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Vaghasiya J, Dalvand A, Sikarwar A, Mangat D, Ragheb M, Kowatsch K, Pandey D, Hosseini SM, Hackett TL, Karimi-Abdolrezaee S, Ravandi A, Pascoe CD, Halayko AJ. Oxidized Phosphatidylcholines Trigger TRPA1 and Ryanodine Receptor-dependent Airway Smooth Muscle Contraction. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2023; 69:649-665. [PMID: 37552547 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2022-0457oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023] Open
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Asthma pathobiology includes oxidative stress that modifies cell membranes and extracellular phospholipids. Oxidized phosphatidylcholines (OxPCs) in lung lavage from allergen-challenged human participants correlate with airway hyperresponsiveness and induce bronchial narrowing in murine thin-cut lung slices. OxPCs activate many signaling pathways, but mechanisms for these responses are unclear. We hypothesize that OxPCs stimulate intracellular free Ca2+ flux to trigger airway smooth muscle contraction. Intracellular Ca2+ flux was assessed in Fura-2-loaded, cultured human airway smooth muscle cells. Oxidized 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (OxPAPC) induced an approximately threefold increase in 20 kD myosin light chain phosphorylation. This correlated with a rapid peak in intracellular cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) (143 nM) and a sustained plateau that included slow oscillations in [Ca2+]i. Sustained [Ca2+]i elevation was ablated in Ca2+-free buffer and by TRPA1 inhibition. Conversely, OxPAPC-induced peak [Ca2+]i was unaffected in Ca2+-free buffer, by TRPA1 inhibition, or by inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor inhibition. Peak [Ca2+]i was ablated by pharmacologic inhibition of ryanodine receptor (RyR) Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. Inhibiting the upstream RyR activator cyclic adenosine diphosphate ribose with 8-bromo-cyclic adenosine diphosphate ribose was sufficient to abolish OxPAPC-induced cytoplasmic Ca2+ flux. OxPAPC induced ∼15% bronchial narrowing in thin-cut lung slices that could be prevented by pharmacologic inhibition of either TRPA1 or RyR, which similarly inhibited OxPC-induced myosin light chain phosphorylation in cultured human airway smooth muscle cells. In summary, OxPC mediates airway narrowing by triggering TRPA1 and RyR-mediated mobilization of intracellular and extracellular Ca2+ in airway smooth muscle. These data suggest that OxPC in the airways of allergen-challenged subjects and subjects with asthma may contribute to airway hyperresponsiveness.
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- Jignesh Vaghasiya
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Manitoba Multiple Sclerosis Research Center, and
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; and
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Children's Research Hospital of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Uryash A, Mijares A, Estève E, Adams JA, Lopez JR. Smooth Muscle Cells of Dystrophic (mdx) Mice Are More Susceptible to Hypoxia; The Protective Effect of Reducing Ca 2+ Influx. Biomedicines 2023; 11:biomedicines11020623. [PMID: 36831159 PMCID: PMC9953629 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11020623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited muscular disorder caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene. DMD patients have hypoxemic events due to sleep-disordered breathing. We reported an anomalous regulation of resting intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) from a mouse (mdx) model of DMD. We investigated the effect of hypoxia on [Ca2+]i in isolated and quiescent VSMCs from C57BL/10SnJ (WT) and C57BL/10ScSn-Dmd (mdx) male mice. [Ca2+]i was measured using Ca2+-selective microelectrodes under normoxic conditions (95% air, 5% CO2) and after hypoxia (glucose-free solution aerated with 95% N2-5% CO2 for 30 min). [Ca2+]i in mdx VSMCs was significantly elevated compared to WT under normoxia. Hypoxia-induced [Ca2+]i overload, which was significantly greater in mdx than in WT VSMCs. A low Ca2+ solution caused a reduction in [Ca2+]i and prevented [Ca2+]i overload secondary to hypoxia. Nifedipine (10 µM), a Ca2+ channel blocker, did not modify resting [Ca2+]i in VSMCs but partially prevented the hypoxia-induced elevation of [Ca2+]i in both genotypes. SAR7334 (1 µM), an antagonist of TRPC3 and TRPC6, reduced the basal and [Ca2+]i overload caused by hypoxia. Cell viability, assessed by tetrazolium salt (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide, was significantly reduced in mdx compared to WT VSMCs. Pretreatment with SAR7341 increases cell viability in normoxic mdx (p < 0.001) and during hypoxia in WT and mdx VSMCs. These results provide evidence that the lack of dystrophin makes VSMCs more susceptible to hypoxia-induced [Ca2+]i overload, which appears to be mediated by increased Ca2+ entry through L-type Ca2+ and TRPC channels.
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- Arkady Uryash
- Division of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL 33140, USA
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- Centro de Biofísica y Bioquímica, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas 21827, Venezuela
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- PhyMedExp, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, CHRU Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, TIMC-IMAG/PRETA (UMR 5525), 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Division of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL 33140, USA
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- Department of Research, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-305-674-2727
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Xiaoqinglong Decoction Enhances Autophagy to Antagonist Airway Inflammation Induced by Cold in Asthmatic Rats. EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE 2022; 2022:3943343. [PMID: 36330226 PMCID: PMC9626201 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3943343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease characterized by wheezing and shortness of breath. Its risk factors include genetic and acquired factors. The acquired factors are closely related to the environment, especially cold conditions. Autophagy plays a regulatory role in asthma. Therefore, we hypothesized that asthma can be controlled by drug intervention at the autophagy level under cold conditions. The Xiaoqinglong decoction (XQLT) was freeze-dried. The compounds in the freeze-dried powder were identified and quantified using reference standards via the high-performance liquid chromatography method. Ovalbumin (OVA)-sensitized rats were subjected to cold stimulation. The effect of cold stimulation on autophagy levels was determined, and it was confirmed that cold stimulation affected autophagy. The effects and mechanisms of XQLT in an asthmatic rat model (OVA-sensitized rats stimulated with cold) were explored. The concentrations of paeoniflorin, liquiritin, trans-cinnamic acid, glycyrrhizic acid, 6-gingerol, schisandrol A, and asarinin in XQLT freeze-dried powder were 14.45, 3.85, 1.03, 3.93, 0.59, 0.24, and 0.091 mg/g, respectively. Cold stimulation is an important cause of asthma. The inflammatory factors in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and serum were increased in the model group, accompanied by a decline in autophagy level. The treatment with XQLT increased the expression of autophagy genes and decreased the expression of inflammatory factors. Histological studies showed that XQLT improved inflammatory infiltration and collagen fiber deposition in the lungs of rats. XQLT intervention increased autophagy in asthmatic rats. Autophagy plays a role in phagocytosis and reduces the accumulation of abnormal metabolites in the body to reduce airway inflammation and promote asthma recovery.
