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Tumor Necrosis Factor–Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Regulates Hallmark Features of Airways Remodeling in Allergic Airways Disease
- Source :
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 51:86-93
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- American Thoracic Society, 2014.
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Abstract
- Allergic asthma is a complex disease characterized by acute inflammation of the airways that over time leads to the development of significant structural changes termed remodeling. TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has an important regulatory role in acute allergic airways inflammation through up-regulation of the E3 ubiquitin ligase Midline-1 (MID-1), which limits protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) activity and downstream dephosphorylation of proinflammatory signaling molecules. The relevance of TRAIL in the development of airways remodeling has yet to be determined. In this study, the lungs of wild-type (WT) BALB/c and Tnfsf10 knockout (TRAIL-/-) mice were chronically exposed to ovalbumin (OVA) for 12 weeks to induce hallmark features of chronic allergic airways disease, including airways hyperreactivity (AHR), subepithelial collagen deposition, goblet cell hyperplasia, and smooth muscle hypertrophy. TRAIL-/- mice were largely protected from the development of AHR and peribronchial eosinophilia and had reduced levels of mast cells in the airways. This correlated with lower levels of cytokines, including IL-4, -5, -10, and -13, and with lower levels of proinflammatory chemokines from cultured cells isolated from the draining lymph nodes. TRAIL-/- mice were also protected from the characteristic features of airways remodeling, including peribronchial fibrosis, smooth muscle hypertrophy, and mucus hypersecretion, which correlated with reduced TGF-β1 levels in the lungs. MID-1 expression was reduced in TRAIL-/- mice and up-regulated in allergic WT mice. Raising PP2A activity using 2-amino-4-(4-heptyloyphenol)-2-methylbutan-1-ol in allergic WT mice reduced eosinophilia, TGF-β1, and peribronchial fibrosis. This study shows that TRAIL promotes airways remodeling in an OVA-induced model of chronic allergic airways disease. Targeting TRAIL and its downstream proinflammatory signaling pathway involving PP2A may be of therapeutic benefit in reducing the hallmark features of airways remodeling observed in chronic allergic airways inflammation.
- Subjects :
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Chemokine
Ovalbumin
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
Blotting, Western
Clinical Biochemistry
Apoptosis
Inflammation
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Proinflammatory cytokine
Immunoenzyme Techniques
TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
Transforming Growth Factor beta1
Mice
Fibrosis
medicine
Animals
Eosinophilia
Protein Phosphatase 2
RNA, Messenger
Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Molecular Biology
Mice, Knockout
Mice, Inbred BALB C
biology
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
business.industry
Proteins
Muscle, Smooth
Cell Biology
respiratory system
medicine.disease
respiratory tract diseases
Mucus
Immunology
biology.protein
Airway Remodeling
Cytokines
Tumor necrosis factor alpha
Smooth muscle hypertrophy
Bronchial Hyperreactivity
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15354989 and 10441549
- Volume :
- 51
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6d036da68f37e33306d1fd87652f68e5