Mechanism for nicotine-induced up-regulation of Wnt signaling in human alveolar interstitial fibroblasts.
Mechanism for nicotine-induced up-regulation of Wnt signaling in human alveolar interstitial fibroblasts.
复制标题
DOI:
10.3109/01902148.2010.490288
复制
发表时间:
2011-04
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Rehan VK
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Sakurai R;Cerny LM;Torday JS;Rehan VK
Nicotine exposure alters normal homeostatic pulmonary epithelial-mesenchymal paracrine signaling pathways, resulting in alveolar interstitial fibroblast (AIF)-to-myofibroblast (MYF) transdifferentiation. Since the AIF vs MYF phenotype is determined by the expression of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR)γ and Wingless/Int (Wnt) signaling, respectively, we hypothesized that nicotine-induced AIF-to-MYF transdifferentiation is characterized by the down-regulation of PPARγ, and the up-regulation of the Wnt signaling pathway. As nicotine is known to activate PKC signaling, we also hypothesized that in AIFs, nicotine-induced up-regulation of Wnt signaling might be due to PKC activation. Embryonic human lung fibroblasts (WI38 cells) were treated with nicotine (1 × 10−6M) for either 30 minutes or 24 hours, with or without 30 minute pretreatment with calphostin C (1 × 10−7), a pan-PKC inhibitor. Then we examined the activation of PKC (p-PKC) and Wnt signaling (p-GSK-3β, β-catenin, LEF-1, and fibronectin). Furthermore, activation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR)-α3 and −α7, and whether a PPARγ agonist, Rosiglitazone, blocks nicotine-mediated Wnt activation were examined. Following nicotine stimulation, there was clear evidence for nAChR-α3 and −α7 up-regulation, accompanied by the activation of PKC and Wnt signaling, which was further accompanied by significant changes in the expression of the down-stream targets of Wnt signaling at 24h. Nicotine-mediated Wnt activation was almost completely blocked by pretreatment with either calphostin C or RGZ, indicating the central involvement of PKC activation and Wnt/PPARγ interaction in nicotine-induced up-regulation of Wnt signaling, and hence AIF-to-MYF transdifferentiation, providing novel preventive/therapeutic targets for nicotine-induced lung injury.
登录
查看更多内容
DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.00417.2002
发表时间:
2003-08-01
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Bogatkevich, GS;Tourkina, E;Ludwicka-Bradley, A
通讯作者:
Ludwicka-Bradley, A
DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.00050.2006
发表时间:
2007-02-01
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Alejandre-Alcazar, Miguel A.;Kwapiszewska, Grazyna;Morty, Rory E.
通讯作者:
Morty, Rory E.
影响因子:
5.3
作者:
Liu, Jiajian;Wang, Hong;Farmer, Stephen R.
通讯作者:
Farmer, Stephen R.
影响因子:
3.1
作者:
CHEN, MF;KIMIZUKA, G;WANG, NS
通讯作者:
WANG, NS
DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.00358.2004
发表时间:
2005-10-01
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Rehan, VK;Wang, Y;Torday, JS
通讯作者:
Torday, JS