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Sharma P, Yadav SK, Shah SD, Javed E, Lim JM, Pan S, Nayak AP, Panettieri RA, Penn RB, Kambayashi T, Deshpande DA. Diacylglycerol Kinase Inhibition Reduces Airway Contraction by Negative Feedback Regulation of Gq-signaling. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2021; 65:658-671. [PMID: 34293268 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2021-0106oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Exaggerated airway smooth muscle (ASM) contraction regulated by the Gq family of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) causes airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in asthma. Activation of Gq-coupled GPCRs leads to phospholipase C (PLC)-mediated generation of inositol triphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol (DAG). DAG signaling is terminated by the action of DAG kinase (DGK) that converts DAG into phosphatidic acid (PA). Our previous study demonstrated that DGKα and ζ isoform knockout mice are protected from the development of allergen-induced AHR. Here we aimed at determining the mechanism by which DGK regulates ASM contraction. Activity of DGK isoforms was inhibited in human ASM cells by siRNA-mediated knockdown of DGKα and ζwhile pharmacological inhibition was achieved by pan DGK inhibitor I (R59022). Effects of DGK inhibition on contractile agonist-induced activation of PLC and myosin light chain (MLC) kinase, elevation of IP3, and calcium levels were assessed. Further, we employed human precision-cut lung slices and assessed the role of DGK in agonist-induced bronchoconstriction. DGK inhibitor I attenuated histamine- and methacholine-induced bronchoconstriction. DGKα and ζ knockdown or pre-treatment with DGK inhibitor I resulted in attenuated agonist-induced phosphorylation of MLC and myosin light chain phosphatase in ASM cells. Further, DGK inhibition decreased Gq agonist-induced calcium elevation, generation of IP3, and increased histamine-induced production of PA. Finally, DGK inhibition or treatment with DAG analog resulted in attenuation of activation of PLC in human ASM cells. Our findings suggest that DGK inhibition perturbed the DAG:PA ratio resulting in inhibition of Gq-PLC activation in a negative feedback manner, resulting in protection against ASM contraction.
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- Pawan Sharma
- Thomas Jefferson University - Center City Campus, 6559, Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.,University of Tasmania Faculty of Health, 60119, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Thomas Jefferson University, 6559, Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Thomas Jefferson University, 6559, Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Thomas Jefferson University, 6559, Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College, 12313, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Thomas Jefferson University, 6559, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Thomas Jefferson University, 6559, Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Rutgers University, 242612, Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science, Child Health Institute, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States
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- Thomas Jefferson University, 6559, Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- University of Pennsylvania, 6572, Pathology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Thomas Jefferson University, 6559, Center for Translational Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States;
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Chetty A, Nielsen HC. Targeting Airway Smooth Muscle Hypertrophy in Asthma: An Approach Whose Time Has Come. J Asthma Allergy 2021; 14:539-556. [PMID: 34079293 PMCID: PMC8164696 DOI: 10.2147/jaa.s280247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Airway smooth muscle (ASM) cell dysfunction is an important component of several obstructive pulmonary diseases, particularly asthma. External stimuli such as allergens, dust, air pollutants, and change in environmental temperatures provoke ASM cell hypertrophy, proliferation, and migration without adequate mechanistic controls. ASM cells can switch between quiescent, migratory, and proliferative phenotypes in response to extracellular matrix proteins, growth factors, and other soluble mediators. While some aspects of airway hypertrophy and remodeling could have beneficial effects, in many cases these contribute to a clinical phenotype of difficult to control asthma. In this review, we discuss the factors responsible for ASM hypertrophy and proliferation in asthma, focusing on cytokines, growth factors, and ion transporters, and discuss existing and potential approaches that specifically target ASM hypertrophy to reduce the ASM mass and improve asthma symptoms. The goal of this review is to highlight strategies that appear ready for translational investigations to improve asthma therapy.
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- Anne Chetty
- Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) play a central role in regulating the functions of a diverse range of cell types in the airway. Taste 2 receptor (T2R) family of GPCRs is responsible for the transduction of bitter taste; however, recent studies have demonstrated that different subtypes of T2Rs and key components of T2R signaling are expressed in several extra-oral tissues including airways with many physiological roles. In the lung, expression of T2Rs has been confirmed in multiple airway cell types including airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells, various epithelial cell subtypes, and on both resident and migratory immune cells. Most importantly, activation of T2Rs with a variety of putative agonists elicits unique signaling in ASM and specialized airway epithelial cells resulting in the inhibition of ASM contraction and proliferation, promotion of ciliary motility, and innate immune response in chemosensory airway epithelial cells. Here we discuss the expression of T2Rs and the mechanistic basis of their function in the structural cells of the airways with some useful insights on immune cells in the context of allergic asthma and other upper airway inflammatory disorders. Emphasis on T2R biology and pharmacology in airway cells has an ulterior goal of exploiting T2Rs for therapeutic benefit in obstructive airway diseases.
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Lopez JR, Uryash A, Faury G, Estève E, Adams JA. Contribution of TRPC Channels to Intracellular Ca 2 + Dyshomeostasis in Smooth Muscle From mdx Mice. Front Physiol 2020; 11:126. [PMID: 32153426 PMCID: PMC7044154 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.00126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an irreversible muscle disease characterized by a progressive loss of muscle function, decreased ambulation, and ultimately death as a result of cardiac or respiratory failure. DMD is caused by the lack of dystrophin, a protein that is important for membrane stability and signaling in excitable cells. Although vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) dysfunction occurs in many pathological conditions, little is known about vascular smooth muscle function in DMD. We have previously shown that striated muscle cells, as well as neurons isolated from dystrophic (mdx) mice have higher intracellular Ca2+ ([Ca2+]i) and Na+ ([Na+]i) concentrations and decreased cell viability in comparison with wild type (Wt). Experiments were carried out in isolated VSMCs from mdx (a murine model of DMD) and congenic C57BL/10SnJ Wt mice. We found elevated [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i in VSMCs from mdx mice compared to Wt. Exposure to 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol (OAG), a TRPC3 and TRPC6 channel activator, induced a greater elevation of [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i in mdx than Wt VSMCs. The OAG induced increases in [Ca2+]i could be abolished by either removal of extracellular Ca2+ or by SAR7334, a blocker of TRPC3 and TRPC 6 channels in both genotypes. Mdx and Wt VSMCs were susceptible to muscle cell stretch-induced elevations of [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i which was completely inhibited by GsMTx-4, a mechanosensitive ion channel inhibitor. Western blots showed a significant upregulation of TRPC1 -3, -6 proteins in mdx VSMCs compare to age-matched Wt. The lack of dystrophin in mdx VSMCs produced a profound alteration of [Ca2+]i and [Na+]i homeostasis that appears to be mediated by TRPC channels. Moreover, we have been able to demonstrate pharmacologically that the enhanced stretch-induced elevation of intracellular [Ca2+] and concomitant cell damage in mdx VSMCs also appears to be mediated through TRPC1, -3 and -6 channel activation.
