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JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
卷 113, 期 4, 页码 690-696出版社
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2003.12.312
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remodeling; airway smooth muscle proliferation; extracellular matrix; asthma
Background: Airway remodeling is a key feature of persistent asthma and includes alterations in the extracellular matrix protein profile around the airway smooth muscle (ASM) and hyperplasia of the ASM. We have previously shown that nonasthmatic ASM cells in culture produce a range of extracellular matrix protein proteins and that asthmatic ASM cells proliferate faster than cells from nonasthmatic patients. Objective: In this study, we compared the profile of extracellular matrix proteins produced by nonasthmatic and asthmatic ASM cells. We also examined the influence of these extracellular matrix protein proteins and conditioned medium derived from nonasthmatic or asthmatic ASM cells on the proliferation of nonasthmatic and asthmatic ASM cells. Methods: Extracellular matrix proteins were measured by ELISA; proliferation of ASM cells was measured by tritiated thymidine incorporation. Results: Production of perlecan and collagen I by the cells from asthmatic patients were significantly increased. In contrast, laminin alpha1 and collagen IV were decreased. Chondroitin sulfate was detectable only in the cells from nonasthmatic patients. Compared with nonasthmatic extracellular matrix proteins, proteins from asthmatic cells enhanced ASM cell proliferation. Conditioned medium from asthmatic ASM cells did not induce greater proliferation compared with conditioned medium from nonasthmatic cells. Conclusions: The data show that the profile of extracellular matrix protein components is altered in asthmatic cells and that this altered profile and not soluble mediators secreted from the ASM cells has the potential to influence the proliferation of these cells. These changes are likely to contribute to the airway wall remodeling that occurs in asthma.
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