期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 40, 期 4, 页码 422-432出版社
AMER THORACIC SOC
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0174OC
关键词
TGF-beta; ovalbumin; asthma; fibrosis; bleomycin
资金
- National Institutes of Health NCRR COBRE [R01 HL-60014, R01 HL-079331, F32 HL-082121, P20 RL 15557]
Collagen deposition is observed in a diverse set of pulmonary diseases, and the unraveling of the molecular signaling pathways v that facilitate Collagen deposition represents an ongoing area of investigation. The stress-activated protein kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1), is activated by a large variety of cellular stresses and environmental insults. Recent work from our laboratory demonstrated the critical role of JNK1 in epithelial to mesenchymal transition. The goal of the present study was to examine the involvement of JNK1 in subepithelial Collagen deposition in mice subjected to models of allergic airways disease and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis. Activation of INK was slightly enhanced in lungs from mice subjected to sensitization and challenge with ovalbumin (Ova), and predominant localization of phospho-JNK was observed in the bronchial epithelium. While mice lacking JNK1 (JNK1-/-mice) displayed enhanced lung inflammation and cytokine production compared with wild-type (WT) mice, JNK1-/- mice accumulated less subepithelial Collagen deposition in response to antigen, and showed decreased expression of profibrotic genes compared with WT animals. Furthermore, transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 content in the bronchoalveolar lavage was diminished in JNK1-/- mice compared with WT animals subjected to antigen. Finally, we demonstrated that mice lacking JNK1 were protected against TGF-beta 1 and bleomycin-induced pro-fibrotic gene expression and pulmonary fibrosis. Collectively, these findings demonstrate an important requirement for JNK1 in promoting Collagen deposition in multiple models of fibrosis.
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