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- Jose R Lopez
- Department of Research, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL, United States
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- Department of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL, United States
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- HP2, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- HP2, CHU Grenoble Alpes, Inserm, University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Neonatology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami, FL, United States
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Swiderski K, Bindon R, Trieu J, Naim T, Schokman S, Swaminathan M, Leembruggen AJL, Hill-Yardin EL, Koopman R, Bornstein JC, Lynch GS. Spatiotemporal Mapping Reveals Regional Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in mdx Dystrophic Mice Ameliorated by Oral L-arginine Supplementation. J Neurogastroenterol Motil 2020; 26:133-146. [PMID: 31715094 PMCID: PMC6955187 DOI: 10.5056/jnm19029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background/Aims Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy exhibit significant, ongoing impairments in gastrointestinal (GI) function likely resulting from dysregulated nitric oxide production. Compounds increasing neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression and/or activity could improve GI dysfunction and enhance quality of life for dystrophic patients. We used video imaging and spatiotemporal mapping to identify GI dysfunction in mdx dystrophic mice and determine whether dietary intervention to enhance nitric oxide could alleviate aberrant colonic activity in muscular dystrophy. Methods Four-week-old male C57BL/10 and mdx mice received a specialized diet either with no supplementation (control) or supplemented (1 g/kg/day) with L-alanine, L-arginine, or L-citrulline for 8 weeks. At the conclusion of treatment, mice were sacrificed by cervical dislocation and colon motility examined by spatiotemporal (ST) mapping ex vivo. Results ST mapping identified increased contraction number in the mid and distal colon of mdx mice on control and L-alanine supplemented diets relative to C57BL/10 mice (P < 0.05). Administration of either L-arginine or L-citrulline attenuated contraction number in distal colons of mdx mice relative to C57BL/10 mice. Conclusions GI dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been sadly neglected as an issue affecting quality of life. ST mapping identified regional GI dysfunction in the mdx dystrophic mouse. Dietary interventions to increase nitric oxide signaling in the GI tract reduced the number of colonic contractions and alleviated colonic constriction at rest. These findings in mdx mice reveal that L-arginine can improve colonic motility and has potential therapeutic relevance for alleviating GI discomfort, improving clinical care, and enhancing quality of life in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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- Kristy Swiderski
- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Enteric Nervous System Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Enteric Nervous System Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Enteric Nervous System Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Enteric Nervous System Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Australia.,Gut-Brain Axis Laboratory, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia (Current address)
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- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Enteric Nervous System Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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- Centre for Muscle Research, Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia
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Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 inhibition attenuates human airway smooth muscle growth and migration in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Clin Sci (Lond) 2018; 132:1615-1627. [PMID: 30006481 PMCID: PMC6218165 DOI: 10.1042/cs20180398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 07/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass is observed in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is correlated with disease severity and negatively impact lung function in these patients. Thus, there is clear unmet clinical need for finding new therapies which can target airway remodeling and disease progression in COPD. Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) is a ubiquitously expressed mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAP3K) activated by various stress stimuli, including reactive oxygen species (ROS), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and is known to regulate cell proliferation. ASM cells from COPD patients are hyper-proliferative to mitogens in vitro. However, the role of ASK1 in ASM growth is not established. Here, we aim to determine the effects of ASK1 inhibition on ASM growth and pro-mitogenic signaling using ASM cells from COPD patients. We found greater expression of ASK1 in ASM-bundles of COPD lung when compared with non-COPD. Pre-treatment of ASM cells with highly selective ASK1 inhibitor, TCASK10 resulted in a dose-dependent reduction in mitogen (FBS, PDGF and EGF; 72 hours)-induced ASM growth as measured by CyQuant assay. Further, molecular targeting of ASK1 using siRNA in ASM cells prevented mitogen-induced cell growth. In addition, to anti-mitogenic potential, ASK1 inhibitor also prevented TGFβ1-induced migration of ASM cells in vitro. Immunoblotting revealed that anti-mitogenic effects are mediated by JNK and p38MAP kinase-signaling pathways as evident by reduced phosphorylation of downstream effectors JNK1/2 and p38MAP kinases respectively with no effect on ERK1/2. Collectively, these findings establish the anti-mitogenic effect of ASK1 inhibition and identify a novel pathway that can be targeted to reduce or prevent excessive ASM mass in COPD.
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Michaeloudes C, Kuo CH, Haji G, Finch DK, Halayko AJ, Kirkham P, Chung KF, Adcock IM. Metabolic re-patterning in COPD airway smooth muscle cells. Eur Respir J 2017; 50:50/5/1700202. [PMID: 29191950 PMCID: PMC5725208 DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00202-2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) airways are characterised by thickening of airway smooth muscle, partly due to airway smooth muscle cell (ASMC) hyperplasia. Metabolic reprogramming involving increased glycolysis and glutamine catabolism supports the biosynthetic and redox balance required for cellular growth. We examined whether COPD ASMCs show a distinct metabolic phenotype that may contribute to increased growth.We performed an exploratory intracellular metabolic profile analysis of ASMCs from healthy nonsmokers, healthy smokers and COPD patients, under unstimulated or growth conditions of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β and fetal bovine serum (FBS).COPD ASMCs showed impaired energy balance and accumulation of the glycolytic product lactate, glutamine, fatty acids and amino acids compared to controls in unstimulated and growth conditions. Fatty acid oxidation capacity was reduced under unstimulated conditions. TGF-β/FBS-stimulated COPD ASMCs showed restoration of fatty acid oxidation capacity, upregulation of the pentose phosphate pathway product ribose-5-phosphate and of nucleotide biosynthesis intermediates, and increased levels of the glutamine catabolite glutamate. In addition, TGF-β/FBS-stimulated COPD ASMCs showed a higher reduced-to-oxidised glutathione ratio and lower mitochondrial oxidant levels. Inhibition of glycolysis and glutamine depletion attenuated TGF-β/FBS-stimulated growth of COPD ASMCs.Changes in glycolysis, glutamine and fatty acid metabolism may lead to increased biosynthesis and redox balance, supporting COPD ASMC growth.
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- Charalambos Michaeloudes
- Airways Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK .,Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Airways Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK.,Dept of Computing and Data Science Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Airways Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Respiratory, Inflammation and Autoimmunity, MedImmune Ltd, Cambridge, UK
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- Dept of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Dept of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.,Canadian Respiratory Research Network, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Dept of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, UK
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- Airways Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK.,Both authors contributed equally
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- Airways Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.,Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, UK.,Both authors contributed equally
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Bitter Taste Receptor Agonists Mitigate Features of Allergic Asthma in Mice. Sci Rep 2017; 7:46166. [PMID: 28397820 PMCID: PMC5387415 DOI: 10.1038/srep46166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Asthma is characterized by airway inflammation, mucus secretion, remodeling and hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Recent research has established the bronchodilatory effect of bitter taste receptor (TAS2R) agonists in various models. Comprehensive pre-clinical studies aimed at establishing effectiveness of TAS2R agonists in disease models are lacking. Here we aimed to determine the effect of TAS2R agonists on features of asthma. Further, we elucidated a mechanism by which TAS2R agonists mitigate features of asthma. Asthma was induced in mice using intranasal house dust mite or aerosol ova-albumin challenge, and chloroquine or quinine were tested in both prophylactic and treatment models. Allergen challenge resulted in airway inflammation as evidenced by increased immune cells infiltration and release of cytokines and chemokines in the lungs, which were significantly attenuated in TAS2R agonists treated mice. TAS2R agonists attenuated features of airway remodeling including smooth muscle mass, extracellular matrix deposition and pro-fibrotic signaling, and also prevented mucus accumulation and development of AHR in mice. Mechanistic studies using human neutrophils demonstrated that inhibition of immune cell chemotaxis is a key mechanism by which TAS2R agonists blocked allergic airway inflammation and exerted anti-asthma effects. Our comprehensive studies establish the effectiveness of TAS2R agonists in mitigating multiple features of allergic asthma.
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Saada YB, Dib C, Lipinski M, Vassetzky YS. Genome- and Cell-Based Strategies in Therapy of Muscular Dystrophies. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2017; 81:678-90. [PMID: 27449614 DOI: 10.1134/s000629791607004x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Muscular dystrophies are a group of heterogeneous genetic disorders characterized by progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass. Depending on the muscular dystrophy, the muscle weakness varies in degree of severity. The majority of myopathies are due to genetic events leading to a loss of function of key genes involved in muscle function. Although there is until now no curative treatment to stop the progression of most myopathies, a significant number of experimental gene- and cell-based strategies and approaches have been and are being tested in vitro and in animal models, aiming to restore gene function. Genome editing using programmable endonucleases is a powerful tool for modifying target genome sequences and has been extensively used over the last decade to correct in vitro genetic defects of many single-gene diseases. By inducing double-strand breaks (DSBs), the engineered endonucleases specifically target chosen sequences. These DSBs are spontaneously repaired either by homologous recombination in the presence of a sequence template, or by nonhomologous-end joining error prone repair. In this review, we highlight recent developments and challenges for genome-editing based strategies that hold great promise for muscular dystrophies and regenerative medicine.
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- Y Bou Saada
- UMR 8126, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, F-94805, France.
