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INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE
卷 60, 期 4, 页码 1156-1164出版社
ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.18-24743
关键词
pterygium; fibrosis; fibroblast; NSAIDs; Bromfenac; TGF-beta 1; AKT; ERK
资金
- Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China [81570822]
- Zhejiang Key Laboratory Fund of China [2011E10006]
- Zhejiang Province Key Research and Development Program [2015C03042]
PURPOSE. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have shown antifibrotic effects on several diseases. The aims of the present in vitro study were to investigate the antifibrotic effects of bromfenac (a kind of NSAID) on primary human pterygium fibroblasts (HPFs) and primary human conjunctival fibroblasts (HConFs), as well as to explore the possible mechanisms of these effects. METHODS. The cells used in this study were primary HPFs and HConFs, and profibrotic activation was induced by transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta 1). Western blot, quantitative real-time PCR, and immunofluorescence (IF) assays were used to detect the effects of TGF-beta 1 and bromfenac on the synthesis of fibronectin (FN), type III collagen (COL3), and alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) in HPFs and HConFs; the changes of signaling pathways were detected by Western blot; cell migration ability was detected by wound healing assay; cell proliferation ability was detected by CCK-8 assay; and pharmaceutical inhibitions of the downstream signaling pathways of TGF-beta 1 were used to assess their possible associations with the effects of bromfenac. RESULTS. Bromfenac suppressed the TGF-beta 1-induced protein expression of FN (0.59 +/- 0.07 folds, P = 0.008), COL3 (0.48 +/- 0.08 folds, P = 0.001), and a-SMA (0.61 +/- 0.03 folds, P = 0.008) in HPFs. Bromfenac also attenuated TGF-beta 1-induced cell migration (0.30 +/- 0.07 folds, P < 0.001), cell proliferation (0.64 +/- 0.03 folds, P = 0.002) and the expression levels of p-AKT (0.66 +/- 0.08 folds, P = 0.032), p-ERK1/2 (0.69 +/- 0.11 folds, P = 0.003), and p-GSK-3 beta-S9 (0.65 +/- 0.10 folds, P = 0.002) in HPFs. PI3K/AKT inhibitor (wortmannin) and MEK/ERK inhibitor (U0126) reduced the TGF-beta 1-induced synthesis of FN, COL3, and a-SMA in HPFs. All the results were similar in HConFs. CONCLUSIONS. Bromfenac protects against TGF-beta 1-induced synthesis of FN, a-SMA, and COL3 in HPFs and HConFs at least in part by inactivating the AKT and ERK pathways.
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