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Yan C, Qu P, Du H. Myeloid-specific expression of Stat3C results in conversion of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells into alveolar type II epithelial cells in the lung. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2012; 55:576-90. [PMID: 22864832 PMCID: PMC8530440 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-012-4339-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2012] [Accepted: 06/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and myeloid lineage cells originate from the bone marrow, and influence each other in vivo. To elucidate the mechanism that controls the interrelationship between these two cell types, the signaling pathway of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) was activated by overexpressing Stat3C in a newly established c-fms-rtTA/(TetO)(7)-CMV-Stat3C bitransgenic mouse model. In this system, Stat3C-Flag fusion protein was overexpressed in myeloid lineage cells after doxycycline treatment. Stat3C overexpression induced systematic elevation of macrophages and neutrophils in multiple organs. In the lung, tissue neoplastic pneumocyte proliferation was observed. After in vitro cultured hSP-B 1.5-kb lacZ BMSCs were injected into the bitransgenic mice, BMSCs were able to repopulate in multiple organs, self-renew in the bone marrow and spleen, and convert into alveolar type II epithelial cells. The bone marrow transplantation study indicated that increases of myeloid lineage cells and BMSC-AT II cell conversion were due to malfunction of myeloid progenitor cells as a result of Stat3C overexpression. The study supports the concept that activation of the Stat3 pathway in myeloid cells plays an important role in BMSC function, including homing, repopulating and converting into residential AT II epithelial cells in the lung.
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- Cong Yan
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5188, USA.
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Sherman CG, Jani P, Marks A, Kahn HJ. D2-40 is expressed on the luminal surface of pulmonary airspaces in normal developing and adult lung but is lost in conditions associated with intra-alveolar infiltrates. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2012; 15:259-64. [PMID: 22150577 DOI: 10.2350/11-09-1087-oa.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The D2-40 antigen is a glycosylated sialomucin that is strongly expressed by lymphatic endothelial cells. Recently we observed the expression of D2-40 on the luminal surface of pulmonary airspaces in lung sections. The aim of the study was to assess the expression of D2-40 antigen in normal lung development and in various pathologic conditions in which abnormal alveolar infiltrates were present. Formalin-fixed lung tissue was selected from 42 fetal/neonatal autopsy cases ranging in gestational age from 12 to 41 weeks and from 10 adult lungs. In the fetal/neonatal group, 22 cases were histologically normal, whereas 20 were abnormal (including cases of pneumonia, alveolar hemorrhage, meconium aspiration, pulmonary hypoplasia, and pulmonary interstitial emphysema). In the adult group, 5 cases were histologically normal and 5 had pneumonia. Immunohistochemical staining was performed on all cases using antibody to D2-40. All cases of normal fetal/neonatal lung and normal adult lung showed diffuse strong expression of D2-40 on the luminal surface of the alveolar lining cells. D2-40 expression was also noted on the bronchiolar lining cells of normal fetal/neonatal lung. In all cases in which there was an abnormal infiltrate or foreign material within the airspaces, expression of D2-40 was lost in the alveolar lining. The production of the D2-40 antigen in the alveolar lining occurs as early as 12 weeks gestation and continues to be present throughout all other stages of lung development, as well as in adult lung. These results suggest that D2-40 may have a cell membrane protective function.
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- Christopher G Sherman
- Department of Anatomic Pathology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room E432, Toronto, ON, M4N 3M5, Canada.
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Maniatis NA, Chernaya O, Shinin V, Minshall RD. Caveolins and lung function. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2012. [PMID: 22411320 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-1222-911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The primary function of the mammalian lung is to facilitate diffusion of oxygen to venous blood and to ventilate carbon dioxide produced by catabolic reactions within cells. However, it is also responsible for a variety of other important functions, including host defense and production of vasoactive agents to regulate not only systemic blood pressure, but also water, electrolyte and acid-base balance. Caveolin-1 is highly expressed in the majority of cell types in the lung, including epithelial, endothelial, smooth muscle, connective tissue cells, and alveolar macrophages. Deletion of caveolin-1 in these cells results in major functional aberrations, suggesting that caveolin-1 may be crucial to lung homeostasis and development. Furthermore, generation of mutant mice that under-express caveolin-1 results in severe functional distortion with phenotypes covering practically the entire spectrum of known lung diseases, including pulmonary hypertension, fibrosis, increased endothelial permeability, and immune defects. In this Chapter, we outline the current state of knowledge regarding caveolin-1-dependent regulation of pulmonary cell functions and discuss recent research findings on the role of caveolin-1 in various pulmonary disease states, including obstructive and fibrotic pulmonary vascular and inflammatory diseases.
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- Nikolaos A Maniatis
- 2nd Department of Critical Care, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece
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Longmire TA, Ikonomou L, Hawkins F, Christodoulou C, Cao Y, Jean JC, Kwok LW, Mou H, Rajagopal J, Shen SS, Dowton AA, Serra M, Weiss DJ, Green MD, Snoeck HW, Ramirez MI, Kotton DN. Efficient derivation of purified lung and thyroid progenitors from embryonic stem cells. Cell Stem Cell 2012; 10:398-411. [PMID: 22482505 PMCID: PMC3322392 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.01.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2011] [Revised: 12/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Two populations of Nkx2-1(+) progenitors in the developing foregut endoderm give rise to the entire postnatal lung and thyroid epithelium, but little is known about these cells because they are difficult to isolate in a pure form. We demonstrate here the purification and directed differentiation of primordial lung and thyroid progenitors derived from mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). Inhibition of TGFβ and BMP signaling, followed by combinatorial stimulation of BMP and FGF signaling, can specify these cells efficiently from definitive endodermal precursors. When derived using Nkx2-1(GFP) knockin reporter ESCs, these progenitors can be purified for expansion in culture and have a transcriptome that overlaps with developing lung epithelium. Upon induction, they can express a broad repertoire of markers indicative of lung and thyroid lineages and can recellularize a 3D lung tissue scaffold. Thus, we have derived a pure population of progenitors able to recapitulate the developmental milestones of lung/thyroid development.
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- Tyler A. Longmire
- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA02114, USA
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA02114, USA
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- Section of Computational Biomedicine, and Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USAw
- Center for Health Informatics and Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT 05405
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Oncological Science, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Oncological Science, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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- Boston University Pulmonary Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
- Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM), Boston University and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Chuquimia OD, Petursdottir DH, Rahman MJ, Hartl K, Singh M, Fernández C. The role of alveolar epithelial cells in initiating and shaping pulmonary immune responses: communication between innate and adaptive immune systems. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32125. [PMID: 22393384 PMCID: PMC3290547 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Macrophages and dendritic cells have been recognized as key players in the defense against mycobacterial infection. However, more recently, other cells in the lungs such as alveolar epithelial cells (AEC) have been found to play important roles in the defense and pathogenesis of infection. In the present study we first compared AEC with pulmonary macrophages (PuM) isolated from mice in their ability to internalize and control Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) growth and their capacity as APCs. AEC were able to internalize and control bacterial growth as well as present antigen to primed T cells. Secondly, we compared both cell types in their capacity to secrete cytokines and chemokines upon stimulation with various molecules including mycobacterial products. Activated PuM and AEC displayed different patterns of secretion. Finally, we analyzed the profile of response of AEC to diverse stimuli. AEC responded to both microbial and internal stimuli exemplified by TLR ligands and IFNs, respectively. The response included synthesis by AEC of several factors, known to have various effects in other cells. Interestingly, TNF could stimulate the production of CCL2/MCP-1. Since MCP-1 plays a role in the recruitment of monocytes and macrophages to sites of infection and macrophages are the main producers of TNF, we speculate that both cell types can stimulate each other. Also, another cell-cell interaction was suggested when IFNs (produced mainly by lymphocytes) were able to induce expression of chemokines (IP-10 and RANTES) by AEC involved in the recruitment of circulating lymphocytes to areas of injury, inflammation, or viral infection. In the current paper we confirm previous data on the capacity of AEC regarding internalization of mycobacteria and their role as APC, and extend the knowledge of AEC as a multifunctional cell type by assessing the secretion of a broad array of factors in response to several different types of stimuli.
