Differential Expression of Estrogen Receptor Variants in Response to Inflammation Signals in Human Airway Smooth Muscle
Differential Expression of Estrogen Receptor Variants in Response to Inflammation Signals in Human Airway Smooth Muscle
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DOI:
10.1002/jcp.25674
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发表时间:
2017-07-01
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5.6
通讯作者:
Sathish, Venkatachalem
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Aravamudan, Bharathi;Goorhouse, Katelyn J.;Sathish, Venkatachalem
The prevalence of asthma is higher in pre-pubescent and aging males, and in post-pubertal females, strongly indicating that sex steroids (especially estrogen) may be an important modulator in lung disease. We recently demonstrated that airway smooth muscle (ASM) expresses both alpha and beta forms of the estrogen receptor (ER and ER) in males and females, and that these receptors regulate intracellular [Ca2+] and ASM contractility. Although both ER and ER have multiple splice variants, it is unclear if and how the expression of these variants is modulated under conditions such as chronic inflammation/asthma. In order to test the hypothesis that the differential expression of ER and ER variants contributes to the pathogenesis of asthma, we profiled the expression of various ER and ER genes in asthmatic and inflamed (TNF- or IL-13-treated) ASM. Gene expression was assessed at both the mRNA and protein levels in asthmatic ASM cells or non-asthmatic cells treated with TNF (20ng/ml) or IL-13 (50ng/ml). We observed marked variation in the expression of ER isoforms in response to inflammatory stimuli, and in non-asthmatic versus asthmatic ASM. Changes in protein levels of ER and ER corresponded with the observed differential mRNA patterns. Pharmacological studies implicate cytosolic (p42/44 MAPK and PI3K) and nuclear (NFB, STAT6, and AP-1) signaling pathways as putative mechanisms that mediate and/or regulate effects of inflammation on ER expression. We conclude that variations in ASM ER expression profiles occur with inflammation and that ER variants could contribute to estrogen signaling in airway diseases such as asthma. J. Cell. Physiol. 232: 1754-1760, 2017. (c) 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.The expression of ER isoforms and variants in airway smooth muscle cells, and whether and how such expression is altered during chronic inflammation in human airway smooth muscle. In addition, the mechanism ER isoform modulation by inflammation via signaling pathways such as cytosolic as well as nuclear signaling also described.