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Hardin M, Cho MH, McDonald ML, Wan E, Lomas DA, Coxson HO, MacNee W, Vestbo J, Yates JC, Agusti A, Calverley PMA, Celli B, Crim C, Rennard S, Wouters E, Bakke P, Bhatt SP, Kim V, Ramsdell J, Regan EA, Make BJ, Hokanson JE, Crapo JD, Beaty TH, Hersh CP. A genome-wide analysis of the response to inhaled β2-agonists in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2016; 16:326-35. [PMID: 26503814 PMCID: PMC4848212 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2015.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Short-acting β2-agonist bronchodilators are the most common medications used in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Genetic variants determining bronchodilator responsiveness (BDR) in COPD have not been identified. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of BDR in 5789 current or former smokers with COPD in one African-American and four white populations. BDR was defined as the quantitative spirometric response to inhaled β2-agonists. We combined results in a meta-analysis. In the meta-analysis, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes KCNK1 (P=2.02 × 10(-7)) and KCNJ2 (P=1.79 × 10(-7)) were the top associations with BDR. Among African Americans, SNPs in CDH13 were significantly associated with BDR (P=5.1 × 10(-9)). A nominal association with CDH13 was identified in a gene-based analysis in all subjects. We identified suggestive association with BDR among COPD subjects for variants near two potassium channel genes (KCNK1 and KCNJ2). SNPs in CDH13 were significantly associated with BDR in African Americans.The Pharmacogenomics Journal advance online publication, 27 October 2015; doi:10.1038/tpj.2015.65.
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- Megan Hardin
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- UBC Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Univ Barcelona and CIBERES, SP
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- Department of Pulmonary and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Center for Chronic Diseases, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Anaparti V, Pascoe CD, Jha A, Mahood TH, Ilarraza R, Unruh H, Moqbel R, Halayko AJ. Tumor necrosis factor regulates NMDA receptor-mediated airway smooth muscle contractile function and airway responsiveness. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2016; 311:L467-80. [PMID: 27371735 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00382.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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We have shown that N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDA-Rs) are receptor-operated calcium entry channels in human airway smooth muscle (HASM) during contraction. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) augments smooth muscle contractility by influencing pathways that regulate intracellular calcium flux and can alter NMDA-R expression and activity in cortical neurons and glial cells. We hypothesized that NMDA-R-mediated Ca(2+) and contractile responses of ASM can be altered by inflammatory mediators, including TNF. In cultured HASM cells, we assessed TNF (10 ng/ml, 48 h) effect on NMDA-R subunit abundance by quantitative PCR, confocal imaging, and immunoblotting. We observed dose- and time-dependent changes in NMDA-R composition: increased obligatory NR1 subunit expression and altered regulatory NR2 and inhibitory NR3 subunits. Measuring intracellular Ca(2+) flux in Fura-2-loaded HASM cultures, we observed that TNF exposure enhanced cytosolic Ca(2+) mobilization and changed the temporal pattern of Ca(2+) flux in individual myocytes induced by NMDA, an NMDA-R selective analog of glutamate. We measured airway responses to NMDA in murine thin-cut lung slices (TCLS) from allergen-naive animals and observed significant airway contraction. However, NMDA acted as a bronchodilator in TCLS from house dust mice-challenged mice and in allergen-naive TCLS subjected to TNF exposure. All contractile or bronchodilator responses were blocked by a selective NMDA-R antagonist, (2R)-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate, and bronchodilator responses were prevented by N(G)-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) or indomethacin (cyclooxygenase inhibitor). Collectively, we show that TNF augments NMDA-R-mediated Ca(2+) mobilization in HASM cells, whereas in multicellular TCLSs allergic inflammation and TNF exposure leads to NMDA-R-mediated bronchodilation. These findings reveal the unique contribution of ionotrophic NMDA-R to airway hyperreactivity.
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- Vidyanand Anaparti
- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Biology of Breathing Theme, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; and
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Biology of Breathing Theme, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Biology of Breathing Theme, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Biology of Breathing Theme, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; and Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Biology of Breathing Theme, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Biology of Breathing Theme, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; and
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Hansel NN, Paré PD, Rafaels N, Sin DD, Sandford A, Daley D, Vergara C, Huang L, Elliott WM, Pascoe CD, Arsenault BA, Postma DS, Boezen HM, Bossé Y, van den Berge M, Hiemstra PS, Cho MH, Litonjua AA, Sparrow D, Ober C, Wise RA, Connett J, Neptune ER, Beaty TH, Ruczinski I, Mathias RA, Barnes KC. Genome-Wide Association Study Identification of Novel Loci Associated with Airway Responsiveness in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2015; 53:226-34. [PMID: 25514360 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2014-0198oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Increased airway responsiveness is linked to lung function decline and mortality in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); however, the genetic contribution to airway responsiveness remains largely unknown. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) was performed using the Illumina (San Diego, CA) Human660W-Quad BeadChip on European Americans with COPD from the Lung Health Study. Linear regression models with correlated meta-analyses, including data from baseline (n = 2,814) and Year 5 (n = 2,657), were used to test for common genetic variants associated with airway responsiveness. Genotypic imputation was performed using reference 1000 Genomes Project data. Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analyses in lung tissues were assessed for the top 10 markers identified, and immunohistochemistry assays assessed protein staining for SGCD and MYH15. Four genes were identified within the top 10 associations with airway responsiveness. Markers on chromosome 9p21.2 flanked by LINGO2 met a predetermined threshold of genome-wide significance (P < 9.57 × 10(-8)). Markers on chromosomes 3q13.1 (flanked by MYH15), 5q33 (SGCD), and 6q21 (PDSS2) yielded suggestive evidence of association (9.57 × 10(-8) < P ≤ 4.6 × 10(-6)). Gene expression studies in lung tissue showed single nucleotide polymorphisms on chromosomes 5 and 3 to act as eQTL for SGCD (P = 2.57 × 10(-9)) and MYH15 (P = 1.62 × 10(-6)), respectively. Immunohistochemistry confirmed localization of SGCD protein to airway smooth muscle and vessels and MYH15 to airway epithelium, vascular endothelium, and inflammatory cells. We identified novel loci associated with airway responsiveness in a GWAS among smokers with COPD. Risk alleles on chromosomes 5 and 3 acted as eQTLs for SGCD and MYH15 messenger RNA, and these proteins were expressed in lung cells relevant to the development of airway responsiveness.
