PAI-1 siRNA transfection to the cells and after administration of tiplaxtinin, an inhibitor of PAI-1. The effect of PAI-1 inhibitor was also evaluated in the bleomycin-induced rats.RESULTS:
PAI-1 was overexpressed in the smoking exposed ATII cells and was directly associated with EMT. The EMT from the ATII cells was suppressed by PAI-1 siRNA transfection or administration of tiplaxtinin. Signaling pathways for EMT by smoking extract were through the phosphorylation of SMAD2 and ERK1/2, and finally Snail expression. Tiplaxtinin also suppressed the pulmonary fibrosis and PAI-1 expression in the bleomycin-induced rats.CONCLUSION:
Our data shows that CSE induces rat ATII cells to undergo EMT by PAI-1 via SMAD2-ERK1/2-Snail activation. This suppression of EMT by PAI-1 siRNA transfection or PAI-1 inhibitor in primary type II alveolar epithelial cells might be involved in the attenuation of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats.
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Main subject:
Phosphorylation
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Plasminogen
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Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Smoke
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Snails
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Plasminogen Activators
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Transfection
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Smoking
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Blotting, Western
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Animals
Language:
English
Journal:
Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Year:
2011
Type:
Article
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