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Calzetta L, Page C, Matera MG, Cazzola M, Rogliani P. Use of human airway smooth muscle in vitro and ex vivo to investigate drugs for the treatment of chronic obstructive respiratory disorders. Br J Pharmacol 2024; 181:610-639. [PMID: 37859567 DOI: 10.1111/bph.16272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Isolated airway smooth muscle has been extensively investigated since 1840 to understand the pharmacology of airway diseases. There has often been poor predictability from murine experiments to drugs evaluated in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the use of isolated human airways represents a sensible strategy to optimise the development of innovative molecules for the treatment of respiratory diseases. This review aims to provide updated evidence on the current uses of isolated human airways in validated in vitro methods to investigate drugs in development for the treatment of chronic obstructive respiratory disorders. This review also provides historical notes on the pioneering pharmacological research on isolated human airway tissues, the key differences between human and animal airways, as well as the pivotal differences between human medium bronchi and small airways. Experiments carried out with isolated human bronchial tissues in vitro and ex vivo replicate many of the main anatomical, pathophysiological, mechanical and immunological characteristics of patients with asthma or COPD. In vitro models of asthma and COPD using isolated human airways can provide information that is directly translatable into humans with obstructive lung diseases. Regardless of the technique used to investigate drugs for the treatment of chronic obstructive respiratory disorders (i.e., isolated organ bath systems, videomicroscopy and wire myography), the most limiting factors to produce high-quality and repeatable data remain closely tied to the manual skills of the researcher conducting experiments and the availability of suitable tissue.
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- Luigino Calzetta
- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Respiratory Disease and Lung Function Unit, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Pulmonary Pharmacology Unit, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King's College London, London, UK
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- Unit of Pharmacology, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy
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Çelebi Sözener Z, Treffeisen ER, Özdel Öztürk B, Schneider LC. Global warming and implications for epithelial barrier disruption and respiratory and dermatologic allergic diseases. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2023; 152:1033-1046. [PMID: 37689250 PMCID: PMC10864040 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2023.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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Global warming has direct and indirect effects, as well as short- and long-term impacts on the respiratory and skin barriers. Extreme temperature directly affects the airway epithelial barrier by disrupting the structural proteins and by triggering airway inflammation and hyperreactivity. It enhances tidal volume and respiratory rate by affecting the thermoregulatory system, causing specific airway resistance and reflex bronchoconstriction via activation of bronchopulmonary vagal C fibers and upregulation of transient receptor potential vanilloid (TRPV) 1 and TRPV4. Heat shock proteins are activated under heat stress and contribute to both epithelial barrier dysfunction and airway inflammation. Accordingly, the frequency and severity of allergic rhinitis and asthma have been increasing. Heat activates TRPV3 in keratinocytes, causing the secretion of inflammatory mediators and eventually pruritus. Exposure to air pollutants alters the expression of genes that control skin barrier integrity and triggers an immune response, increasing the incidence and prevalence of atopic dermatitis. There is evidence that extreme temperature, heavy rains and floods, air pollution, and wildfires increase atopic dermatitis flares. In this narrative review, focused on the last 3 years of literature, we explore the effects of global warming on respiratory and skin barrier and their clinical consequences.
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- Zeynep Çelebi Sözener
- Division of Immunology and Allergic Diseases, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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- Division of Immunology and Allergic Diseases, Bolu Izzet Baysal Training and Research Hospital, Bolu, Turkey
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Mass; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass
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Faisal S, Abdelaal S, Jeraiby MA, Toaimah FHS, Kattan SW, Abdel-Gawad AR, Riad E, Toraih EA, Fawzy MS, Ibrahim A. Diagnostic and Prognostic Risk Assessment of Heat Shock Protein HSPA1B rs2763979 Gene Variant in Asthma. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13122391. [PMID: 36553658 PMCID: PMC9778050 DOI: 10.3390/genes13122391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Given the significant role the heat shock protein Hsp70 plays in modulating cellular homeostasis in several chronic inflammatory disorders, the genetic variation of the inducible HSP70 (HSPA1B) gene may impact protein expression and disease phenotype. The HSPA1B rs2763979 variant has been associated with multiple inflammatory scenarios, but no previous studies have explored its association with asthma. In this sense, this cross-sectional study enrolled 90 children with asthma and 218 age-/sex-matched healthy volunteers for rs2763979 variant genotyping by TaqMan allelic discrimination analysis. The results were investigated under several genetic models and associated with disease susceptibility and clinicolaboratory data. Overall analysis, including the 308 participants, revealed a higher C allele frequency among patients relative to controls (43.0% vs. 33%, p = 0.006). Furthermore, patients with the C variant initially had a higher risk of asthma under heterozygous (OR = 2.75, 95%CI = 1.46-5.18, p = 0.003), homozygous (OR = 3.35, 95%CI = 1.19-9.39, p = 0.008), dominant (OR = 2.83, 95%CI = 1.52-5.25, p < 0.001), and overdominant (OR = 2.12, 95%CI = 1.20-3.74, p = 0.008) models. However, after employing a 1:1 nearest propensity matching analysis, the studied variant showed only borderline significance with asthma under the dominant model in 71 matched cohorts. Interestingly, patients who carry the rs2763979 CC genotype showed favorable spirometric parameters in terms of better (mean ± SD) forced vital capacity (86.3 ± 7.4 vs. 77.7 ± 6.1 and 75.7 ± 7.2 for CT and TT, respectively, p = 0.021), forced expiratory volume in one second before bronchodilation (60.7 ± 12.9 vs. 54.9 ± 7.6 and 56.1 ± 7.5 for CT and TT, respectively, p = 0.021), and an improvement in peak expiratory flow rate after inhaled salbutamol bronchodilator (p = 0.044) relative to the counterpart genotypes. In conclusion, the HSPA1B rs2763979 variant might have prognostic utility as a genetic marker for asthma in our population. Further larger studies on different ethnicities are recommended to validate the results.
