PloS one, 2012-08, Vol.7 (8), p.e44343-e44343
2012
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- Titel
- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor enhances calcium regulatory mechanisms in human airway smooth muscle
- Ist Teil von
- PloS one, 2012-08, Vol.7 (8), p.e44343-e44343
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Public Library of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2012
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
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- Neurotrophins (NTs), which play an integral role in neuronal development and function, have been found in non-neuronal tissue (including lung), but their role is still under investigation. Recent reports show that NTs such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) as well as NT receptors are expressed in human airway smooth muscle (ASM). However, their function is still under investigation. We hypothesized that NTs regulate ASM intracellular Ca(2+) ([Ca(2+)](i)) by altered expression of Ca(2+) regulatory proteins. Human ASM cells isolated from lung samples incidental to patient surgery were incubated for 24 h (overnight) in medium (control) or 1 nM BDNF in the presence vs. absence of inhibitors of signaling cascades (MAP kinases; PI3/Akt; NFκB). Measurement of [Ca(2+)](i) responses to acetylcholine (ACh) and histamine using the Ca(2+) indicator fluo-4 showed significantly greater responses following BDNF exposure: effects that were blunted by pathway inhibitors. Western analysis of whole cell lysates showed significantly higher expression of CD38, Orai1, STIM1, IP(3) and RyR receptors, and SERCA following BDNF exposure, effects inhibited by inhibitors of the above cascades. The functional significance of BDNF effects were verified by siRNA or pharmacological inhibition of proteins that were altered by this NT. Overall, these data demonstrate that NTs activate signaling pathways in human ASM that lead to enhanced [Ca(2+)](i) responses via increased regulatory protein expression, thus enhancing airway contractility.
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- Englisch
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- ISSN: 1932-6203eISSN: 1932-6203DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044343Titel-ID: cdi_plos_journals_1326504881
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- Acetylcholine, AKT protein, Analysis, Anesthesiology, Asthma, Biology, Biomedical engineering, Brain, Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor - pharmacology, Ca2+-transporting ATPase, Calcium, Calcium (intracellular), Calcium - metabolism, Calcium channels, Calcium imaging, Cascades, CD38 antigen, Cell growth, Exposure, Flavones - pharmacology, Gene expression, Genetic aspects, Growth factors, Histamine, Humans, Inhibitors, Intracellular Space - drug effects, Intracellular Space - metabolism, Kinases, Lungs, Lysates, Medicine, Muscle contraction, Muscle, Smooth - cytology, Muscle, Smooth - metabolism, Muscles, Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - drug effects, Myocytes, Smooth Muscle - metabolism, Nervous system, Neurotrophic factors, NF-κB protein, Orai1 protein, Patients, Pharmacology, Physiological aspects, Physiology, Protein expression, Proteins, Receptor mechanisms, Receptors, Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor - metabolism, Regulatory mechanisms (biology), Regulatory proteins, Respiratory System - cytology, Respiratory System - metabolism, Respiratory tract, Rodents, Ryanodine receptors, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum - drug effects, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum - metabolism, Signal transduction, Signal Transduction - drug effects, Signaling, siRNA, Smooth muscle, STIM1 protein, Surgery, Tumor necrosis factor-TNF