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Eur Respir J ; 38(4): 939-46, 2011 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21436353

ABSTRACT

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) airway infection and bronchial blood vessel proliferation are features of bronchiectasis. Because vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A regulates angiogenesis, we hypothesised that PA infection induces VEGF synthesis in epithelium and peribronchial angiogenesis. Because epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation regulates VEGF synthesis in cancer, we also evaluated the roles of EGFR. Airway epithelial cells were incubated for 24 h with PA supernatants and VEGF concentrations were measured in culture medium by ELISA. C57BL/6N mice were instilled intratracheally with sterile agarose beads or with agarose beads coated with the PA strain PAO1 (mean ± sem 6 × 10(5) ± 3 × 10(5) cfu · animal(-1)), with or without the EGFR inhibitor AG1478 (12.5 mg · kg(-1) · day(-1) intraperitoneally). Epithelial immunostaining for VEGF and phosphorylated EGFR, and peribronchial vascularity, were quantified using morphometric analysis. VEGF expression was further assessed by western blot in mouse lung homogenates. PA supernatants induced dose-dependent VEGF synthesis in cultured airway epithelial cells, effects which were prevented by EGFR antagonists. In mice, persistent PAO1 infection increased immunostaining for VEGF and phosphorylated EGFR in airway epithelium, and resulted in increased peribronchial vascularity within 7 days. These effects were reduced by EGFR inhibition. Persistent PA infection induced VEGF synthesis in airway epithelium and peribronchial angiogenesis, at least in part via EGFR-dependent mechanisms.


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Pseudomonas Infections/metabolism , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/metabolism , Respiratory Mucosa/metabolism , Respiratory Mucosa/microbiology , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/biosynthesis , Animals , Bronchiectasis/metabolism , Bronchiectasis/microbiology , Carcinoma, Mucoepidermoid , Cell Line, Tumor , Disease Models, Animal , ErbB Receptors/metabolism , Female , Humans , In Vitro Techniques , Lung Neoplasms , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Neovascularization, Pathologic/metabolism , Neovascularization, Pathologic/microbiology , Pulmonary Circulation/physiology , Respiratory Mucosa/blood supply , Signal Transduction/physiology , Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism
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J Control Release ; 97(2): 371-81, 2004 Jun 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15196763

ABSTRACT

To transfer genes into airway epithelial cells, we have generated auxotrophic dap Escherichia coli BM2710 mutant that expresses the invasin of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and the listeriolysin of Listeria monocytogenes. E. coli BM2710 harboring a plasmid carrying the gfp gene was incubated with immortalized normal or cystic fibrosis (CF) airway epithelial cells or with primary bronchial epithelial cells grown as an explant-outgrowth cell culture model. Approximately 2% of immortalized cells expressed GFP. Few primary cells were transfected that were always poorly differentiated and located at the edge of the outgrowth. This was consistent with the expression of beta1-integrins only on these cells and with the required interaction for cell entry of E. coli expressing the invasin with beta1-integrins. The subsequent intracellular trafficking of E. coli BM2710 studied by confocal and electronic microscopy showed that the E. coli-containing phagosomes rapidly matured into phagolysosomes. This is the first demonstration that recombinant bacteria are able to transfer genes into primary airway epithelial cells, provided that they are able to invade the cells.


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Bronchi/cytology , Epithelial Cells/metabolism , Escherichia coli/genetics , Gene Transfer Techniques , Adhesins, Bacterial/biosynthesis , Adhesins, Bacterial/genetics , Bacterial Toxins/biosynthesis , Bacterial Toxins/genetics , Cells, Cultured , Cystic Fibrosis/pathology , Genetic Vectors , Green Fluorescent Proteins/biosynthesis , Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics , HeLa Cells , Heat-Shock Proteins/biosynthesis , Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics , Hemolysin Proteins , Humans , Integrin beta1/biosynthesis , Microscopy, Confocal , Microscopy, Electron , Mutation , Transfection
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