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- Nadia N Hansel
- 1 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; and.,Departments of 2 Environmental Health Sciences
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- 3 Department of Pathology, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, Division of Respirology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- 3 Department of Pathology, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, Division of Respirology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- 3 Department of Pathology, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, Division of Respirology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- 3 Department of Pathology, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, Division of Respirology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- 1 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; and
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- 3 Department of Pathology, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, Division of Respirology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- 3 Department of Pathology, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, Division of Respirology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- 3 Department of Pathology, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, St. Paul's Hospital, Division of Respirology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
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- Departments of 4 Pulmonary Diseases and.,5 Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen; and
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- 6 Epidemiology, and.,5 Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen; and
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- 7 Department of Molecular Medicine, Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Laval University, Québec City, Québec, Canada
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- Departments of 4 Pulmonary Diseases and.,5 Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD Research Institute, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen; and
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- 8 Department of Pulmonology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- 9 Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- 9 Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- 10 VA Normative Aging Study and Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- 11 Department of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
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- 12 Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
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- 14 Biostatistics, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- 1 Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; and.,13 Epidemiology, and
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Anaparti V, Ilarraza R, Orihara K, Stelmack GL, Ojo OO, Mahood TH, Unruh H, Halayko AJ, Moqbel R. NMDA receptors mediate contractile responses in human airway smooth muscle cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2015; 308:L1253-64. [PMID: 25888577 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00402.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Human airway smooth muscle (HASM) exhibits enhanced contractility in asthma. Inflammation is associated with airway hypercontractility, but factors that underpin these features are not fully elucidated. Glutamate toxicity associated with increased plasma glutamate concentrations was observed in airway inflammation, suggesting that multisubunit glutamate receptors, N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDA-R) contribute to airway hyperreactivity. We tested the hypothesis that HASM expresses NMDA-R subunits that can form functional receptors to mediate contractile responses to specific extracellular ligands. In cultured HASM cells, we measured NMDA-R subunit mRNA and protein abundance by quantitative PCR, immunoblotting, flow cytometry, and epifluorescence immunocytochemistry. We measured mRNA for a number of NMDA-R subunits, including the obligatory NR1 subunit, which we confirmed to be present as a protein. In vitro and ex vivo functional NMDA-R activation in HASM cells was measured using intracellular calcium flux (fura-2 AM), collagen gel contraction assays, and murine thin-cut lung slices (TCLS). NMDA, a pharmacological glutamate analog, induced cytosolic calcium mobilization in cultured HASM cells. We detected three different temporal patterns of calcium response, suggesting the presence of heterogeneous myocyte subpopulations. NMDA-R activation also induced airway contraction in murine TCLS and soft collagen gels seeded with HASM cells. Responses in cells, lung slices, and collagen gels were mediated by NMDA-R, as they could be blocked by (2R)-amino-5-phosphonopentanoate, a specific NMDA-R inhibitor. In summary, we reveal the presence of NMDA-R in HASM that mediate contractile responses via glutamatergic mechanisms. These findings suggest that accumulation of glutamate-like ligands for NMDA-R associated with airway inflammation contributes directly to airway hyperreactivity.
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- Vidyanand Anaparti
- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Child Health Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Child Health Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Child Health Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Child Health Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Child Health Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;
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- Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Biology of Breathing Group, Child Health Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Sharma P, Jha A, Stelmack GL, Detillieux K, Basu S, Klonisch T, Unruh H, Halayko AJ. Characterization of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex in airway smooth muscle: role of δ-sarcoglycan in airway responsiveness. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 2015; 93:195-202. [PMID: 25692961 DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2014-0389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) is an integral part of caveolae microdomains, and its interaction with caveolin-1 is essential for the phenotype and functional properties of airway smooth muscle (ASM). The sarcoglycan complex provides stability to the dystroglycan complex, but its role in ASM contraction and lung physiology in not understood. We tested whether δ-sarcoglycan (δ-SG), through its interaction with the DGC, is a determinant of ASM contraction ex vivo and airway mechanics in vivo. We measured methacholine (MCh)-induced isometric contraction and airway mechanics in δ-SG KO and wild-type mice. Last, we performed immunoblotting and transmission electron microscopy to assess DGC protein expression and the ultrastructural features of tracheal smooth muscle. Our results reveal an age-dependent reduction in the MCh-induced tracheal isometric force and significant reduction in airway resistance at high concentrations of MCh (50.0 mg/mL) in δ-SG KO mice. The changes in contraction and lung function correlated with decreased caveolin-1 and β-dystroglycan abundance, as well as an age-dependent loss of caveolae in the cell membrane of tracheal smooth muscle in δ-SG KO mice. Collectively, these results confirm and extend understanding of a functional role for the DGC in the contractile properties of ASM and demonstrate that this results in altered lung function in vivo.
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- Pawan Sharma
- Departments of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, John Buhler Research Centre, 715 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3P4, Canada., Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Sharma P, Basu S, Mitchell RW, Stelmack GL, Anderson JE, Halayko AJ. Role of dystrophin in airway smooth muscle phenotype, contraction and lung function. PLoS One 2014; 9:e102737. [PMID: 25054970 PMCID: PMC4108318 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Dystrophin links the transmembrane dystrophin-glycoprotein complex to the actin cytoskeleton. We have shown that dystrophin-glycoprotein complex subunits are markers for airway smooth muscle phenotype maturation and together with caveolin-1, play an important role in calcium homeostasis. We tested if dystrophin affects phenotype maturation, tracheal contraction and lung physiology. We used dystrophin deficient Golden Retriever dogs (GRMD) and mdx mice vs healthy control animals in our approach. We found significant reduction of contractile protein markers: smooth muscle myosin heavy chain (smMHC) and calponin and reduced Ca2+ response to contractile agonist in dystrophin deficient cells. Immunocytochemistry revealed reduced stress fibers and number of smMHC positive cells in dystrophin-deficient cells, when compared to control. Immunoblot analysis of Akt1, GSK3β and mTOR phosphorylation further revealed that downstream PI3K signaling, which is essential for phenotype maturation, was suppressed in dystrophin deficient cell cultures. Tracheal rings from mdx mice showed significant reduction in the isometric contraction to methacholine (MCh) when compared to genetic control BL10ScSnJ mice (wild-type). In vivo lung function studies using a small animal ventilator revealed a significant reduction in peak airway resistance induced by maximum concentrations of inhaled MCh in mdx mice, while there was no change in other lung function parameters. These data show that the lack of dystrophin is associated with a concomitant suppression of ASM cell phenotype maturation in vitro, ASM contraction ex vivo and lung function in vivo, indicating that a linkage between the DGC and the actin cytoskeleton via dystrophin is a determinant of the phenotype and functional properties of ASM.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Cells, Cultured
- Dogs
- Dystrophin/deficiency
- Dystrophin/genetics
- Dystrophin/physiology
- Immunohistochemistry
- Lung/metabolism
- Lung/physiology
- Methacholine Chloride/pharmacology
- Mice, Inbred mdx
- Mice, Knockout
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Muscle Contraction/genetics
- Muscle Contraction/physiology
- Muscle, Smooth/cytology
- Muscle, Smooth/metabolism
- Muscle, Smooth/physiology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/cytology
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism
- Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/physiology
- Myosin Heavy Chains/metabolism
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Respiratory System/cytology
- Respiratory System/metabolism
- Respiratory System/ultrastructure
- Signal Transduction/genetics
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Trachea/drug effects
- Trachea/metabolism
- Trachea/physiology
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- Pawan Sharma
- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- CIHR National Training Program in Allergy and Asthma, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Section of Respiratory Disease, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- CIHR National Training Program in Allergy and Asthma, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Migration of the contractile phenotype of human airway smooth muscle cells in response to supernatants from rhinovirus infected human bronchial epithelial cells. Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol 2014. [PMCID: PMC4126054 DOI: 10.1186/1710-1492-10-s1-a44] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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DeVanna JC, Kornegay JN, Bogan DJ, Bogan JR, Dow JL, Hawkins EC. Respiratory dysfunction in unsedated dogs with golden retriever muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2013; 24:63-73. [PMID: 24295812 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2013.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 10/14/2013] [Accepted: 10/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Golden retriever muscular dystrophy (GRMD) is a well-established model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The value of this model would be greatly enhanced with practical tools to monitor progression of respiratory dysfunction during treatment trials. Arterial blood gas analysis, tidal breathing spirometry, and respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP) were performed to determine if quantifiable abnormalities could be identified in unsedated, untrained, GRMD dogs. Results from 11 dogs with a mild phenotype of GRMD and 11 age-matched carriers were compared. Arterial blood gas analysis was successfully performed in all dogs, spirometry in 21 of 22 (95%) dogs, and RIP in 18 of 20 (90%) dogs. Partial pressure of carbon dioxide and bicarbonate concentration were higher in GRMD dogs. Tidal breathing peak expiratory flows were markedly higher in GRMD dogs. Abnormal abdominal motion was present in 7 of 10 (70%) GRMD dogs. Each technique provided objective, quantifiable measures that will be useful for monitoring respiratory function in GRMD dogs during clinical trials while avoiding the influence of sedation on results. Increased expiratory flows and the pattern of abdominal breathing are novel findings, not reported in people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and might be a consequence of hyperinflation.