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- Olga D Chuquimia
- Department of Immunology, Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Yamada Y, Limmon GV, Zheng D, Li N, Li L, Yin L, Chow VTK, Chen J, Engelward BP. Major shifts in the spatio-temporal distribution of lung antioxidant enzymes during influenza pneumonia. PLoS One 2012; 7:e31494. [PMID: 22355371 PMCID: PMC3280306 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 01/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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With the incessant challenge of exposure to the air we breathe, lung tissue suffers the highest levels of oxygen tension and thus requires robust antioxidant defenses. Furthermore, following injury or infection, lung tissue faces the additional challenge of inflammation-induced reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS). Little is known about the identity or distribution of lung antioxidant enzymes under normal conditions or during infection-induced inflammation. Using a mouse model of influenza (H1N1 influenza virus A/PR/8/34 [PR8]) in combination with bioinformatics, we identified seven lung-abundant antioxidant enzymes: Glutathione peroxidase 3 (Gpx3), Superoxide dismutase 3 (Sod3), Transferrin (Tf), peroxyredoxin6 (Prdx6), glutathione S-transferase kappa 1 (Gstk1), Catalase (Cat), and Glutathione peroxidase 8 (Gpx8). Interestingly, despite the demand for antioxidants during inflammation, influenza caused depletion in two key antioxidants: Cat and Prdx6. As Cat is highly expressed in Clara cells, virus-induced Clara cell loss contributes to the depletion in Cat. Prdx6 is also reduced due to Clara cell loss, however there is a coincident increase in Prdx6 levels in the alveoli, resulting in only a subtle reduction of Prdx6 overall. Analogously, Gpx3 shifts from the basement membranes underlying the bronchioles and blood vessels to the alveoli, thus maintaining balanced expression. Taken together, these studies identify key lung antioxidants and reveal their distribution among specific cell types. Furthermore, results show that influenza depletes key antioxidants, and that in some cases there is coincident increased expression, consistent with compensatory expression. Given that oxidative stress is known to be a key risk factor during influenza infection, knowledge about the antioxidant repertoire of lungs, and the spatio-temporal distribution of antioxidants, contributes to our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of influenza-induced morbidity and mortality.
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- Yoshiyuki Yamada
- Interdisciplinary Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Research and Technology, Singapore
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Research and Technology, Singapore
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Research and Technology, Singapore
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Research and Technology, Singapore
- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Research and Technology, Singapore
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Research and Technology, Singapore
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Research and Technology, Singapore
- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Interdisciplinary Research Group in Infectious Diseases, Singapore-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Research and Technology, Singapore
- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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The primary function of the mammalian lung is to facilitate diffusion of oxygen to venous blood and to ventilate carbon dioxide produced by catabolic reactions within cells. However, it is also responsible for a variety of other important functions, including host defense and production of vasoactive agents to regulate not only systemic blood pressure, but also water, electrolyte and acid-base balance. Caveolin-1 is highly expressed in the majority of cell types in the lung, including epithelial, endothelial, smooth muscle, connective tissue cells, and alveolar macrophages. Deletion of caveolin-1 in these cells results in major functional aberrations, suggesting that caveolin-1 may be crucial to lung homeostasis and development. Furthermore, generation of mutant mice that under-express caveolin-1 results in severe functional distortion with phenotypes covering practically the entire spectrum of known lung diseases, including pulmonary hypertension, fibrosis, increased endothelial permeability, and immune defects. In this Chapter, we outline the current state of knowledge regarding caveolin-1-dependent regulation of pulmonary cell functions and discuss recent research findings on the role of caveolin-1 in various pulmonary disease states, including obstructive and fibrotic pulmonary vascular and inflammatory diseases.
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Daum N, Kuehn A, Hein S, Schaefer UF, Huwer H, Lehr CM. Isolation, cultivation, and application of human alveolar epithelial cells. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 806:31-42. [PMID: 22057443 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-367-7_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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The blood-air barrier formed by the alveolar epithelium of the peripheral lung is crucial for the pulmonary delivery of drugs. Most existing in vitro models mimicking the blood-air barrier are represented by tumor cells or immortalized cells and lack biological relevance due to their genetic alterations and underexpressed essential physiological functions. However, the increasing interest of aerosol administration of medicines to the respiratory system requires the development and use of representative in vitro models. Thereby, human alveolar epithelial cells (hAEpC) are a suitable test system allowing standardized toxicity and transport studies for newly developed compounds and delivery systems. The isolation, purification, and cultivation of hAEpC are described as well as their possible application in the so-called Pharmaceutical Aerosol Deposition Device On Cell Cultures (PADDOCC) mimicking the complete inhalation process of a powder aerosol in vitro.
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- Nicole Daum
- Drug Delivery, Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Saarbruecken, Germany.
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Pei L, Leblanc M, Barish G, Atkins A, Nofsinger R, Whyte J, Gold D, He M, Kawamura K, Li HR, Downes M, Yu RT, Powell H, Lingrel JB, Evans RM. Thyroid hormone receptor repression is linked to type I pneumocyte-associated respiratory distress syndrome. Nat Med 2011; 17:1466-72. [PMID: 22001906 PMCID: PMC3210920 DOI: 10.1038/nm.2450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2011] [Accepted: 07/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Although the lung is a defining feature of air-breathing animals, the pathway controlling the formation of type I pneumocytes, the cells that mediate gas exchange, is poorly understood. In contrast, the glucocorticoid receptor and its cognate ligand have long been known to promote type II pneumocyte maturation; prenatal administration of glucocorticoids is commonly used to attenuate the severity of infant respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Here we show that knock-in mutations of the nuclear co-repressor SMRT (silencing mediator of retinoid and thyroid hormone receptors) in C57BL/6 mice (SMRTmRID) produces a previously unidentified respiratory distress syndrome caused by prematurity of the type I pneumocyte. Though unresponsive to glucocorticoids, treatment with anti-thyroid hormone drugs (propylthiouracil or methimazole) completely rescues SMRT-induced RDS, suggesting an unrecognized and essential role for the thyroid hormone receptor (TR) in lung development. We show that TR and SMRT control type I pneumocyte differentiation through Klf2, which, in turn, seems to directly activate the type I pneumocyte gene program. Conversely, mice without lung Klf2 lack mature type I pneumocytes and die shortly after birth, closely recapitulating the SMRTmRID phenotype. These results identify TR as a second nuclear receptor involved in lung development, specifically type I pneumocyte differentiation, and suggest a possible new type of therapeutic option in the treatment of RDS that is unresponsive to glucocorticoids.
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- Liming Pei
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- VA San Diego Healthcare System and Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- VA San Diego Healthcare System and Department of Pathology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Avian-type receptor-binding ability can increase influenza virus pathogenicity in macaques. J Virol 2011; 85:13195-203. [PMID: 21937653 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00859-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The first influenza pandemic of the 21st century was caused by novel H1N1 viruses that emerged in early 2009. An Asp-to-Gly change at position 222 of the receptor-binding protein hemagglutinin (HA) correlates with more-severe infections in humans. The amino acid at position 222 of HA contributes to receptor-binding specificity with Asp (typically found in human influenza viruses) and Gly (typically found in avian and classic H1N1 swine influenza viruses), conferring binding to human- and avian-type receptors, respectively. Here, we asked whether binding to avian-type receptors enhances influenza virus pathogenicity. We tested two 2009 pandemic H1N1 viruses possessing HA-222G (isolated from severe cases) and two viruses that possessed HA-222D. In glycan arrays, viruses possessing HA-222D preferentially bound to human-type receptors, while those encoding HA-222G bound to both avian- and human-type receptors. This difference in receptor binding correlated with efficient infection of viruses possessing HA-222G, compared to those possessing HA-222D, in human lung tissue, including alveolar type II pneumocytes, which express avian-type receptors. In a nonhuman primate model, infection with one of the viruses possessing HA-222G caused lung damage more severe than did infection with a virus encoding HA-222D, although these pathological differences were not observed for the other virus pair with either HA-222G or HA-222D. These data demonstrate that the acquisition of avian-type receptor-binding specificity may result in more-efficient infection of human alveolar type II pneumocytes and thus more-severe lung damage. Collectively, these findings suggest a new mechanism by which influenza viruses may become more pathogenic in mammals, including humans.
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Beard LL, Li T, Hu Y, Folkesson HG. Fetal Lung Epithelial Ion Channels Relocate in the Cell Membrane During Late Gestation. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 2011; 294:1461-71. [DOI: 10.1002/ar.21363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2010] [Revised: 09/08/2010] [Accepted: 10/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Reynolds PR, Stogsdill JA, Stogsdill MP, Heimann NB. Up-regulation of receptors for advanced glycation end-products by alveolar epithelium influences cytodifferentiation and causes severe lung hypoplasia. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2011; 45:1195-202. [PMID: 21685154 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0170oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Receptors for advanced glycation end-products (RAGE) are cell-surface receptors expressed by pulmonary tissue that influence alveolar type (AT) II-ATI transition required for normal alveolar formation. However, the precise contribution of RAGE in interactions between pulmonary epithelium and splanchnic mesenchyme during lung organogenesis remains uncertain. To test the hypothesis that RAGE misexpression adversely affects lung morphogenesis, conditional transgenic mice were generated that overexpress RAGE. Mice that overexpress RAGE throughout embryogenesis experienced 100% mortality and significant lung hypoplasia coincident with large, vacuous areas in the periphery when compared with normal airway and alveolar architecture observed in control mouse lungs. Flow cytometry and immunohistochemistry employing cell-specific markers for distal (forkhead box protein A2) and respiratory (thyroid transcription factor-1) epithelium, ATII cells (pro-surfactant protein-C), and ATI cells (T1-α) demonstrated anomalies in key epithelial cell populations resulting from RAGE up-regulation. These results reveal that precise regulation of RAGE expression is required during lung formation. Furthermore, abundant RAGE results in profound alterations in epithelial cell differentiation that culminate in severe respiratory distress and perinatal lethality.
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- Paul R Reynolds
- Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 94602, USA.
