Ca2+-signaling in airway smooth muscle cells is altered in T-bet knock-out mice.
Ca2+-signaling in airway smooth muscle cells is altered in T-bet knock-out mice.
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DOI:
10.1186/1465-9921-7-33
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发表时间:
2006-02-23
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Huber RM
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作者:
Bergner A;Kellner J;Silva AK;Gamarra F;Huber RM
Airway smooth muscle cells (ASMC) play a key role in bronchial hyperresponsiveness (BHR). A major component of the signaling cascade leading to ASMC contraction is calcium. So far, agonist-induced Ca2+-signaling in asthma has been studied by comparing innate properties of inbred rat or mouse strains, or by using selected mediators known to be involved in asthma. T-bet knock-out (KO) mice show key features of allergic asthma such as a shift towards TH2-lymphocytes and display a broad spectrum of asthma-like histological and functional characteristics. In this study, we aimed at investigating whether Ca2+-homeostasis of ASMC is altered in T-bet KO-mice as an experimental model of asthma. Lung slices of 100 to 200 μm thickness were obtained from T-bet KO- and wild-type mice. Airway contraction in response to acetylcholine (ACH) was measured by video-microscopy and Ca2+-signaling in single ASMC of lung slices was assessed using two-photon-microscopy. Airways from T-bet KO-mice showed increased baseline airway tone (BAT) and BHR compared to wild-type mice. This could be mimicked by incubation of lung slices from wild-type mice with IL-13. The increased BAT was correlated with an increased incidence of spontaneous changes in intracellular Ca2+-concentrations, whereas BHR correlated with higher ACH-induced Ca2+-transients and an increased proportion of ASMC showing Ca2+-oscillations. Emptying intracellular Ca2+-stores using caffeine or cyclopiazonic acid induced higher Ca2+-elevations in ASMC from T-bet KO- compared to wild-type mice. Altered Ca2+-homeostasis of ASMC contributes to increased BAT and BHR in lung slices from T-bet KO-mice as a murine asthma model. We propose that a higher Ca2+-content of the intracellular Ca2+-stores is involved in the pathophysiology of these changes.
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影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Perez, Jose F;Sanderson, Michael J
通讯作者:
Sanderson, Michael J
DOI:
10.1152/ajplung.00043.2003
发表时间:
2003-12-01
影响因子:
4.9
作者:
Kuo, KH;Dai, JZ;van Breemen, C
通讯作者:
van Breemen, C
影响因子:
4
作者:
Prakash, YS;Pabelick, CM;Sieck, GC
通讯作者:
Sieck, GC
DOI:
10.1164/ajrccm.163.4.9911091
发表时间:
2001-03-01
影响因子:
24.7
作者:
Pype, JL;Xu, HY;Verleden, GM
通讯作者:
Verleden, GM
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
Finotto, S;Neurath, MF;Glimcher, LH
通讯作者:
Glimcher, LH