期刊
JOURNAL OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MEDICINE
卷 25, 期 13, 页码 6438-6447出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.16648
关键词
airway smooth muscle; angiogenesis; asthma; extracellular matrix; inflammation
资金
- Asthma Foundation NSW
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NH MRC) Australia [618700, 1063608, 1061712, 1032695]
- University of Groningen
- European Union
- Longfonds, Netherlands [4.2.16.132JO]
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [1063608, 1061712] Funding Source: NHMRC
The study found that the ECM deposited by asthmatic and non-asthmatic ASM cells under non-stimulated conditions had similar composition and angiogenic potential, both capable of regulating the behavior of endothelial cells. This suggests that the dysregulation of airway ECM in asthma is driven by even low levels of inflammation, emphasizing the need for more effective anti-inflammatory therapies to maintain airway ECM and regulate aberrant angiogenesis.
The extracellular matrix (ECM) is the tissue microenvironment that regulates the characteristics of stromal and systemic cells to control processes such as inflammation and angiogenesis. Despite ongoing anti-inflammatory treatment, low levels of inflammation exist in the airways in asthma, which alters ECM deposition by airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells. The altered ECM causes aberrant behaviour of cells, such as endothelial cells, in the airway tissue. We therefore sought to characterize the composition and angiogenic potential of the ECM deposited by asthmatic and non-asthmatic ASM. After 72 hours under non-stimulated conditions, the ECM deposited by primary human asthmatic ASM cells was equal in total protein, collagen I, III and fibronectin content to that from non-asthmatic ASM cells. Further, the matrices of non-asthmatic and asthmatic ASM cells were equivalent in regulating the growth, activity, attachment and migration of primary human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Under basal conditions, asthmatic and non-asthmatic ASM cells intrinsically deposit an ECM of equivalent composition and angiogenic potential. Previous findings indicate that dysregulation of the airway ECM is driven even by low levels of inflammatory provocation. This study suggests the need for more effective anti-inflammatory therapies in asthma to maintain the airway ECM and regulate ECM-mediated aberrant angiogenesis.
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