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Rock JR, Hogan BLM. Epithelial progenitor cells in lung development, maintenance, repair, and disease. Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol 2011; 27:493-512. [PMID: 21639799 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-cellbio-100109-104040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 303] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The vertebrate lung is elegantly patterned to carry out gas exchange and host defense. Similar to other organ systems, endogenous stem and progenitor cells fuel the organogenesis of the lung and maintain homeostasis in the face of normal wear and tear. In the context of acute injury, these progenitor populations are capable of effecting efficient repair. However, chronic injury, inflammation, and immune rejection frequently result in pathological airway remodeling and serious impairment of lung function. Here, we review the development, maintenance, and repair of the vertebrate respiratory system with an emphasis on the roles of epithelial stem and progenitor cells. We discuss what is currently known about their identities, lineage relationships, and the mechanisms that regulate their differentiation along various lineages. A deeper understanding of these progenitor populations will undoubtedly accelerate the discovery of improved cellular, genetic, molecular, and bioengineered therapies for lung disease.
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- Jason R Rock
- Department of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Arcos J, Sasindran SJ, Fujiwara N, Turner J, Schlesinger LS, Torrelles JB. Human lung hydrolases delineate Mycobacterium tuberculosis-macrophage interactions and the capacity to control infection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:372-81. [PMID: 21602490 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1100823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Pulmonary surfactant contains homeostatic and antimicrobial hydrolases. When Mycobacterium tuberculosis is initially deposited in the terminal bronchioles and alveoli, as well as following release from lysed macrophages, bacilli are in intimate contact with these lung surfactant hydrolases. We identified and measured several hydrolases in human alveolar lining fluid and lung tissue that, at their physiological concentrations, dramatically modified the M. tuberculosis cell envelope. Independent of their action time (15 min to 12 h), the effects of the hydrolases on the M. tuberculosis cell envelope resulted in a significant decrease (60-80%) in M. tuberculosis association with, and intracellular growth of the bacteria within, human macrophages. The cell envelope-modifying effects of the hydrolases also led to altered M. tuberculosis intracellular trafficking and induced a protective proinflammatory response to infection. These findings add a new concept to our understanding of M. tuberculosis-macrophage interactions (i.e., the impact of lung surfactant hydrolases on M. tuberculosis infection).
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- Jesús Arcos
- Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Viral replication and innate host responses in primary human alveolar epithelial cells and alveolar macrophages infected with influenza H5N1 and H1N1 viruses. J Virol 2011; 85:6844-55. [PMID: 21543489 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02200-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Highly pathogenic influenza H5N1 virus continues to pose a threat to public health. Although the mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of the H5N1 virus have not been fully defined, it has been suggested that cytokine dysregulation plays an important role. As the human respiratory epithelium is the primary target cell for influenza viruses, elucidating the viral tropism and innate immune responses of influenza H5N1 virus in the alveolar epithelium may help us to understand the pathogenesis of the severe pneumonia associated with H5N1 disease. Here we used primary cultures of differentiated human alveolar type II cells, alveolar type I-like cells, and alveolar macrophages isolated from the same individual to investigate viral replication competence and host innate immune responses to influenza H5N1 (A/HK/483/97) and H1N1 (A/HK/54/98) virus infection. The viral replication kinetics and cytokine and chemokine responses were compared by quantitative PCR (qPCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We demonstrated that influenza H1N1 and H5N1 viruses replicated productively in type II cells and type I-like cells although with different kinetics. The H5N1 virus replicated productively in alveolar macrophages, whereas the H1N1 virus led to an abortive infection. The H5N1 virus was a more potent inducer of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines than the H1N1 virus in all cell types. However, higher levels of cytokine expression were observed for peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages than for alveolar macrophages in response to H5N1 virus infection. Our findings provide important insights into the viral tropisms and host responses of different cell types found in the lung and are relevant to an understanding of the pathogenesis of severe human influenza disease.
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Esumi G, Masumoto K, Teshiba R, Nagata K, Kinoshita Y, Yamaza H, Nonaka K, Taguchi T. Effect of insulin-like growth factors on lung development in a nitrofen-induced CDH rat model. Pediatr Surg Int 2011; 27:187-92. [PMID: 21046115 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-010-2791-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Both the mortality and morbidity associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are mainly caused by pulmonary hypoplasia and persistent pulmonary hypertension. A previous study revealed that insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) play important roles in fetal lung development. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of IGF-1 and IGF-2 on tissue cultures of fetal hypoplastic lungs obtained from nitrofen-induced CDH model rats. METHODS Pregnant rats were exposed to nitrofen on day 9 of gestation (D9). Fetuses were harvested on D18 by caesarian section. Lung specimens of the CDH (+) fetus were divided into three groups; control, IGF-1, and IGF-2. The specimens from the control group were cultured in culture medium without IGFs. The IGF-1 group specimens were cultured with IGF-1 (500 ng/ml), and those in the IGF-2 group were cultured with IGF-2 (500 ng/ml). The mRNA expression of TTF-1, T1α and α-SMA were analyzed in each group using real-time RT-PCR after 24 and 48 h of incubation. Immunohistochemical staining of these markers was also assessed for each of the cultured specimens. RESULTS There was a significant increase in the expression of both TTF-1 and T1α mRNA in the IGF-2 group, in comparison to the control group after 48 h of culture. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that the cell morphology was changed from cuboidal to squamous type in the IGF-2 group. CONCLUSIONS An increased mRNA expression of the markers related to type 1 and 2 alveolar epithelial cells, and morphological changes in the epithelial cells were observed in the IGF-2 group. The administration of IGF-2 to nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lungs might lead to alveolar maturation, which thus results in their improved development.
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- Genshiro Esumi
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-Ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
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Xu B, Chen C, Chen H, Zheng SG, Bringas P, Xu M, Zhou X, Chen D, Umans L, Zwijsen A, Shi W. Smad1 and its target gene Wif1 coordinate BMP and Wnt signaling activities to regulate fetal lung development. Development 2011; 138:925-35. [PMID: 21270055 DOI: 10.1242/dev.062687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Bone morphogenetic protein 4 (Bmp4) is essential for lung development. To define the intracellular signaling mechanisms by which Bmp4 regulates lung development, BMP-specific Smad1 or Smad5 was selectively knocked out in fetal mouse lung epithelial cells. Abrogation of lung epithelial-specific Smad1, but not Smad5, resulted in retardation of lung branching morphogenesis and reduced sacculation, accompanied by altered distal lung epithelial cell proliferation and differentiation and, consequently, severe neonatal respiratory failure. By combining cDNA microarray with ChIP-chip analyses, Wnt inhibitory factor 1 (Wif1) was identified as a novel target gene of Smad1 in the developing mouse lung epithelial cells. Loss of Smad1 transcriptional activation of Wif1 was associated with reduced Wif1 expression and increased Wnt/β-catenin signaling activity in lung epithelia, resulting in specific fetal lung abnormalities. This suggests a novel regulatory loop of Bmp4-Smad1-Wif1-Wnt/β-catenin in coordinating BMP and Wnt pathways to control fetal lung development.
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- Bing Xu
- Developmental Biology and Regenerative Medicine Program, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90027, USA
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Takano M, Ryoko Y. Transport of Proteins and Peptides and its Regulation in Alveolar Epithelial Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.5360/membrane.36.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Sanders CJ, Doherty PC, Thomas PG. Respiratory epithelial cells in innate immunity to influenza virus infection. Cell Tissue Res 2010; 343:13-21. [PMID: 20848130 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-010-1043-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2010] [Accepted: 08/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Infection by influenza virus leads to respiratory failure characterized by acute lung injury associated with alveolar edema, necrotizing bronchiolitis, and excessive bleeding. Severe reactions to infection that lead to hospitalizations and/or death are frequently attributed to an exuberant host response, with excessive inflammation and damage to the epithelial cells that mediate respiratory gas exchange. The respiratory mucosa serves as a physical and chemical barrier to infection, producing mucus and surfactants, anti-viral mediators, and inflammatory cytokines. The airway epithelial cell layer also serves as the first and overwhelmingly primary target for virus infection and growth. This review details immune events during influenza infection from the viewpoint of the epithelial cells, secretory host defense mechanisms, cell death, and recovery.
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- Catherine J Sanders
- Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Yin A, Winata CL, Korzh S, Korzh V, Gong Z. Expression of components of Wnt and Hedgehog pathways in different tissue layers during lung development in Xenopus laevis. Gene Expr Patterns 2010; 10:338-44. [PMID: 20682360 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2010.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2010] [Revised: 07/21/2010] [Accepted: 07/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Although Wnt and Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathways play important roles in mouse lung development, these have not been explored in the development of Xenopus lung. This may be due to the lack of specific molecular markers for different layers of tissue in Xenopus lung and/or insufficient knowledge on expression patterns of Wnt and Hh signaling components in Xenopus lung. In this study, we first described the early morphogenesis of Xenopus laevis lung by using surfactant protein C (sftpc) as a marker of lung epithelium and compared it with the expression patterns of several genes of Wnt and Hh pathways in Xenopus lungs. Our data showed that wnt7b was expressed in the entire lung epithelium from stage 37 to stage 45, while two other Wnt signaling components, wnt5a and wif1 (wnt inhibitory factor 1), were expressed in the mesenchyme layer of the entire lungs through stages 39-41. We also found that sonic hedgehog (shh) was expressed at stage 41 only in the anterior, but not in the posterior part of the lungs. These results show the expression of wnt5a, wnt7b, wif1 and shh in different layers of tissue of Xenopus lungs at early developmental stages, which implies different roles of these genes in the early development of Xenopus lungs. Our study for the first time defined specific molecular markers for description of early lung development in Xenopus, as well as provided information about expression of components of Wnt and Hh pathways in early Xenopus lungs, which should be useful for future functional studies.