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- Justin C DeVanna
- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; The Gene Therapy Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; The Gene Therapy Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; The Gene Therapy Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States; The Gene Therapy Center, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, United States.
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Tran T, Teoh CM, Tam JKC, Qiao Y, Chin CY, Chong OK, Stewart AG, Harris T, Wong WSF, Guan SP, Leung BP, Gerthoffer WT, Unruh H, Halayko AJ. Laminin drives survival signals to promote a contractile smooth muscle phenotype and airway hyperreactivity. FASEB J 2013; 27:3991-4003. [PMID: 23756649 DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-221341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass is believed to underlie the relatively fixed airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) in asthma. Developments of therapeutic approaches to reverse airway remodeling are impeded by our lack of insight on the mechanisms behind the increase in mass of contractile ASM cells. Increased expression of laminin, an extracellular matrix protein, is associated with asthma. Our studies investigate the role of laminin-induced ASM survival signals in the development of increased ASM and AHR. Antagonizing laminin integrin binding using the laminin-selective competing peptide, YIGSR, and mimicking laminin with exogenous α2-chain laminin, we show that laminin is both necessary and sufficient to induce ASM cell survival, concomitant with the induction of ASM contractile phenotype. Using siRNA, we show that the laminin-binding integrin α7β1 mediates this process. Moreover, in laminin-211-deficient mice, allergen-induced AHR was not observed. Notably, ASM cells from asthmatic airways express a higher abundance of intracellular cell survival proteins, consistent with a role for reduced rates of cell apoptosis in development of ASM hyperplasia. Targeting the laminin-integrin α7β1 signaling pathway may offer new avenues for the development of therapies to reduce the increase in mass of contractile phenotype ASM cells that underlie AHR in asthma.
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- Thai Tran
- 2Department of Physiology, National University of Singapore, Block MD9, 2 Medical Dr., Singapore 117597. E-Mail:
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Wright DB, Trian T, Siddiqui S, Pascoe CD, Johnson JR, Dekkers BG, Dakshinamurti S, Bagchi R, Burgess JK, Kanabar V, Ojo OO. Phenotype modulation of airway smooth muscle in asthma. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2013; 26:42-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2012.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2012] [Revised: 08/11/2012] [Accepted: 08/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Sharma P, Ryu MH, Basu S, Maltby SA, Yeganeh B, Mutawe MM, Mitchell RW, Halayko AJ. Epithelium-dependent modulation of responsiveness of airways from caveolin-1 knockout mice is mediated through cyclooxygenase-2 and 5-lipoxygenase. Br J Pharmacol 2013; 167:548-60. [PMID: 22551156 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2012.02014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute silencing of caveolin-1 (Cav-1) modulates receptor-mediated contraction of airway smooth muscle. Moreover, COX-2- and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO)-derived prostaglandin and leukotriene biosynthesis can influence smooth muscle reactivity. COX-2 half-life can be prolonged through association with Cav-1. We suggested that lack of Cav-1 modulated levels of COX-2 which in turn modulated tracheal contraction, when arachidonic acid signalling was disturbed by inhibition of COX-2. EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH Using tracheal rings from Cav-1 knockout (KO) and wild-type mice (B6129SF2/J), we measured isometric contractions to methacholine and used PCR, immunoblotting and immunohistology to monitor expression of relevant proteins. KEY RESULTS Tracheal rings from Cav-1 KO and wild-type mice exhibited similar responses, but the COX-2 inhibitor, indomethacin, increased responses of tracheal rings from Cav-1 KO mice to methacholine. The phospholipase A₂ inhibitor, eicosatetraynoic acid, which inhibits formation of both COX-2 and 5-LO metabolites, had no effect on wild-type or Cav-1 KO tissues. Indomethacin-mediated hyperreactivity was ablated by the LTD₄ receptor antagonist (montelukast) and 5-LO inhibitor (zileuton). The potentiating effect of indomethacin on Cav-1 KO responses to methacholine was blocked by epithelial denudation. Immunoprecipitation showed that COX-2 binds Cav-1 in wild-type lungs. Immunoblotting and qPCR revealed elevated levels of COX-2 and 5-LO protein, but not COX-1, in Cav-1 KO tracheas, a feature that was prevented by removal of the epithelium. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS The indomethacin-induced hypercontractility observed in Cav-1 KO tracheas was linked to increased expression of COX-2 and 5-LO, which probably enhanced arachidonic acid shunting and generation of pro-contractile leukotrienes when COX-2 was inhibited.
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- Pawan Sharma
- Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
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Wright D, Sharma P, Ryu MH, Rissé PA, Ngo M, Maarsingh H, Koziol-White C, Jha A, Halayko AJ, West AR. Models to study airway smooth muscle contraction in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro: implications in understanding asthma. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2012; 26:24-36. [PMID: 22967819 DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2012.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 08/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Asthma is a chronic obstructive airway disease characterised by airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) and airway wall remodelling. The effector of airway narrowing is the contraction of airway smooth muscle (ASM), yet the question of whether an inherent or acquired dysfunction in ASM contractile function plays a significant role in the disease pathophysiology remains contentious. The difficulty in determining the role of ASM lies in limitations with the models used to assess contraction. In vivo models provide a fully integrated physiological response but ASM contraction cannot be directly measured. Ex vivo and in vitro models can provide more direct assessment of ASM contraction but the loss of factors that may modulate ASM responsiveness and AHR, including interaction between multiple cell types and disruption of the mechanical environment, precludes a complete understanding of the disease process. In this review we detail key advantages of common in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro models of ASM contraction, as well as emerging tissue engineered models of ASM and whole airways. We also highlight important findings from each model with respect to the pathophysiology of asthma.
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- David Wright
- Medical Research Council and Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma, King's College London, United Kingdom
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Fediuk J, Gutsol A, Nolette N, Dakshinamurti S. Thromboxane-induced actin polymerization in hypoxic pulmonary artery is independent of Rho. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2012; 302:L13-26. [DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00016.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Actin polymerization (APM), regulated by Rho GTPases, promotes myocyte force generation. Hypoxia is known to impede postnatal disassembly of the actin cytoskeleton in pulmonary arterial (PA) myocytes. We compared basal and agonist-induced APM in myocytes from PA and descending aorta (Ao), under hypoxic and normoxic conditions. We also examined effects of thromboxane challenge on force generation and cytoskeletal assembly in resistance PA and renal arteries from neonatal swine with persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) induced by 72-h normobaric hypoxia, compared with age-matched controls. Synthetic and contractile phenotype myocytes from neonatal porcine PA or Ao were grown in hypoxia (10% O2) or normoxia (21% O2) for 7 days, then challenged with 10−6 M thromboxane mimetic U46619. F/G actin ratio was quantified by laser-scanning cytometry and by cytoskeletal fractionation. Thromboxane receptor (TP) G protein coupling was measured by immunoprecipitation and probing for Gαq, G12, or G13, RhoA activation by Rhotekin-RBD affinity precipitation, and LIM kinase (LIMK) and cofilin phosphorylation by Western blot. Isometric force to serial concentrations of U46619 was measured in muscular pulmonary and renal arteries from PPHN and control swine; APM was quantified in fixed contracted vessels. Contractile PA myocytes exhibit marked Rho-dependent APM in hypoxia, with increased active RhoA and LIMK phosphorylation. Their additional APM response to U46619 challenge is independent of RhoA, reflecting decreased TP association with G12/13 in favor of Gαq. In contrast, hypoxic contractile Ao myocytes polymerize actin modestly and depolymerize to U46619. Both basal APM and the APM response to U46619 are increased in PPHN PA. APM corresponds with increased force generation to U46619 challenge in PPHN PA but not renal arteries.
