Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 267, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128870
Keywords
Pulmonary fibrosis; Snail; Partial epithelial mesenchymal transition; Fibroblast; Myofibroblast
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81703197, 91643114, 81872595, 81472958, 81602832]
- Beijing Municipal Excellent Talents Foundation [2017000020124G271]
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The study revealed that partial EMT may be involved in the development of pulmonary fibrosis diseases, with Snail playing a critical role in the process. The process of EMT in epithelial cells promoted the differentiation of lung myofibroblasts, and this epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk was mainly controlled by Snail.
The pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis diseases is considered to be related with environmental exposures, but the exact mechanism is unclear and there are no effective treatments. The contribution of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) to lung fibrosis has been controversial. It was found that partial EMT might play a vital role in renal fibrosis. We also found that partial EMT might be involved in fibrosis diseases. In this study, we used a silicosis animal model of pulmonary fibrosis to observe whether partial EMT existed in pulmonary fibrosis disease and a co-culture system culturing fibroblasts and alveolar epithelial cells stimulated by TGF-beta 1 to evaluate the probable effects of partial EMT, thus determined the probable role of partial EMT in pulmonary fibrosis diseases. In vivo, the results revealed that partial EMT might exist in silica-induced lung fibrosis model and Snail which is a potent EMT inducer was involved during the process. In vitro, a co-culture system was used to evaluate the effects of EMT in murine alveolar epithelial type II (ATII) cells on the activation of underlying murine lung fibroblasts into myofibroblasts. The results showed that epithelial cells undergoing EMT promoted the differentiation of lung myofibroblast and this epithelial-mesenchymal crosstalk was mainly controlled by Snail. Following Snail silencing the EMT and the activation of NIH-3T3 into myofibroblast were obviously inhibited. It indicated that targeting this novel Snail might be a viable strategy for the treatment of lung fibrosis diseases. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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