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- Ao Yin
- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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Wang S, Hubmayr RD. Type I alveolar epithelial phenotype in primary culture. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2010; 44:692-9. [PMID: 20616357 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2009-0359oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Type I alveolar epithelial cells (ATIs) are very large, thin cells, which extend across several air sacs and cover more than 95% of the alveolar surface area. ATIs are the target of many insults, including ventilator-induced lung injury, and are generally considered terminally differentiated cells arising from type II cell (ATII) lineage. ATIs have proven difficult to harvest and maintain in primary culture, which is why much of ATI biology has been inferred from studies on ex vivo, ATII-derived, so-called ATI-like cells. We report on a modified approach to rat ATI harvest and primary culture, which yielded the following observations: (1) rat ATI can be harvested and maintained with a high degree of purity in primary culture; (2) in vitro growth characteristics of primary ATIs differ from those of ATII-derived ATI-like cells; ATIs, but not ex vivo, ATII-derived ATI-like cells, are capable of cell division; (3) ATIs readily repair plasma membrane wounds without the subsequent loss of their ability to divide; (4) ATI monolayers heal scratch wounds primarily by cell spreading and migration. Although the ability of ATIs to divide may be limited to the in vitro environment, we do believe that their role in alveolar wound repair deserves to be revisited, and the molecular control of ATI-ATII plasticity further explored.
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- Shaohua Wang
- Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Foster CD, Varghese LS, Gonzales LW, Margulies SS, Guttentag SH. The Rho pathway mediates transition to an alveolar type I cell phenotype during static stretch of alveolar type II cells. Pediatr Res 2010; 67:585-90. [PMID: 20220547 PMCID: PMC3063400 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3181dbc708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Stretch is an essential mechanism for lung growth and development. Animal models in which fetal lungs have been chronically over or underdistended demonstrate a disrupted mix of type II and type I cells, with static overdistention typically promoting a type I cell phenotype. The Rho GTPase family, key regulators of cytoskeletal signaling, are known to mediate cellular differentiation in response to stretch in other organs. Using a well-described model of alveolar epithelial cell differentiation and a validated stretch device, we investigated the effects of supraphysiologic stretch on human fetal lung alveolar epithelial cell phenotype. Static stretch applied to epithelial cells suppressed type II cell markers (SP-B and Pepsinogen C, PGC), and induced type I cell markers (Caveolin-1, Claudin 7 and Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1, PAI-1) as predicted. Static stretch was also associated with Rho A activation. Furthermore, the Rho kinase inhibitor Y27632 decreased Rho A activation and blunted the stretch-induced changes in alveolar epithelial cell marker expression. Together these data provide further evidence that mechanical stimulation of the cytoskeleton and Rho activation are key upstream events in mechanotransduction-associated alveolar epithelial cell differentiation.
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- Cherie D Foster
- Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Wang Y, Maciejewski BS, Drouillard D, Santos M, Hokenson MA, Hawwa RL, Huang Z, Sanchez-Esteban J. A role for caveolin-1 in mechanotransduction of fetal type II epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2010; 298:L775-83. [PMID: 20172952 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00327.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Mechanical forces are critical for fetal lung development. Using surfactant protein C (SP-C) as a marker, we previously showed that stretch-induced fetal type II cell differentiation is mediated via the ERK pathway. Caveolin-1, a major component of the plasma membrane microdomains, is important as a signaling protein in blood vessels exposed to shear stress. Its potential role in mechanotransduction during fetal lung development is unknown. Caveolin-1 is a marker of type I epithelial cell phenotype. In this study, using immunocytochemistry, Western blotting, and immunogold electron microscopy, we first demonstrated the presence of caveolin-1 in embryonic day 19 (E19) rat fetal type II epithelial cells. By detergent-free purification of lipid raft-rich membrane fractions and fluorescence immunocytochemistry, we found that mechanical stretch translocates caveolin-1 from the plasma membrane to the cytoplasm. Disruption of the lipid rafts with cholesterol-chelating agents further increased stretch-induced ERK activation and SP-C gene expression compared with stretch samples without disruptors. Similar results were obtained when caveolin-1 gene was knocked down by small interference RNA. In contrast, adenovirus overexpression of the wild-type caveolin-1 or delivery of caveolin-1 scaffolding domain peptide inside the cells decreased stretch-induced ERK phosphorylation and SP-C mRNA expression. In conclusion, our data suggest that caveolin-1 is present in E19 fetal type II epithelial cells. Caveolin-1 is translocated from the plasma membrane to the cytoplasm by mechanical stretch and functions as an inhibitory protein in stretch-induced type II cell differentiation via the ERK pathway.
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- Yulian Wang
- Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02905, USA
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Zhang M, Liu X, Zhang Y, Zhao J. Loss of betaarrestin1 and betaarrestin2 contributes to pulmonary hypoplasia and neonatal lethality in mice. Dev Biol 2010; 339:407-17. [PMID: 20060823 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2009] [Revised: 12/25/2009] [Accepted: 12/30/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Less is known about the connection between the malfunction of betaarrestins and developmental defects as the mice with either of two betaarrestin isoforms knockout appear normal. In order to address the biological function of betaarrestins during developmental process, we generate betaarrestin1/2 double knockout mice. We found that betaarrestin1/2 dual-null mice developed respiratory distress and atelectasis that subsequently caused neonatal death. Morphological examination revealed type II pneumocyte immaturity. Our results indicate that not only betaarrestin1/2 double knockout lung tissue show disturbances in cell proliferation but betaarrestin1 and betaarrestin2 contribute to pulmonary surfactant complex generation during pulmonary maturation. Intra-amniotic delivery of recombinant adenovirus expressing betaarrestin1 or betaarrestin2 enhances surfactant-associated proteins synthesis in vivo. Our mRNA microarray data further reveal that betaarrestin1/2 double knockout results in downregulation of a significant proportion of genes involved in several lung morphogenesis processes. Together, our study demonstrates that betaarrestin1 and betaarrestin2 collaborate in embryonic development processes for epithelial pneumocyte differentiation and lung maturation.
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- Mingfeng Zhang
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, PR China
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Yildirim AO, Muyal V, John G, Müller B, Seifart C, Kasper M, Fehrenbach H. Palifermin induces alveolar maintenance programs in emphysematous mice. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2009; 181:705-17. [PMID: 20007933 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200804-573oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Emphysema is characterized by destruction of alveoli with ensuing airspace enlargement and loss of alveoli. Induction of alveolar regeneration is still a major challenge in emphysema therapy. OBJECTIVES To investigate whether therapeutic application of palifermin (DeltaN23-KGF) is able to induce a regenerative response in distal lung parenchyma after induction of pulmonary emphysema. METHODS Mice were therapeutically treated at three occasions by oropharyngeal aspiration of 10 mg DeltaN23-KGF per kg body weight after induction of emphysema by porcine pancreatic elastase. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Airflow limitation associated with emphysema was largely reversed as assessed by noninvasive head-out body plethysmography. Porcine pancreatic elastase-induced airspace enlargement and loss of alveoli were partially reversed as assessed by design-based stereology. DeltaN23-KGF induced proliferation of epithelium, endothelium, and fibroblasts being associated with enhanced differentiation as well as increased expression of vascular endothelial growth factor, vascular endothelial growth factor receptors, transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, TGF-beta2, (phospho-) Smad2, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1, and elastin as assessed by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting, and immunohistochemistry. DeltaN23-KGF induced the expression of TGF-beta1 in and release of active TGF-beta1 from primary mouse alveolar epithelial type 2 (AE2) cells, murine AE2-like cells LA-4, and cocultures of LA-4 and murine lung fibroblasts (MLF), but not in MLF cultured alone. Recombinant TGF-beta1 but not DeltaN23-KGF induced elastin gene expression in MLF. Blockade of TGF-signaling by neutralizing antibody abolished these effects of DeltaN23-KGF in LA-4/MLF cocultures. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate that therapeutic application of DeltaN23-KGF has the potential to induce alveolar maintenance programs in emphysematous lungs and suggest that the regenerative effect on interstitial tissue is linked to AE2 cell-derived TGF-beta1.
