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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 386, Issue 1, Pages 124-129Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.05.136
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NCI-H292 cells; Lipopolysaccharides (LPS); Rac1; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9); MUC5AC, mucin 5AC; Mucin; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
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- GlaxoSmithKline S.A.
- KB Certification International
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory process characterized by airway mucus hypersecretion. Previous studies have reported that lipopolysaccharides (LPS) stimulate mucin 5AC (MUC5AC) production via epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in human airway cells. Moreover, this production was shown to depend on the expression and activity of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9), which is increased in COPD patients' serum. In the present study we investigated the signaling pathway mediating LPS-stimulated secretion and activation of MMP-9, and the regulatory effects of this pathway on the production of MUC5AC in the human airway cells NCI-H292. Using specific inhibitors, we found that LPS-stimulated cells secreted and activated MMP-9 via EGFR. Our results also indicate that signaling events downstream of EGFR involved PI3K-dependent activation of Rac1, which mediated the NADPH-generated reactive oxygen species responsible for MMP-9 secretion and activation. Finally, we observed that EGFR/PI3K/Rac1/NADPH/ROS/MMP-9 regulate MUC5AC production in LPS-challenged NCI-H292 cells. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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