期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY
卷 308, 期 6, 页码 L511-L522出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00043.2014
关键词
lung fibrosis; matrix metalloproteinase; fibroblasts; collagen
资金
- Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico (CONACyT) [80473]
- UNAM
- PAPIIT [IN214612-3]
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and usually lethal interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology characterized by aberrant activation of epithelial cells that induce the migration, proliferation and activation of fibroblasts. The resulting distinctive fibroblastic/myofibroblastic foci are responsible for the excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) production and abnormal lung remodeling. We have recently found that matrix metalloproteinase 19 (MMP-19)-deficient (Mmp19-/-) mice develop an exaggerated bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis, but the mechanisms are unclear. In this study, we explored the effect of MMP-19 deficiency on fibroblast gene expression and cell behavior. Microarray analysis of Mmp19-/- lung fibroblasts revealed the dysregulation of several profibrotic pathways, including ECM formation, migration, proliferation, and autophagy. Functional studies confirmed these findings. Compared with wild-type mice, Mmp19-/- lung fibroblasts showed increased alpha 1 (I) collagen gene and collagen protein production at baseline and after transforming growth factor-beta treatment and increased smooth muscle-alpha actin expression (P < 0.05). Likewise, Mmp19-deficient lung fibroblasts showed a significant increase in proliferation (P < 0.01) and in transmigration and locomotion over Boyden chambers coated with type I collagen or with Matrigel (P < 0.05). These findings suggest that, in lung fibroblasts, MMP-19 has strong regulatory effects on the synthesis of key ECM components, on fibroblast to myofibroblast differentiation, and in migration and proliferation.
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