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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 61, 期 4, 页码 469-480出版社
AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2018-0321OC
关键词
airway hyperresponsiveness; laser capture microdissection; flexiVent; mixed allergen; asthma
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01 HL123494, R01 HL123494-02S1]
- North Dakota Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research
- National Science Foundation [1355466]
- North Dakota State University Research and Creative Activity
Evidence suggests that airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) is a characteristic feature of asthma. Epidemiological studies have confirmed that the severity of asthma is greater in women, suggesting a critical role of female sex steroid hormones (especially estrogen). Very few in vivo studies have examined the role of sex steroid hormones in asthma, and the sequence of events that occur through differential activation of estrogen receptors (ERs) remains to be determined in asthmatic airways. Our recent in vitro findings indicated that ER beta had increased expression in asthmatic airway smooth muscle (ASM), and that its activation by an ER beta-specific agonist downregulated airway remodeling. In this study, we translated the in vitro findings to a murine asthma model and examined the differential role of ER activation in modulating lung mechanics. C57BL/6J male, female, and ovariectomized mice were exposed to mixed allergen (MA) and subcutaneously implanted with sustained-release pellets of placebo, an ERa agonist (4,4',4 ''-(4-propyl- [1H]-pyrazole-1,3,5-triyl)trisphenol [PPT]), and/or an ER beta agonist (WAY-200070). We then evaluated the effects of these treatments on airway mechanics, biochemical, molecular, and histological parameters. Mice exposed to MA showed a significant increase in airway resistance, elastance, and tissue damping, and a decrease in compliance; pronounced effects were observed in females. Compared with PPT, WAY treatment significantly reversed the MA-induced changes. The increased mRNA/protein expression of ER alpha, ER beta and remodeling genes observed in MA-treated mice was significantly reversed in WAY-treated mice. This novel study indicates that activation of ER beta signaling downregulates AHR and airway remodeling, and is a promising target in the development of treatments for asthma.
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