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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 164, Issue 3, Pages 1546-1552Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.3.1546
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL-24136] Funding Source: Medline
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Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases of airways. Here we show that oxidative stress causes ligand-independent activation of epidermal growth factor receptors (EGFR) and subsequent activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK)-p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (p44/42(mapk)). resulting in mucin synthesis in NCI-H292 cells. Exogenous hydrogen peroxide and neutrophils activated by IL-8, FMLP, or TNF-alpha increased EGFR tyrosine phosphorylation and subsequent activation of p44/42(mapk) and up-regulated the expression of MUC5AC at both mRNA and protein levels in NCI-H292 cells. These effects were blocked by selective EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (AG1478, BIBX1522) and by a selective MEK inhibitor (PD98059), whereas a selective platelet-derived growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (AG1295), a selective p38 MAPK inhibitor (SB203580), and a negative compound of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (Al) mere without effect. Neutrophil supernatant-induced EGFR tyrosine phosphorylation, activation of p44/42(mapk), and MUC5AC synthesis were inhibited by antioxidants (N-acetyl-L-cysteine, DMSO, dimethyl thiourea, or superoxide dismutase); neutralizing Abs to EGFR ligands (EGF and TGF-alpha) were without effect, and no TGF-alpha protein was found in the neutrophil supernatant, In contrast, the EGFR ligand, TGF-alpha, increased EGFR tyrosine phosphorylation, activation of p44/42(mapk), and subsequent MUC5AC synthesis, but these effects were not inhibited by antioxidants. These results implicate oxidative stress in stimulating mucin synthesis in airways and provide new therapeutic approaches in airway hypersecretory diseases.
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