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- Jena Fediuk
- Departments of 1Physiology and
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Departments of 1Physiology and
- Pediatrics, University of Manitoba
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Gosens R, Stelmack GL, Bos ST, Dueck G, Mutawe MM, Schaafsma D, Unruh H, Gerthoffer WT, Zaagsma J, Meurs H, Halayko AJ. Caveolin-1 is required for contractile phenotype expression by airway smooth muscle cells. J Cell Mol Med 2011; 15:2430-42. [PMID: 21199324 PMCID: PMC3822954 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2010.01246.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Accepted: 12/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Airway smooth muscle cells exhibit phenotype plasticity that underpins their ability to contribute both to acute bronchospasm and to the features of airway remodelling in chronic asthma. A feature of mature, contractile smooth muscle cells is the presence of abundant caveolae, plasma membrane invaginations that develop from the association of lipid rafts with caveolin-1, but the functional role of caveolae and caveolin-1 in smooth muscle phenotype plasticity is unknown. Here, we report a key role for caveolin-1 in promoting phenotype maturation of differentiated airway smooth muscle induced by transforming growth factor (TGF)-β(1). As assessed by Western analysis and laser scanning cytometry, caveolin-1 protein expression was selectively enriched in contractile phenotype airway myocytes. Treatment with TGF-β(1) induced profound increases in the contractile phenotype markers sm-α-actin and calponin in cells that also accumulated abundant caveolin-1; however, siRNA or shRNAi inhibition of caveolin-1 expression largely prevented the induction of these contractile phenotype marker proteins by TGF-β(1). The failure by TGF-β(1) to adequately induce the expression of these smooth muscle specific proteins was accompanied by a strongly impaired induction of eukaryotic initiation factor-4E binding protein(4E-BP)1 phosphorylation with caveolin-1 knockdown, indicating that caveolin-1 expression promotes TGF-β(1) signalling associated with myocyte maturation and hypertrophy. Furthermore, we observed increased expression of caveolin-1 within the airway smooth muscle bundle of guinea pigs repeatedly challenged with allergen, which was associated with increased contractile protein expression, thus providing in vivo evidence linking caveolin-1 expression with accumulation of contractile phenotype myocytes. Collectively, we identify a new function for caveolin-1 in controlling smooth muscle phenotype; this mechanism could contribute to allergic asthma.
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- Reinoud Gosens
- Departments of Physiology & Internal Medicine, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child HealthWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Physiology & Internal Medicine, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child HealthWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Physiology & Internal Medicine, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child HealthWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Departments of Physiology & Internal Medicine, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child HealthWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Departments of Physiology & Internal Medicine, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child HealthWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Section of Thoracic Surgery, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nevada School of MedicineReno, NV, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, University of GroningenGroningen, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Physiology & Internal Medicine, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Biology of Breathing Group, Manitoba Institute of Child HealthWinnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Damera G, Panettieri RA. Does airway smooth muscle express an inflammatory phenotype in asthma? Br J Pharmacol 2011; 163:68-80. [PMID: 21175578 PMCID: PMC3085869 DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2010.01165.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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In addition to hyperresponsiveness in asthma, airway smooth muscle (ASM) also manifests an inflammatory phenotype characterized by augmented expression of mediators that enhance inflammation, contribute to tissue remodelling and augment leucocyte trafficking and activity. Our present review summarizes contemporary understanding of ASM-derived mediators and their paracrine and autocrine actions in airway diseases.
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- Gautam Damera
- Airways Biology Initiative, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, USA
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- Airways Biology Initiative, Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, USA
- Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology, University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA, USA
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Ma L, Brown M, Kogut P, Serban K, Li X, McConville J, Chen B, Bentley JK, Hershenson MB, Dulin N, Solway J, Camoretti-Mercado B. Akt activation induces hypertrophy without contractile phenotypic maturation in airway smooth muscle. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2011; 300:L701-9. [PMID: 21378028 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00119.2009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Airway smooth muscle (ASM) hypertrophy is a cardinal feature of severe asthma, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain uncertain. Forced protein kinase B/Akt 1 activation is known to induce myocyte hypertrophy in other muscle types, and, since a number of mediators present in asthmatic airways can activate Akt signaling, we hypothesized that Akt activation could contribute to ASM hypertrophy in asthma. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated whether Akt activation occurs naturally within airway myocytes in situ, whether Akt1 activation is sufficient to cause hypertrophy of normal airway myocytes, and whether such hypertrophy is accompanied by excessive accumulation of contractile apparatus proteins (contractile phenotype maturation). Immunostains of human airway sections revealed concordant activation of Akt (reflected in Ser(473) phosphorylation) and of its downstream effector p70(S6Kinase) (reflected in Thr(389) phosphorylation) within airway muscle bundles, but there was no phosphorylation of the alternative Akt downstream target glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) 3β. Artificial overexpression of constitutively active Akt1 (by plasmid transduction or lentiviral infection) caused a progressive increase in size and protein content of cultured canine tracheal myocytes and increased p70(S6Kinase) phosphorylation but not GSK3β phosphorylation; however, constitutively active Akt1 did not cause disproportionate overaccumulation of smooth muscle (sm) α-actin and SM22. Furthermore, mRNAs encoding sm-α-actin and SM22 were reduced. These results indicate that forced Akt1 signaling causes hypertrophy of cultured airway myocytes without inducing further contractile phenotypic maturation, possibly because of opposing effects on contractile protein gene transcription and translation, and suggest that natural activation of Akt1 plays a similar role in asthmatic ASM.
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- Lan Ma
- Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Direct evidence for functional smooth muscle myosin II in the 10S self-inhibited monomeric conformation in airway smooth muscle cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:1421-6. [PMID: 21205888 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011784108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The 10S self-inhibited monomeric conformation of myosin II has been characterized extensively in vitro. Based upon its structural and functional characteristics, it has been proposed to be an assembly-competent myosin pool in equilibrium with filaments in cells. It is known that myosin filaments can assemble and disassemble in nonmuscle cells, and in some smooth muscle cells, but whether or not the disassembled pool contains functional 10S myosin has not been determined. Here we address this question using human airway smooth muscle cells (hASMCs). Using two antibodies against different epitopes on smooth muscle myosin II (SMM), two distinct pools of SMM, diffuse, and stress-fiber-associated, were visualized by immunocytochemical staining. The two SMM pools were functional in that they could be interconverted in two ways: (i) by exposure to 10S- versus filament-promoting buffer conditions, and (ii) by exposure to a peptide that shifts the filament-10S equilibrium toward filaments in vitro by a known mechanism that requires the presence of the 10S conformation. The effect of the peptide was not due to a trivial increase in SMM phosphorylation, and its specificity was demonstrated by use of a scrambled peptide, which had no effect. Based upon these data, we conclude that hASMCs contain a significant pool of functional SMM in the 10S conformation that can assemble into filaments upon changing cellular conditions. This study provides unique direct evidence for the presence of a significant pool of functional myosin in the 10S conformation in cells.