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- Ali O Yildirim
- Clinical Research Group Chronic Airway Diseases, Medical Faculty, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Flozak AS, Lam AP, Russell S, Jain M, Peled ON, Sheppard KA, Beri R, Mutlu GM, Budinger GRS, Gottardi CJ. Beta-catenin/T-cell factor signaling is activated during lung injury and promotes the survival and migration of alveolar epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 2009; 285:3157-67. [PMID: 19933277 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.070326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The Wnt/beta-catenin signaling cascade activates genes that allow cells to adopt particular identities throughout development. In adult self-renewing tissues like intestine and blood, activation of the Wnt pathway maintains a progenitor phenotype, whereas forced inhibition of this pathway promotes differentiation. In the lung alveolus, type 2 epithelial cells (AT2) have been described as progenitors for the type 1 cell (AT1), but whether AT2 progenitors use the same signaling mechanisms to control differentiation as rapidly renewing tissues is not known. We show that adult AT2 cells do not exhibit constitutive beta-catenin signaling in vivo, using the AXIN2(+/LacZ) reporter mouse, or after fresh isolation of an enriched population of AT2 cells. Rather, this pathway is activated in lungs subjected to bleomycin-induced injury, as well as upon placement of AT2 cells in culture. Forced inhibition of beta-catenin/T-cell factor signaling in AT2 cultures leads to increased cell death. Cells that survive show reduced migration after wounding and reduced expression of AT1 cell markers (T1alpha and RAGE). These results suggest that AT2 cells may function as facultative progenitors, where activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling during lung injury promotes alveolar epithelial survival, migration, and differentiation toward an AT1-like phenotype.
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- Annette S Flozak
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Fas inhibition attenuates lipopolysaccharide-induced apoptosis and cytokine release of rat type II alveolar epithelial cells. Mol Biol Rep 2009; 37:3051-6. [PMID: 19823951 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-009-9876-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Accepted: 09/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The aim of this study is to investigate whether silencing of Fas could have an influence on type II alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) apoptosis and inflammatory cytokine production, which prevents alveolar healing after acute lung injury (ALI). Rat primary type II AECs were isolated by elastase cell dispersion and IgG panning. The cells were transfected with Fas-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) followed by treatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), Fas ligand (FasL) or both. The effects of siRNA-mediated silencing of Fas on LPS-induced apoptosis and cytokine release were then assessed. Notably, LPS, either alone or together with FasL, significantly stimulated type II AEC apoptosis and the release of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) (P < 0.05 versus the control without treatment). Moreover, the effects exerted by both LPS and FasL were considerably counteracted by pretreatment with Fas-siRNA (P < 0.05 versus treatment with LPS and FasL). In conclusion, inhibition of Fas can diminish LPS-induced apoptosis and inflammatory cytokine production in type II AECs, and Fas specific siRNAs may have therapeutic potentials for intervention of ALI/ARDS.
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Yi SS, Hwang IK, Kim MS, Soh KS, Yoon YS. The Origin of Endothelial Cells in Novel Structures, Bonghan Ducts and Bonghan Corpuscles Determined Using Immunofluorescence. J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2009; 2:190-6. [DOI: 10.1016/s2005-2901(09)60054-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2009] [Revised: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 07/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Miura TA, Holmes KV. Host-pathogen interactions during coronavirus infection of primary alveolar epithelial cells. J Leukoc Biol 2009; 86:1145-51. [PMID: 19638499 PMCID: PMC2774885 DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0209078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Innate immune responses in coronavirus infections of the respiratory tract are analyzed in primary differentiated airway and alveolar epithelial cells. Viruses that infect the lung are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in animals and humans worldwide. Coronaviruses are being associated increasingly with severe diseases in the lower respiratory tract. Alveolar epithelial cells are an important target for coronavirus infection in the lung, and infected cells can initiate innate immune responses to viral infection. In this overview, we describe in vitro models of highly differentiated alveolar epithelial cells that are currently being used to study the innate immune response to coronavirus infection. We have shown that rat coronavirus infection of rat alveolar type I epithelial cells in vitro induces expression of CXC chemokines, which may recruit and activate neutrophils. Although neutrophils are recruited early in infection in several coronavirus models including rat coronavirus. However, their role in viral clearance and/or immune‐mediated tissue damage is not understood. Primary cultures of differentiated alveolar epithelial cells will be useful for identifying the interactions between coronaviruses and alveolar epithelial cells that influence the innate immune responses to infection in the lung. Understanding the molecular details of these interactions will be critical for the design of effective strategies to prevent and treat coronavirus infections in the lung.
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- Tanya A Miura
- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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Truncation of the catalytic domain of the cylindromatosis tumor suppressor impairs lung maturation. Neoplasia 2009; 11:469-76. [PMID: 19412431 DOI: 10.1593/neo.81424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Revised: 02/24/2009] [Accepted: 02/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cyld encodes a 956-amino acid deubiquitinating enzyme (CYLD), which is a negative regulator of nuclear factor kappaB and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways. Mutations that truncate and inactivate the carboxyl-terminal deubiquitinating domain of CYLD underlie the development of skin appendage tumors in humans, whereas down-regulation of Cyld expression has been associated with the development of various types of human malignancies including lung cancer. To establish an animal model of human CYLD inactivation and characterize the biological role of CYLD in vivo, we generated mice carrying a homozygous deletion of Cyld exon 9 (Cyld(Delta 9/Delta 9) mice) using a conditional approach. Deletion of exon 9 would cause a carboxyl-terminal truncation of CYLD and inactivation of its deubiquitinating activity. In accordance with previous studies, fibroblasts from Cyld(Delta 9/Delta 9) embryos had hyperactive nuclear factor kappaB and c-Jun kinase pathways compared with control fibroblasts. Cyld(Delta 9/Delta 9) newborn mice were smaller than wild-type littermates with a short and kinky tail and no major developmental defects. However, Cyld(Delta 9/Delta 9) mice died shortly after birth from apparent respiratory dysfunction. Histological examination of E18.5 Cyld(Delta 9/Delta 9) lungs demonstrated an immature phenotype characterized by hyperplasic mesenchyme but apparently normal epithelial, smooth muscle. and endothelial structures. Our study identifies an important role of CYLD in lung maturation, which may underlie the development of many cases of lung cancer.
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Yamazaki D, Komazaki S, Nakanishi H, Mishima A, Nishi M, Yazawa M, Yamazaki T, Taguchi R, Takeshima H. Essential role of the TRIC-B channel in Ca2+ handling of alveolar epithelial cells and in perinatal lung maturation. Development 2009; 136:2355-61. [PMID: 19515693 DOI: 10.1242/dev.036798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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TRIC channels function as monovalent cation-specific channels that mediate counter ion movements coupled with ryanodine receptor-mediated Ca(2+) release from intracellular stores in muscle cells. Mammalian tissues differentially contain two TRIC channel subtypes: TRIC-A is abundantly expressed in excitable cells, whereas TRIC-B is ubiquitously expressed throughout tissues. Here, we report the physiological role of TRIC-B channels in mouse perinatal development. TRIC-B-knockout neonates were cyanotic owing to respiratory failure and died shortly after birth. In the mutant neonates, the deflated lungs exhibited severe histological defects, and alveolar type II epithelial cells displayed ultrastructural abnormalities. The metabolic conversion of glycogen into phospholipids was severely interrupted in the mutant type II cells, and surfactant phospholipids secreted into the alveolar space were insufficient in the mutant neonates. Moreover, the mutant type II cells were compromised for Ca(2+) release mediated by inositol-trisphosphate receptors, despite Ca(2+) overloading in intracellular stores. Our results indicate that TRIC-B channels take an active part in Ca(2+) signalling to establish specialised functions in type II cells and are thus essential for perinatal lung maturation.
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- Daiju Yamazaki
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Koval M, Ward C, Findley MK, Roser-Page S, Helms MN, Roman J. Extracellular matrix influences alveolar epithelial claudin expression and barrier function. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2009; 42:172-80. [PMID: 19423774 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0270oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The lung is dynamically remodeled in response to injury, which alters extracellular matrix composition, and can lead to either healthy or impaired lung regeneration. To determine how changes in extracellular matrix can influence alveolar epithelial barrier function, we examined the expression and function of tight junction proteins by rat alveolar epithelial type II cells cultured on one of three different matrix components: type I collagen or fibronectin, matrix glycoproteins which are highly expressed in injured lungs, or laminin, a basement membrane matrix component. Of note, alveolar epithelial cells cultured for 2 days on fibronectin formed high-resistance barriers and showed continuous claudin-3 and claudin-18 localization to the plasma membrane, as opposed to cells cultured on either type I collagen or laminin, which had low resistance monolayers and had areas of cell-cell contact that were claudin deficient. The barrier formed by cells cultured on fibronectin also had preferential permeability to chloride as compared with sodium. Regardless of the initial matrix composition, alveolar epithelial cells cultured for 5 days formed high-resistance barriers, which correlated with increased claudin-18 localization to the plasma membrane and an increase in zonula occludens-1. Day 5 cells on laminin had significantly higher resistance than cells on either fibronectin or type I collagen. Thus, although alveolar epithelial cells on fibronectin formed rapid barriers, it was at the expense of producing an optimized barrier.
