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TRIM72 promotes alveolar epithelial cell membrane repair and ameliorates lung fibrosis
- Source :
- Respiratory Research, Respiratory Research, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-20 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- BioMed Central, 2020.
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Abstract
- Background Chronic tissue injury was shown to induce progressive scarring in fibrotic diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), while an array of repair/regeneration and stress responses come to equilibrium to determine the outcome of injury at the organ level. In the lung, type I alveolar epithelial (ATI) cells constitute the epithelial barrier, while type II alveolar epithelial (ATII) cells play a pivotal role in regenerating the injured distal lungs. It had been demonstrated that eukaryotic cells possess repair machinery that can quickly patch the damaged plasma membrane after injury, and our previous studies discovered the membrane-mending role of Tripartite motif containing 72 (TRIM72) that expresses in a limited number of tissues including the lung. Nevertheless, the role of alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) repair in the pathogenesis of IPF has not been examined yet. Method In this study, we tested the specific roles of TRIM72 in the repair of ATII cells and the development of lung fibrosis. The role of membrane repair was accessed by saponin assay on isolated primary ATII cells and rat ATII cell line. The anti-fibrotic potential of TRIM72 was tested with bleomycin-treated transgenic mice. Results We showed that TRIM72 was upregulated following various injuries and in human IPF lungs. However, TRIM72 expression in ATII cells of the IPF lungs had aberrant subcellular localization. In vitro studies showed that TRIM72 repairs membrane injury of immortalized and primary ATIIs, leading to inhibition of stress-induced p53 activation and reduction in cell apoptosis. In vivo studies demonstrated that TRIM72 protects the integrity of the alveolar epithelial layer and reduces lung fibrosis. Conclusion Our results suggest that TRIM72 protects injured lungs and ameliorates fibrosis through promoting post-injury repair of AECs.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
Mice, 129 Strain
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Membrane repair
Apoptosis
Pathogenesis
Tripartite Motif Proteins
03 medical and health sciences
Bleomycin
Mice
0302 clinical medicine
Downregulation and upregulation
Fibrosis
Medicine
Animals
Humans
Lung
lcsh:RC705-779
Mice, Knockout
business.industry
Regeneration (biology)
Research
lcsh:Diseases of the respiratory system
respiratory system
medicine.disease
Recombinant Proteins
respiratory tract diseases
030104 developmental biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
HEK293 Cells
Cell culture
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Alveolar Epithelial Cells
Cancer research
Tripartite motif family protein 72
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1465993X and 14659921
- Volume :
- 21
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Respiratory Research
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b0b17d37ce320d4d81bf22be1e02b0f1