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- Salwa Faisal
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan 82621, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha 3050, Qatar
- Department of Clinical Pediatrics and Clinical Emergency Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar
- Department of Clinical Academic Education, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
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- Department of Medical Laboratory, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Yanbu 46423, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Division of Endocrine and Oncologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Medical Genetics Unit, Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
- Correspondence: (E.A.T.); (M.S.F.); Tel.: +1-346-907-4237 (E.A.T.); +966-583241944 (M.S.F.)
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar 1321, Saudi Arabia
- Correspondence: (E.A.T.); (M.S.F.); Tel.: +1-346-907-4237 (E.A.T.); +966-583241944 (M.S.F.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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Hulina-Tomašković A, Somborac-Bačura A, Grdić Rajković M, Hlapčić I, Jonker MR, Heijink IH, Rumora L. Extracellular Hsp70 modulates 16HBE cells' inflammatory responses to cigarette smoke and bacterial components lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid. Cell Stress Chaperones 2022; 27:587-597. [PMID: 36029374 PMCID: PMC9485373 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-022-01294-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Cigarette smoke is a major risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), leading to chronic inflammation, while bacterial components lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and lipoteichoic acid (LTA) are often present in airways of COPD patients, especially during exacerbations.We hypothesised that extracellular heat shock protein 70 (eHsp70), a damage-associated molecular pattern elevated in serum of COPD patients, induces inflammation and alters cigarette smoke and LPS/LTA-induced inflammatory effects in the airway epithelium.We used 16HBE cells exposed to recombinant human (rh)Hsp70 and its combinations with cigarette smoke extract (CSE), LPS or LTA to investigate those assumptions, and we determined pro-inflammatory cytokines' secretion as well as TLR2 and TLR4 gene expression.rhHsp70 and CSE alone stimulated IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α secretion. CSE and rhHsp70 had antagonistic effect on IL-6 secretion, while combinations of LPS or LTA with rhHsp70 showed antagonistic effect on TNF-α release. By using specific inhibitors, we demonstrated that effects of rhHsp70 on cytokines' secretion were mediated via NF-κB and/or MAPK signalling pathways. rhHsp70 increased, and CSE decreased TLR2 gene expression compared to untreated cells, but their combinations increased it compared to CSE alone. LPS and rhHsp70 combinations decreased TLR2 gene expression compared to untreated cells. TLR4 expression was not induced by any of the treatments.In conclusion, we demonstrated that extracellular Hsp70 modulates pro-inflammatory responses of human airway epithelial cells to cigarette smoke and bacterial components LPS and LTA. Simultaneous presence of those compounds and their interactions might lead to inappropriate immune responses and adverse consequences in COPD.
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- Andrea Hulina-Tomašković
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Experimental Pulmonology and Inflammation Research, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, Experimental Pulmonology and Inflammation Research, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Abstract
Since the industrial revolution, air pollution has become a major problem causing several health problems involving the airways as well as the cardiovascular, reproductive, or neurological system. According to the WHO, about 3.6 million deaths every year are related to inhalation of polluted air, specifically due to pulmonary diseases. Polluted air first encounters the airways, which are a major human defense mechanism to reduce the risk of this aggressor. Air pollution consists of a mixture of potentially harmful compounds such as particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, and heavy metals, each having its own effects on the human body. In the last decades, a lot of research investigating the underlying risks and effects of air pollution and/or its specific compounds on the airways, has been performed, involving both in vivo and in vitro experiments. The goal of this review is to give an overview of the recent data on the effects of air pollution on healthy and diseased airways or models of airway disease, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Therefore, we focused on studies involving pollution and airway symptoms and/or damage both in mice and humans.