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- Michael Koval
- Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Whitehead Biomedical Research Building, 615 Michael St., Suite 205, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Carboxypeptidase M: Multiple alliances and unknown partners. Clin Chim Acta 2009; 399:24-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Revised: 10/02/2008] [Accepted: 10/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Horálková L, Radziwon A, Endter S, Andersen R, Koslowski R, Radomski MW, Dolezal P, Ehrhardt C. Characterisation of the R3/1 cell line as an alveolar epithelial cell model for drug disposition studies. Eur J Pharm Sci 2008; 36:444-50. [PMID: 19103287 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2008.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2008] [Revised: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 11/26/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The rat cell line R3/1 displays several phenotypical features of alveolar epithelial type I cells. In order to evaluate this cell line as potential in vitro model for drug disposition studies, R3/1 cells were cultured on Transwell filters and the transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) was measured to test the integrity of cell layers. The mRNA expression of cell junctional components including E-cadherin, occludin, ZO-1 and ZO-2 was studied using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and the corresponding proteins by immunofluorescence microscopy (IFM). Moreover, the expression pattern of catabolic peptidases, carboxypeptidase M, aminopeptidases (AP): A, B, N and P, gamma-glutamyltransferase (GGT), dipeptidylpeptidase IV, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), and endopeptidases (EP) 24.11 and 24.15 was analysed in R3/1 cells and compared to rat alveolar epithelial I-like cells in primary culture. TEER peaked at 99+/-17Omegacm(2) after 5 days in culture. Addition of 0.1muM dexamethasone (DEX) with 20% foetal bovine serum further increased TEER by 65%. However, none of the culture conditions used in our study yielded monolayers with TEER values comparable to those of primary cultures of rat pneumocytes. No transcripts encoding for E-cadherin and occludin were detected by RT-PCR. However, ZO-1 and -2 mRNA transcripts were found. IFM using a monoclonal antibody against occludin confirmed the absence of the protein in R3/1 cells. Of the investigated proteolytic enzymes, mRNA transcripts encoding APA and APB as well as EP 24.11 and EP 24.15 were detected; a pattern similar to that of rat alveolar epithelial I-like cells in primary culture. Thus, although R3/1 cells express certain markers typical for type I pneumocytes (e.g., T1alpha, ICAM-1, connexin-43, caveolins-1 and -2) they do not form electrically tight monolayers. This excludes R3/1 cells from being used as an in vitro model for alveolar absorption. However, the cell line may be suitable to study stability of inhaled and endogenous proteins.
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- Lenka Horálková
- Trinity College Dublin, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Westland Row, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Winkler ME, Mauritz C, Groos S, Kispert A, Menke S, Hoffmann A, Gruh I, Schwanke K, Haverich A, Martin U. Serum-free differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells into alveolar type II epithelial cells. CLONING AND STEM CELLS 2008; 10:49-64. [PMID: 18241124 DOI: 10.1089/clo.2007.0075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Alveolar type II (AT2) epithelial cells have important functions including the production of surfactant and regeneration of lost alveolar type I epithelial cells. The ability of in vitro production of AT2 cells would offer new therapeutic options in treating pulmonary injuries and disorders including genetically based surfactant deficiencies. Aiming at the generation of AT2-like cells, the differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells (mESCs) toward mesendodermal progenitors (MEPs) was optimized using a "Brachyury-eGFP-knock in" mESC line. eGFP expression demonstrated generation of up to 65% MEPs at day 4 after formation of embryoid bodies (EBs) under serum-free conditions. Plated EBs were further differentiated into AT2-like cells for a total of 25 days in serum-free media resulting in the expression of endodermal marker genes (FoxA2, Sox17, TTR, TTF-1) and of markers for distal lung epithelium (surfactant proteins (SP-) A, B, C, and D, CCSP, aquaporin 5). Notably, expression of SP-C as the only known AT2 cell specific marker could be detected after serum-induction as well as under serum-free conditions. Cytoplasmic localization of SP-C was demonstrated by confocal microscopy. The presence of AT2-like cells was confirmed by electron microscopy providing evidence for polarized cells with apical microvilli and lamellar body-like structures. Our results demonstrate the differentiation of AT2-like cells from mESCs after serum-induction and under serum-free conditions. The established serum-free differentiation protocol will facilitate the identification of key differentiation factors leading to a more specific and effective generation of AT2-like cells from ESCs.
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- Monica E Winkler
- Leibniz Research Laboratories for Biotechnology and Artificial Organs (LEBAO), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Kemp SJ, Thorley AJ, Gorelik J, Seckl MJ, O'Hare MJ, Arcaro A, Korchev Y, Goldstraw P, Tetley TD. Immortalization of human alveolar epithelial cells to investigate nanoparticle uptake. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2008; 39:591-7. [PMID: 18539954 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2007-0334oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Primary human alveolar type 2 (AT2) cells were immortalized by transduction with the catalytic subunit of telomerase and simian virus 40 large-tumor antigen. Characterization by immunochemical and morphologic methods demonstrated an AT1-like cell phenotype. Unlike primary AT2 cells, immortalized cells no longer expressed alkaline phosphatase, pro-surfactant protein C, and thyroid transcription factor-1, but expressed increased caveolin-1 and receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE). Live cell imaging using scanning ion conductance microscopy showed that the cuboidal primary AT2 cells were approximately 15 microm and enriched with surface microvilli, while the immortal AT1 cells were attenuated more than 40 microm, resembling these cells in situ. Transmission electron microscopy highlighted the attenuated morphology and showed endosomal vesicles in some immortal AT1 cells (but not primary AT2 cells) as found in situ. Particulate air pollution exacerbates cardiopulmonary disease. Interaction of ultrafine, nano-sized particles with the alveolar epithelium and/or translocation into the cardiovasculature may be a contributory factor. We hypothesized differential uptake of nanoparticles by AT1 and AT2 cells, depending on particle size and surface charge. Uptake of 50-nm and 1-microm fluorescent latex particles was investigated using confocal microscopy and scanning surface confocal microscopy of live cells. Fewer than 10% of primary AT2 cells internalized particles. In contrast, 75% immortal AT1 cells internalized negatively charged particles, while less than 55% of these cells internalized positively charged particles; charge, rather than size, mattered. The process was rapid: one-third of the total cell-associated negatively charged 50-nm particle fluorescence measured at 24 hours was internalized during the first hour. AT1 cells could be important in translocation of particles from the lung into the circulation.
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- Sarah J Kemp
- Lung Cell Biology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK
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Prenatal treatment with retinoic acid accelerates type 1 alveolar cell proliferation of the hypoplastic lung in the nitrofen model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia. J Pediatr Surg 2008; 43:367-72. [PMID: 18280292 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.10.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2007] [Accepted: 10/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Retinoids play an important role in lung development. A recent study has demonstrated that prenatal treatment with retinoic acid (RA) stimulates alveologenesis in hypoplastic lungs in the nitrofen model of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Furthermore, it has also been demonstrated that the differentiation from alveolar epithelial cells type II (AECs-II) into alveolar epithelial cells type I (AECs-I), which is the key process in lung development, is disturbed in this model. We hypothesized that retinoids promote alveologenesis by stimulating differentiation of AECs-II to AECs-I at the end of gestation; and therefore, we investigated the effect of RA on the pulmonary expression of intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), a marker for AECs-I, and thyroid transcription factor 1 (Ttf-1), a marker for AECs-II, in nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lungs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Pregnant rats were exposed to either olive oil or 100 mg nitrofen on day of gestation (D) 9. Five milligrams per kilogram of RA was given intraperitoneally on D18, D19, and D20; and fetuses were recovered on D21. We had 4 study groups: control (n = 7), control + RA (n = 7), CDH (n = 6), and CDH + RA (n = 6). The expression of ICAM-1 and Ttf-1 was analysed in each lung by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. One-way analysis of variance test was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS Expression levels of ICAM-1 were significantly reduced in CDH lungs compared with normal controls, whereas levels increased significantly in CDH group after the addition of RA (P < .05). Expression levels of Ttf-1 were significantly decreased in lungs from RA-treated CDH animals compared with CDH without RA (P < .05). The ICAM-1 and Ttf-1 immunoreactivity demonstrated similar pattern of expression in various groups. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate that prenatal treatment with RA accelerates AEC-I proliferation in the hypoplastic lung in CDH.
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Baguma-Nibasheka M, Kablar B. Pulmonary hypoplasia in the connective tissue growth factor (Ctgf) null mouse. Dev Dyn 2008; 237:485-93. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Micromechanical properties of keratin intermediate filament networks. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:889-94. [PMID: 18199836 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710728105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Keratin intermediate filaments (KIFs) form cytoskeletal KIF networks that are essential for the structural integrity of epithelial cells. However, the mechanical properties of the in situ network have not been defined. Particle-tracking microrheology (PTM) was used to obtain the micromechanical properties of the KIF network in alveolar epithelial cells (AECs), independent of other cytoskeletal components, such as microtubules and microfilaments. The storage modulus (G') at 1 Hz of the KIF network decreases from the perinuclear region (335 dyn/cm(2)) to the cell periphery (95 dyn/cm(2)), yielding a mean value of 210 dyn/cm(2). These changes in G' are inversely proportional to the mesh size of the network, which increases approximately 10-fold from the perinuclear region (0.02 microm(2)) to the cell periphery (0.3 microm(2)). Shear stress (15 dyn/cm(2) for 4 h) applied across the surface of AECs induces a more uniform distribution of KIF, with the mesh size of the network ranging from 0.02 microm(2) near the nucleus to only 0.04 microm(2) at the cell periphery. This amounts to a 40% increase in the mean G'. The storage modulus of the KIF network in the perinuclear region accurately predicts the shear-induced deflection of the cell nucleus to be 0.87 +/- 0.03 microm. The high storage modulus of the KIF network, coupled with its solid-like rheological behavior, supports the role of KIF as an intracellular structural scaffold that helps epithelial cells to withstand external mechanical forces.
