期刊
EXPERIMENTAL LUNG RESEARCH
卷 39, 期 8, 页码 336-348出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.3109/01902148.2013.820809
关键词
IPF; PAR; signal transduction; thrombin
资金
- Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea
Thrombin activates protease-activated receptor (PAR)-1 and induces a myofibroblast phenotype in normal lung fibroblasts. The origins of myofibroblasts are resident fibroblasts, fibrocytes, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). We investigated the effects of thrombin, an important mediator of interstitial lung fibrosis, on EMT in A549 human alveolar epithelial cells. We show that thrombin induced EMT and collagen I secretion through the activation of PAR-1, and PKC and ERK1/2 phosphorylation in A549 cells. These effects were largely prevented by a specific PAR-1 antagonist, short interfering RNA (siRNA) directed against PAR-1, or specific PKC alpha/beta, delta, and e inhibitors. These data indicated that interaction with thrombin and alveolar epithelial cells might directly contribute to the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis through EMT. Targeting PAR-1 on the pulmonary epithelium or specific inhibitors to PKC alpha/beta, delta, and e might stop the fibrotic processes in human idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis by preventing thrombin-induced EMT.
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