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Shevchenko M, Servuli E, Albakova Z, Kanevskiy L, Sapozhnikov A. The Role of Heat Shock Protein 70 kDa in Asthma. J Asthma Allergy 2021; 13:757-772. [PMID: 33447061 PMCID: PMC7801907 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s288886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Asthma is a complex chronic disorder of the airways, affecting immune and structural cells and inducing both protein and tissue remodeling. Heat shock proteins 70 kDa (HSP70s) are highly conserved members of the stress-induced family, possessing precisely described chaperone activity. There is growing evidence of a tight relationship between inflammatory diseases of different origins and the elevation of local HSP70 expression and secretion. Although extracellular HSP70 does not serve as a common marker of asthma, elevated HSP70 levels have been detected in the peripheral blood serum and sputum of patients with asthma, as well as in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of mice with induced allergic airway inflammation. Possessing diverse immunomodulating properties, extracellular HSP70 can manifest different activities in airway inflammatory processes and asthma, acting either as a pro-inflammatory trigger, or an anti-inflammatory agent. This review will discuss the effects and possible mechanisms concerning HSP70 implication in airway inflammation regulation in asthma. We examine ATPase and chaperone activities of HSP70 as potential modulators of immune responses in asthma. Given the crucial role of a chronic inflammatory response in asthma, understanding the effects of HSP70 on immune and structural cells may reveal new perspectives for the therapeutic control of inflammation.
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- Marina Shevchenko
- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Department of Experimental Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Immunology, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Department of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Rumora L, Hlapčić I, Hulina-Tomašković A, Somborac-Bačura A, Bosnar M, Rajković MG. Pathogen-associated molecular patterns and extracellular Hsp70 interplay in NLRP3 inflammasome activation in monocytic and bronchial epithelial cellular models of COPD exacerbations. APMIS 2020; 129:80-90. [PMID: 33022793 DOI: 10.1111/apm.13089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
During chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, interplay between pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs; e.g. lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and lipoteichoic acid (LTA)) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs; e.g. extracellular heat shock protein 70 (eHsp70) and adenosine triphosphate (ATP)) might influence patient's outcome. Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor family pyrin domain-containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome might have a role in dysfunctional immune system in COPD. We hypothesized that LPS, LTA, eHsp70 and their combinations induce NLRP3 inflammasome activation, and we aimed to explore this assumption. We used monocytic (monocyte-derived macrophages (MDMs) and THP-1) and bronchial epithelial cells (NHBE and NCI-H292) to represent systemic and local airway compartments that could be affected in COPD. Bacterial components and eHsp70 stimulated NLRP3 and interleukin (IL)-1β gene expression as well as IL-1β and ATP release from all cells compared to non-treated cells. LDH secretion was induced in cell lines only. eHsp70 had inhibitory (NCI-H292) or stimulatory (NHBE) effects on eATP levels compared to PAMP alone. Regarding NLRP3 inflammasome activation, eHsp70 had mostly antagonistic effects. We demonstrated that bacterial components and eHsp70 activate NLRP3 inflammasome and increase ATP secretion. We suggest that extracellular Hsp70 might modulate immune responses provoked by bacterial infections and affect COPD patients' outcome during acute exacerbations.
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- Lada Rumora
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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Hulina-Tomašković A, Grdić Rajković M, Jelić D, Bosnar M, Sladoljev L, Žanić Grubišić T, Rumora L. Pro-inflammatory effects of extracellular Hsp70 on NCI-H292 human bronchial epithelial cell line. Int J Exp Pathol 2019; 100:320-329. [PMID: 31828837 DOI: 10.1111/iep.12335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Extracellular Hsp70 (eHsp70) exerts its biological actions via Toll-like receptors 2 and 4, and is increased in sera of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. The aim of this study was to explore the pro-inflammatory effects and cytotoxicity of eHsp70 alone and in combination with bacterial components lipoteichoic acid (LTA) and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on NCI-H292 airway epithelial cells. NCI-H292 cells were treated with recombinant human Hsp70 protein (rhHsp70), LPS, LTA and their combinations for 4, 12, 24 and 48 hours. IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α levels were measured by an ELISA method. Cell viability was determined by the MTS method, and caspase-3/7, caspase-8 and caspase-9 assays. rhHsp70 induced secretion of IL-6 and IL-8 in a concentration- and time-dependent manner, with the highest secretion at 24 hours. rhHsp70 combined with LTA had antagonistic and with LPS synergistic effect on IL-6 secretion, while the interactions between rhHsp70 and LPS or LTA on IL-8 were synergistic. TNF-α was not detected in the applied conditions. rhHsp70, LPS or LTA did not affect cell viability, and rhHsp70 even suppressed caspase-3/7 activities. We suggest that pro-inflammatory effects of eHsp70, together with other damaging molecules and/or COPD risk factors, might contribute to the aggravation of chronic inflammation in human bronchial epithelium.
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- Andrea Hulina-Tomašković
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Hematology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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