Pre- and postnatal lung development, maturation, and plasticity - Insulin-like growth factor I receptor is downregulated after alveolarization in an apoptotic fibroblast subset
Pre- and postnatal lung development, maturation, and plasticity - Insulin-like growth factor I receptor is downregulated after alveolarization in an apoptotic fibroblast subset
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.00050.2001
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发表时间:
2002-03-01
影响因子:
4.9
通讯作者:
Bruce, MC
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作者:
Srinivasan, S;Strange, J;Bruce, MC
After alveolar formation, >20% of interstitial lung fibroblasts undergo apoptosis, a process that is of critical importance for normal lung maturation. The immature lung contains two morphologically distinct fibroblast populations, lipid-filled interstitial fibroblasts (LIF) and non-LIF (NLIF), which differ with respect to contractile protein content, proliferative capacity, and expression of mRNAs for fibronectin and types I and III collagen, but not tropoelastin. After alveolarization, apoptosis occurs in only one fibroblast population, the LIF. Using flow cytometry to analyze fibroblasts stained with a lipophilic, fluorescent dye, we identified a subset, designated LIF(-), that contained fewer lipid droplets. Unlike LIF that retain lipid, LIF(+), the LIF(-) do not undergo apoptosis after alveolarization. In LIF(+), apoptosis was correlated with downregulation of insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-IR) mRNA and cell surface protein expression. Treatment with anti-IGF-IR decreased total lung fibroblast survival (P=0.05) as did treatment with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor LY-294002 and the ras-raf-mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor PD-98059 (P