Osteopontin Potentiates Pulmonary Inflammation and Fibrosis by Modulating IL-17/IFN-gamma-secreting T-cell Ratios in Bleomycin-treated Mice
Immune Network
; : 142-149, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
Lung fibrosis is a life-threatening disease caused by overt or insidious inflammatory responses. However, the mechanism of tissue injury-induced inflammation and subsequent fibrogenesis remains unclear. Recently, we and other groups reported that Th17 responses play a role in amplification of the inflammatory phase in a murine model induced by bleomycin (BLM). Osteopontin (OPN) is a cytokine and extracellular-matrix-associated signaling molecule. However, whether tissue injury causes inflammation and consequent fibrosis through OPN should be determined. In this study, we observed that BLM-induced lung inflammation and subsequent fibrosis was ameliorated in OPN-deficient mice. OPN was expressed ubiquitously in the lung parenchymal and bone-marrow-derived components and OPN from both components contributed to pathogenesis following BLM intratracheal instillation. Th17 differentiation of CD4+ alphabeta T cells and IL-17-producing gammadelta T cells was significantly reduced in OPN-deficient mice compared to WT mice. In addition, Th1 differentiation of CD4+ alphabeta T cells and the percentage of IFN-gamma-producing gammadelta T cells increased. T helper cell differentiation in vitro revealed that OPN was preferentially upregulated in CD4+ T cells under Th17 differentiation conditions. OPN expressed in both parenchymal and bone marrow cell components and contributed to BLM-induced lung inflammation and fibrosis by affecting the ratio of pathogenic IL-17/protective IFN-gamma T cells.
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Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Pulmonary Fibrosis
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Bleomycin
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Fibrosis
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Bone Marrow Cells
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T-Lymphocytes
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T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer
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Interleukin-17
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Osteopontin
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Inflammation
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Animals
Language:
En
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Immune Network
Year:
2015
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Article