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Parmley LA, Elkins ND, Fini MA, Liu YE, Repine JE, Wright RM. Alpha-4/beta-1 and alpha-L/beta-2 integrins mediate cytokine induced lung leukocyte-epithelial adhesion and injury. Br J Pharmacol 2007; 152:915-29. [PMID: 17828290 PMCID: PMC2078224 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0707443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Injury to the alveolar epithelium is a critical feature of acute lung injury (ALI). Using a cytokine model of ALI we demonstrated previously that newly recruited mononuclear phagocytes (MNP) contributed to lung inflammation and injury. We hypothesized that cytokines delivered into the alveolar airspace would have multiple effects on the lung that may contribute to lung injury. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Intratracheal cytokine insufflation and leukocyte adoptive transfer in vivo were combined with in vitro analyses of lung epithelial cell-MNP adhesion and injury. Lung inflammatory injury was assessed by histology, leukocyte infiltration, and release of LDH and RAGE. KEY RESULTS Cytokine insufflation was associated with apparent MNP-epithelial adhesion, up-regulation of alveolar ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, and the release of LDH and RAGE into the bronchoalveolar lavage. Insufflation of small molecule integrin antagonists suppressed adhesion of MNP and modulated release of LDH and RAGE. Adoptive transfer of MNP purified from cytokine insufflated lungs into leukopenic rats demonstrated the requirement of MNP for release of LDH that was not induced by cytokine alone. Corroboration that disrupting the ICAM/LFA1 interaction or the VCAM/VLA4 interaction blocked MNP-epithelial cell interaction and injury was obtained in vitro using both blocking monoclonal antibodies and the small molecule integrin antagonists, BIO5192 and XVA143. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS MNP recruited following cytokine insufflation contributed to lung injury. Further, integrin antagonists reduced alveolar epithelial cell injury induced during lung inflammation. Intratracheal delivery of small molecule antagonsists of leukocyte-epithelial adhesion that prevent lung injury may have significant clinical utility.
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- L A Parmley
- Webb-Waring Institute for Cancer, Aging and Antioxidant Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, CO, USA
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- Webb-Waring Institute for Cancer, Aging and Antioxidant Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, CO, USA
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- Webb-Waring Institute for Cancer, Aging and Antioxidant Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Pulmonary Sciences, The School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Princeton University Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Webb-Waring Institute for Cancer, Aging and Antioxidant Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Pulmonary Sciences, The School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, CO, USA
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- Webb-Waring Institute for Cancer, Aging and Antioxidant Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, CO, USA
- Department of Pulmonary Sciences, The School of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denver, CO, USA
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Miura TA, Wang J, Holmes KV, Mason RJ. Rat coronaviruses infect rat alveolar type I epithelial cells and induce expression of CXC chemokines. Virology 2007; 369:288-98. [PMID: 17804032 PMCID: PMC2170429 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2007.07.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Revised: 04/14/2007] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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We analyzed the ability of two rat coronavirus (RCoV) strains, sialodacryoadenitis virus (SDAV) and Parker's RCoV (RCoV-P), to infect rat alveolar type I cells and induce chemokine expression. Primary rat alveolar type II cells were transdifferentiated into the type I cell phenotype. Type I cells were productively infected with SDAV and RCoV-P, and both live virus and UV-inactivated virus induced mRNA and protein expression of three CXC chemokines: CINC-2, CINC-3, and LIX, which are neutrophil chemoattractants. Dual immunolabeling of type I cells for viral antigen and CXC chemokines showed that chemokines were expressed primarily by uninfected cells. Virus-induced chemokine expression was reduced by the IL-1 receptor antagonist, suggesting that IL-1 produced by infected cells induces uninfected cells to express chemokines. Primary cultures of alveolar epithelial cells are an important model for the early events in viral infection that lead to pulmonary inflammation.
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- Tanya A Miura
- Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, MS 8333, PO Box 6511, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
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Lovgren AK, Kovarova M, Koller BH. cPGES/p23 is required for glucocorticoid receptor function and embryonic growth but not prostaglandin E2 synthesis. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:4416-30. [PMID: 17438133 PMCID: PMC1900037 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02314-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2006] [Revised: 01/10/2007] [Accepted: 03/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A number of studies have identified cytosolic prostaglandin E(2) synthase (cPGES)/p23 as a cytoplasmic protein capable of metabolism of prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) from the cyclooxygenase metabolite prostaglandin endoperoxide (PGH(2)). However, this protein has also been implicated in a number of other pathways, including stabilization of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) complex. To define the importance of the functions assigned to this protein, mice lacking detectible cPGES/p23 expression were generated. cPGES/p23(-/-) pups die during the perinatal period and display retarded lung development reminiscent of the phenotype of GR-deficient neonates. Furthermore, GR-sensitive gluconeogenic enzymes are not induced in the prenatal period. However, unlike GR-deficient embryos, cPGES/p23(-/-) embryos are small and a proliferation defect is observed in cPGES/p23(-/-) fibroblasts. Analysis of arachidonic acid metabolites in embryonic tissues and primary fibroblasts failed to support a function for this protein in PGE(2) biosynthesis. Thus, while the growth retardation of the cPGES/p23(-/-) pups and decreased proliferation of primary fibroblasts identify functions for this protein in addition to GR stabilization, it is unlikely that these functions include metabolism of PGH(2) to PGE(2).
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- Alysia Kern Lovgren
- University of North Carolina, Department of Genetics, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Nemoto T, Kawakami S, Yamashita F, Hashida M. Efficient protection by cationized catalase against H2O2 injury in primary cultured alveolar epithelial cells. J Control Release 2007; 121:74-80. [PMID: 17610981 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2007.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2006] [Revised: 05/11/2007] [Accepted: 05/17/2007] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Increasing evidence suggests that hydrogen peroxide plays an important role in alveolar epithelial injury produced during many inflammatory lung diseases. In this study, the successful prevention of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-induced injury in primary cultured rabbit alveolar epithelial cells by cationized catalase is described. Cationized catalase was synthesized by direct chemical modification to enhance its association with alveolar epithelial cells. Cationized catalase exhibited a 22.3-fold higher cellular association at 2 h than native catalase, and incubation of cationized catalase with the cells produced a 2.19-fold intracellular catalase activity, which suggested that cationized catalase distributed both to the cell membrane and into the cell interior. Cationized catalase markedly suppressed H(2)O(2)-induced cell injury. In addition, electron spin resonance spectrometry analysis revealed that cationized catalase effectively eliminated H(2)O(2) produced in the medium by glucose plus glucose oxidase. On the other hand, polyethylene glycol-modified catalase (PEG-catalase) did not have any protective effect against H(2)O(2)-induced cell injury although PEG-catalase exhibited a 2.49-fold higher cellular association at 2 h than native catalase. These results suggest that cationization of catalase is a promising strategy for the treatment of many of inflammatory lung diseases.
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- Takayuki Nemoto
- Department of Drug Delivery Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Gentry M, Taormina J, Pyles RB, Yeager L, Kirtley M, Popov VL, Klimpel G, Eaves-Pyles T. Role of primary human alveolar epithelial cells in host defense against Francisella tularensis infection. Infect Immun 2007; 75:3969-78. [PMID: 17502386 PMCID: PMC1951971 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00157-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Francisella tularensis, an intracellular pathogen, is highly virulent when inhaled. Alveolar epithelial type I (ATI) and type II (ATII) cells line the majority of the alveolar surface and respond to inhaled pathogenic bacteria via cytokine secretion. We hypothesized that these cells contribute to the lung innate immune response to F. tularensis. Results demonstrated that the live vaccine strain (LVS) contacted ATI and ATII cells by 2 h following intranasal inoculation of mice. In culture, primary human ATI or ATII cells, grown on transwell filters, were stimulated on the apical (AP) surface with virulent F. tularensis Schu 4 or LVS. Basolateral (BL) conditioned medium (CM), collected 6 and 24 h later, was added to the BL surfaces of transwell cultures of primary human pulmonary microvasculature endothelial cells (HPMEC) prior to the addition of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) or dendritic cells (DCs) to the AP surface. HPMEC responded to S4- or LVS-stimulated ATII, but not ATI, CM as evidenced by PMN and DC migration. Analysis of the AP and BL ATII CM revealed that both F. tularensis strains induced various levels of a variety of cytokines via NF-kappaB activation. ATII cells pretreated with an NF-kappaB inhibitor prior to F. tularensis stimulation substantially decreased interleukin-8 secretion, which did not occur through Toll-like receptor 2, 2/6, 4, or 5 stimulation. These data indicate a crucial role for ATII cells in the innate immune response to F. tularensis.