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Sharma P, Ghavami S, Stelmack GL, McNeill KD, Mutawe MM, Klonisch T, Unruh H, Halayko AJ. beta-Dystroglycan binds caveolin-1 in smooth muscle: a functional role in caveolae distribution and Ca2+ release. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:3061-70. [PMID: 20736308 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.066712] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) links the extracellular matrix and actin cytoskeleton. Caveolae form membrane arrays on smooth muscle cells; we investigated the mechanism for this organization. Caveolin-1 and beta-dystroglycan, the core transmembrane DGC subunit, colocalize in airway smooth muscle. Immunoprecipitation revealed the association of caveolin-1 with beta-dystroglycan. Disruption of actin filaments disordered caveolae arrays, reduced association of beta-dystroglycan and caveolin-1 to lipid rafts, and suppressed the sensitivity and responsiveness of methacholine-induced intracellular Ca2+ release. We generated novel human airway smooth muscle cell lines expressing shRNA to stably silence beta-dystroglycan expression. In these myocytes, caveolae arrays were disorganized, caveolae structural proteins caveolin-1 and PTRF/cavin were displaced, the signaling proteins PLCbeta1 and G(alphaq), which are required for receptor-mediated Ca2+ release, were absent from caveolae, and the sensitivity and responsiveness of methacholine-induced intracellular Ca2+ release, was diminished. These data reveal an interaction between caveolin-1 and beta-dystroglycan and demonstrate that this association, in concert with anchorage to the actin cytoskeleton, underpins the spatial organization and functional role of caveolae in receptor-mediated Ca2+ release, which is an essential initiator step in smooth muscle contraction.
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- Pawan Sharma
- Department of Physiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3A1R8, Canada
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Statin-triggered cell death in primary human lung mesenchymal cells involves p53-PUMA and release of Smac and Omi but not cytochrome c. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2010; 1803:452-67. [PMID: 20045437 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2009] [Revised: 12/16/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Statins inhibit 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutarylcoenzyme CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase, the proximal enzyme for cholesterol biosynthesis. They exhibit pleiotropic effects and are linked to health benefits for diseases including cancer and lung disease. Understanding their mechanism of action could point to new therapies, thus we investigated the response of primary cultured human airway mesenchymal cells, which play an effector role in asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), to simvastatin exposure. Simvastatin induced apoptosis involving caspase-9, -3 and -7, but not caspase-8 in airway smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts. HMG-CoA inhibition did not alter cellular cholesterol content but did abrogate de novo cholesterol synthesis. Pro-apoptotic effects were prevented by exogenous mevalonate, geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate and farnesyl pyrophosphate, downstream products of HMG-CoA. Simvastatin increased expression of Bax, oligomerization of Bax and Bak, and expression of BH3-only p53-dependent genes, PUMA and NOXA. Inhibition of p53 and silencing of p53 unregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) expression partly counteracted simvastatin-induced cell death, suggesting a role for p53-independent mechanisms. Simvastatin did not induce mitochondrial release of cytochrome c, but did promote release of inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins, Smac and Omi. Simvastatin also inhibited mitochondrial fission with the loss of mitochondrial Drp1, an essential component of mitochondrial fission machinery. Thus, simvastatin activates novel apoptosis pathways in lung mesenchymal cells involving p53, IAP inhibitor release, and disruption of mitochondrial fission.
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Kuhn AR, Schlauch K, Lao R, Halayko AJ, Gerthoffer WT, Singer CA. MicroRNA expression in human airway smooth muscle cells: role of miR-25 in regulation of airway smooth muscle phenotype. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2009; 42:506-13. [PMID: 19541842 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2009-0123oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Defining mechanisms by which differentiated, contractile smooth muscle cells become proliferative and secretory in response to mechanical and environmental stress is crucial for determining the contribution of airway smooth muscle (ASM) to inflammatory responses that result in airway disease. Regulation by microRNAs (miRNAs) has emerged as an important post-transcriptional mechanism regulating gene expression that may modulate ASM phenotype, but little is known about the expression and functions of miRNA in smooth muscle. In the present study we used microarrays to determine whether miRNAs in human ASM cells are altered by a proinflammatory stimulus. In ASM cells exposed to IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma, we found 11 miRNAs to be significantly down-regulated. We verified decreased expression of miR-25, miR-140*, mir-188, and miR-320 by quantitative PCR. Analysis of miR-25 expression indicates that it has a broad role in regulating ASM phenotype by modulating expression of inflammatory mediators such as RANTES, eotaxin, and TNF-alpha; genes involved in extracellular matrix turnover; and contractile proteins, most notably myosin heavy chain. miRNA binding algorithms predict that miR-25 targets Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4), a potent inhibitor of smooth muscle-specific gene expression and mediator of inflammation. Our study demonstrates that inhibition of miR-25 in cytokine-stimulated ASM cells up-regulates KLF4 expression via a post-transcriptional mechanism. This provides novel evidence that miR-25 targets KLF4 in ASM cells and proposes that miR-25 may be an important mediator of ASM phenotype.
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- Andrew R Kuhn
- Department of Pharmacology/318, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, NV 89557-0046, USA
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Ghavami S, Eshraghi M, Kadkhoda K, Mutawe MM, Maddika S, Bay GH, Wesselborg S, Halayko AJ, Klonisch T, Los M. Role of BNIP3 in TNF-induced cell death — TNF upregulates BNIP3 expression. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2009; 1793:546-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2009.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2008] [Revised: 12/08/2008] [Accepted: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Hirota JA, Nguyen TTB, Schaafsma D, Sharma P, Tran T. Airway smooth muscle in asthma: phenotype plasticity and function. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2008; 22:370-8. [PMID: 19114115 DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2008.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2008] [Revised: 11/14/2008] [Accepted: 12/10/2008] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Clinical asthma is characterized by reversible airway obstruction which is commonly due to an exaggerated airway narrowing referred to as airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR). Although debate exists on the complex etiology of AHR, it is clear that airway smooth muscle (ASM) mediated airway narrowing is a major contributor to airway dysfunction. More importantly, it is now appreciated that smooth muscle is far from being a simple cell with only contractile ability properties. Rather, it is more versatile with the capacity to exhibit numerous cellular functions as it adapts to the microenvironment to which it is exposed. The emerging ability of individual smooth muscle cells to undergo changes in their phenotype (phenotype plasticity) and function (functional plasticity) in response to physiological and pathological cues is an important and active area of research. This article provides a brief review of the current knowledge and emerging concepts in the field of ASM phenotype and function both under healthy and asthmatic conditions.
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- Jeremy A Hirota
- Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada
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Ammit AJ, Burgess JK, Hirst SJ, Hughes JM, Kaur M, Lau JY, Zuyderduyn S. The effect of asthma therapeutics on signalling and transcriptional regulation of airway smooth muscle function. Pulm Pharmacol Ther 2008; 22:446-54. [PMID: 19022391 DOI: 10.1016/j.pupt.2008.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2008] [Revised: 10/02/2008] [Accepted: 10/22/2008] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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SCOPE OF THE REVIEW Our knowledge of the multifunctional nature of airway smooth muscle (ASM) has expanded rapidly in the last decade, but the underlying molecular mechanisms and how current therapies for obstructive airway diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), affect these are still being elucidated. Our current knowledge has built on the pharmacology of human ASM contraction and relaxation established prior to that and which is reviewed in detail elsewhere in this issue. The advent of methods to isolate and culture ASM cells, especially human ASM cells, has made it possible to study how they may contribute to airway remodelling through their synthetic, proliferative, and migratory capacities. Now the underlying molecular mechanisms of ASM growth factor secretion, extracellular matrix (ECM) production, proliferation and migration, as well as contraction and relaxation, are being determined. A complex network of signalling pathways leading to gene transcription in ASM cells permits this functional plasticity in healthy and diseased airways. This review is an overview of the effects of current therapies, and some of those in development, on key signalling pathways and transcription factors involved in these ASM functions.
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- Alaina J Ammit
- Respiratory Research Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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