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Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol ; 311(2): L317-27, 2016 08 01.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27317686

ABSTRACT

High-dose ibuprofen, an effective anti-inflammatory therapy for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), has been shown to preserve lung function in a pediatric population. Despite its efficacy, few patients receive ibuprofen treatment due to potential renal and gastrointestinal toxicity. The mechanism of ibuprofen efficacy is also unclear. We have previously demonstrated that CF microtubules are slower to reform after depolymerization compared with respective wild-type controls. Slower microtubule dynamics in CF cells are responsible for impaired intracellular transport and are related to inflammatory signaling. Here, it is identified that high-dose ibuprofen treatment in both CF cell models and primary CF nasal epithelial cells restores microtubule reformation rates to wild-type levels, as well as induce extension of microtubules to the cell periphery. Ibuprofen treatment also restores microtubule-dependent intracellular transport monitored by measuring intracellular cholesterol transport. These effects are specific to ibuprofen as other cyclooxygenase inhibitors have no effect on these measures. Effects of ibuprofen are mimicked by stimulation of AMPK and blocked by the AMPK inhibitor compound C. We conclude that high-dose ibuprofen treatment enhances microtubule formation in CF cells likely through an AMPK-related pathway. These findings define a potential mechanism to explain the efficacy of ibuprofen therapy in CF.


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Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Cystic Fibrosis/drug therapy , Epithelial Cells/metabolism , Ibuprofen/pharmacology , Microtubules/metabolism , Acetylation , Adenylate Kinase , Cell Line , Cystic Fibrosis/pathology , Drug Evaluation, Preclinical , Enzyme Activation , Epithelial Cells/drug effects , Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/metabolism , Humans , Primary Cell Culture , Protein Multimerization , Protein Processing, Post-Translational , Shelterin Complex , Telomere-Binding Proteins/metabolism
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