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- Megan Gentry
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1070, USA
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Takayasu H, Nakazawa N, Montedonico S, Sugimoto K, Sato H, Puri P. Impaired alveolar epithelial cell differentiation in the hypoplastic lung in nitrofen-induced congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Pediatr Surg Int 2007; 23:405-10. [PMID: 17245593 DOI: 10.1007/s00383-006-1853-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Pulmonary hypoplasia is the principal cause of morbidity and mortality in infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Still, relatively little is known about the mechanisms causing lung hypoplasia associated with CDH. The differentiation from alveolar epithelial cells type II (AECs-II) into alveolar epithelial cells type I (AECs-I) is one of the key processes in lung development in late gestation. It is well known that increased lung expansion promotes differentiation into AECs-I phenotype, whereas reduced lung expansion promotes AECs-II phenotype. The recent availability of cell-specific molecule markers for AECs-I and AECs-II has provided an opportunity to study the various characteristics of these two cell types. To test the hypothesis that the differentiation of AECs-II to AECs-I is impaired in the CDH hypoplastic lung, we investigated molecular markers for AECs-I [ICAM-1, T1alpha, aquaporin 5 (AQP5)] and molecular markers for AECs-II [thyroid transcription factor-1 (Ttf-1), surfactant protein (SP)-B and C] in the nitrofen-induced CDH lung. Fetal rat lungs of normal (n = 7) and nitrofen-treated (n = 14) dams were harvested on embryonic day 21. The expression of the ICAM1, T1alpha, AQP5, SP-B, C and Ttf-1 was analyzed in each lung by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction. Immunohistochemical studies were performed to evaluate the protein expression level of ICAM1 and Ttf1. Expression levels of ICAM-1, T1alpha and AQP5 were significantly reduced (P < 0.05) in the lungs from nitrofen-treated CDH animals compared to normal controls. ICAM-1 and AQP5 immunohistochemistry showed a diffuse pattern of expression in the alveolar cells in normal lungs. By contrast, the ICAM-1 and AQP5 positive cells were markedly reduced in hypoplastic lungs with CDH. On the other hand, the expression levels of Ttf-1, SP-B and C were significantly (P < 0.05) increased in the lungs from nitrofen-treated CDH animals compared to normal controls. The population of Ttf-1 positive cells was slightly increased in the lungs from nitrofen-treated animals in immunohistochemical study. Our results demonstrate that there is significant reduction in the proportion of AECs-I and increase in the proportion of AECs-II in the hypoplastic lung in the nitrofen-induced CDH. This data provides the first evidence to support the hypothesis that AEC differentiation is impaired in CDH hypoplastic lung.
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- Hajime Takayasu
- Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, University College Dublin, Dublin 12, Ireland
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Foster CD, Varghese LS, Skalina RB, Gonzales LW, Guttentag SH. In vitro transdifferentiation of human fetal type II cells toward a type I-like cell. Pediatr Res 2007; 61:404-9. [PMID: 17515862 PMCID: PMC3074248 DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3180332c6d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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For alveolar type I cells, phenotype plasticity and physiology other than gas exchange await further clarification due to in vitro study difficulties in isolating and maintaining type I cells in primary culture. Using an established in vitro model of human fetal type II cells, in which the type II phenotype is induced and maintained by adding hormones, we assessed for transdifferentiation in culture toward a type I-like cell with hormone removal for up to 144 h, followed by electron microscopy, permeability studies, and RNA and protein analysis. Hormone withdrawal resulted in diminished type II cell characteristics, including decreased microvilli, lamellar bodies, and type II cell marker RNA and protein. There was a simultaneous increase in type I characteristics, including increased epithelial cell barrier function indicative of a tight monolayer and increased type I cell marker RNA and protein. Our results indicate that hormone removal from cultured human fetal type II cells results in transdifferentiation toward a type I-like cell. This model will be useful for continued in vitro studies of human fetal alveolar epithelial cell differentiation and phenotype plasticity.
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- Cherie D Foster
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Takayasu H, Nakazawa N, Montedonico S, Puri P. Reduced expression of aquaporin 5 water channel in nitrofen-induced hypoplastic lung with congenital diaphragmatic hernia rat model. J Pediatr Surg 2007; 42:415-9. [PMID: 17270560 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE Pulmonary hypoplasia remains the principal cause of high morbidity and mortality in patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). The precise mechanisms causing lung hypoplasia remains unclear. Aquaporins (AQPs) are reported to constitute a family of water channels that facilitate membrane water permeability in various tissues of animals. Aquaporin 5 has been reported to be an important marker expressed in type I alveolar epithelial cells in late gestation and mediates water transport across the human airway epithelium. We hypothesized that AQP5 is reduced in hypoplastic lungs and therefore designed this study to determine AQP5 expression in normal and hypoplastic lungs. METHODS Fetal rat lungs of control (n=23) and nitrofen-treated (n=37) dams were harvested on embryonic day (E) 15, E17, E19, and E21. The expression of the AQP5 was analyzed in each lung by real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Immunohistochemical studies were performed to evaluate the protein expression level of AQP5. RESULTS Aquaporin 5 messenger RNA levels on E21 were significantly reduced in lungs from the nitrofen with CDH group (11.8 +/- 2.3) compared with normal controls (23.5 +/- 11.8) and nitrofen without CDH group (26.9 +/- 13.0) (P < .05). Aquaporin 5 immunohistochemistry demonstrated AQP5 strongly expressed at the apical membrane of type I alveolar epithelial cells in the normal and nitrofen without CDH groups. By contrast, the AQP5-positive cells were markedly reduced in hypoplastic lungs in the nitrofen with CDH group. CONCLUSION Our results show that the expression of AQP5 is down-regulated in hypoplastic lungs with CDH. Down-regulation of AQP5 may result in abnormal pulmonary fluid metabolism in perinatal period and may be one of the mechanisms disturbing the pulmonary development in late stage in the CDH model.
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- Hajime Takayasu
- Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, University College Dublin, Dublin 12, Ireland
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Wang J, Edeen K, Manzer R, Chang Y, Wang S, Chen X, Funk CJ, Cosgrove GP, Fang X, Mason RJ. Differentiated human alveolar epithelial cells and reversibility of their phenotype in vitro. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2007; 36:661-8. [PMID: 17255555 PMCID: PMC1899340 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2006-0410oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Cultures of differentiating fetal human type II cells have been available for many years. However, studies with differentiated adult human type II cells are limited. We used a published method for type II cell isolation and developed primary culture systems for maintenance of differentiated adult human alveolar epithelial cells for in vitro studies. Human type II cells cultured on Matrigel (basolateral access) or a mixture of Matrigel and rat tail collagen (apical access) in the presence of keratinocyte growth factor, isobutylmethylxanthine, 8-bromo-cyclicAMP, and dexamethasone (KIAD) expressed the differentiated type II cell phenotype as measured by the expression of surfactant protein (SP)-A, SP-B, SP-C, and fatty acid synthase and their morphologic appearance. These cells contain lamellar inclusion bodies and have apical microvilli. In both systems the cells appear well differentiated. In the apical access system, type II cell differentiation markers initially decreased and then recovered over 6 d in culture. Lipid synthesis was also increased by the addition of KIAD. In contrast, type II cells cultured on rat tail collagen (or tissue culture plastic) slowly lose their lamellar inclusions and expression of the surfactant proteins and increase the expression of type I cell markers. The expression of the phenotypes is regulated by the culture conditions and is, in part, reversible in vitro.
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- Jieru Wang
- Department of Medicine, National Jewish and Medical Research Center, Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Fujiwara N, Ikeda M, Hirabayashi S, Mori H, Shirasawa M, Kansaku A, Sunamori M, Hata Y. Monoclonal antibody 7F9 recognizes rat protein homologous to human carboxypeptidase-M in developing and adult rat lung. Respirology 2007; 12:54-62. [PMID: 17207026 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2006.00961.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to obtain an antibody that would be useful for investigating the yet unclear molecular mechanism underlying the differentiation of lung alveolar type I and II cells. METHODS Monoclonal antibodies were raised against membrane proteins from embryonal day 18.5 rat lungs and characterized by immunoblotting on rat lung lysates at various developmental stages to select an appropriate clone. The antigen of the selected antibody was purified by serial column chromatography and immunoprecipitation and identified by mass spectrometry. RESULTS 7F9 antibody recognizes a 65-kDa protein that is expressed most prominently from embryonal day 20.5 to postnatal day 1. This protein was identified as a rat protein that is similar to 5730456K23Rik protein. The protein is homologous to human carboxypeptidase-M. Although human carboxypeptidase-M is known as a marker of type I cells, the expression of this rat protein was detected in columnar epithelial cells expressing type II cell markers, SP-C and a lamellar body protein ABCA3, in developing lung. Its expression was detected in alveolar cells lacking T1alpha, a type I cell marker protein, in adult lung. It was also expressed in RLE-6TN cells derived from type II cells. The expression in RLE-6TN cells was down-regulated by transforming growth factor-beta1 and up-regulated by Wnt3a. CONCLUSIONS 7F9 antibody detects a protein in rat lung cells expressing type II markers. The antibody is a useful tool for studying signalling triggered by transforming growth factor-beta1 and Wnt3a in rat type II cells.
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- Naoyuki Fujiwara
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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