Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ ligands induce heme oxygenase-1 in lung fibroblasts by a PPARγ-independent, glutathione-dependent mechanism
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ ligands induce heme oxygenase-1 in lung fibroblasts by a PPARγ-independent, glutathione-dependent mechanism
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.00148.2009
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发表时间:
2009-11-01
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4.9
通讯作者:
Sime, Patricia J.
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作者:
Ferguson, Heather E.;Thatcher, Thomas H.;Sime, Patricia J.
Ferguson HE, Thatcher TH, Olsen KC, Garcia-Bates TM, Baglole CJ, Kottmann RM, Strong ER, Phipps RP, Sime PJ. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma ligands induce heme oxygenase-1 in lung fibroblasts by a PPAR gamma-independent, glutathione-dependent mechanism. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 297: L912-L919, 2009. First published September 4, 2009; doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00148.2009.-Oxidative stress plays an important role in the pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a key antioxidant enzyme, and overexpression of HO-1 significantly decreases lung inflammation and fibrosis in animal models. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR gamma) is a transcription factor that regulates adipogenesis, insulin sensitization, and inflammation. We report here that the PPAR gamma ligands 15d-PGJ(2) and 2-cyano-3,12-dioxoolean-1,9-dien-28-oic acid (CDDO), which have potent antifibrotic effects in vitro, also strongly induce HO-1 expression in primary human lung fibroblasts. Pharmacological and genetic approaches are used to demonstrate that induction of HO-1 is PPAR gamma independent. Upregulation of HO-1 coincides with decreased intracellular glutathione (GSH) levels and can be inhibited by N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), a thiol antioxidant and GSH precursor. Upregulation of HO-1 is not inhibited by Trolox, a non-thiol antioxidant, and does not involve the transcription factors AP-1 or Nrf2. CDDO and 15d-PGJ(2) contain an alpha/beta unsaturated ketone that acts as an electrophilic center that can form covalent bonds with free reduced thiols. Rosiglitazone, a PPAR gamma ligand that lacks an electrophilic center, does not induce HO-1. These data suggest that in human lung fibroblasts, 15d-PGJ(2) and CDDO induce HO-1 via a GSH-dependent mechanism involving the formation of covalent bonds between 15d-PGJ(2) or CDDO and GSH. Inhibiting HO-1 upregulation with NAC has only a small effect on the antifibrotic properties of 15d-PGJ(2) and CDDO in vitro. These results suggest that CDDO and similar electrophilic PPAR gamma ligands may have great clinical potential as antifibrotic agents, not only through direct effects on fibroblast differentiation and function, but indirectly by bolstering antioxidant defenses.