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BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 158, Issue 6, Pages 1429-1441Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2009.00428.x
Keywords
asthma; airway remodelling; cell cycle; hyperplasia; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health [R01 HL080676, R01 HL081824, 2R01 HL711067]
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [ES013508]
- American Thoracic Society Research [LAM-07-001]
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Background and purpose: Airway remodelling in asthma is manifested, in part, as increased airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass, reflecting myocyte proliferation. We hypothesized that calcitriol, a secosteroidal vitamin D receptor (VDR) modulator, would inhibit growth factor-induced myocyte proliferation. Experimental approach: Human ASM cell cultures were derived from bronchial samples taken during surgery. ASM cells were treated with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) (10 ng center dot mL-1) for 24 h in the presence of calcitriol, dexamethasone or a checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) inhibitor (SB218078). The effects of calcitriol on PDGF-mediated cell proliferation were assessed by thymidine incorporation assay, propidium iodide-based cell cycle analysis, caspase-3 assay and immunoblotting for specific cell cycle modulators. Key results: Calcitriol, but not dexamethasone, inhibited PDGF-induced ASM DNA synthesis concentration dependently (IC50 = 520 +/- 52 nM). These effects were associated with VDR-mediated expression of cytochrome CYP24A1 with no effects on ASM apoptosis. Calcitriol substantially inhibited (P < 0.01) PDGF-stimulated cell growth in ASM derived from both normal (59 +/- 8%) and asthmatic subjects (57 +/- 9%). Calcitriol inhibited PDGF-induced phosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein (Rb) and Chk1, with no effects on PDGF-mediated activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2, PI3-kinase and S6 kinase, or expression of p21Waf/Cip-1, p27Kip1, cyclin D and E2F-1. Consistent with these observations, SB218078 also inhibited (IC50 = 450 +/- 100 pM) PDGF-induced cell cycle progression. Conclusions and implications: Calcitriol decreased PDGF-induced ASM cell growth by inhibiting Rb and Chk1 phosphorylation. This Research Paper is the subject of a Commentary in this issue by Clifford and Knox (pp. 1426-1428). To view this article visit http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121548564/issueyear?year=2009.
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