EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma.
Chronic damage and repair of the bronchial epithelium are features of asthma. We have previously reported that ex vivo stimulation of normal bronchial epithelial cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF), a key factor of epithelial repair, enhances the mechanisms of neutrophil accumulation, thereby p...
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| author | Mohib Uddin Laurie C Lau Grégory Seumois Pandurangan Vijayanand Karl J Staples Dinesh Bagmane Victoria Cornelius Paul Dorinsky Donna E Davies Ratko Djukanović |
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| description | Chronic damage and repair of the bronchial epithelium are features of asthma. We have previously reported that ex vivo stimulation of normal bronchial epithelial cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF), a key factor of epithelial repair, enhances the mechanisms of neutrophil accumulation, thereby promoting neutrophil defences during acute injury but potentially enhancing inflammation in chronic airway diseases. We have now sought to (i) determine whether this EGF-dependent pro-neutrophil activity is increased in asthma, where EGF and its epithelial receptor are over-expressed, and (ii) elucidate some of the mechanisms underlying this asthmatic epithelial-neutrophil interaction. Primary bronchial epithelial cells (PBEC) from healthy subjects, mild asthmatics and moderate-to-severe asthmatics (Mod/Sev) were stimulated with EGF, a model that mimics a repairing epithelium. Conditioned culture media (EGF-CM) were assessed for neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activities and inflammatory mediator production. EGF induced the epithelium to produce soluble mediators with neutrophil chemotactic (p<0.001) and pro-survival (p = 0.021) activities which were related to the clinical severity of asthma (trend p = 0.010 and p = 0.009, respectively). This was associated with enhanced IL-6, IL-8, GM-CSF and TNF-α release, and cytokine-neutralising experiments using EGF-CM from Mod/Sev asthmatics demonstrated a role for GM-CSF in neutrophil survival (p<0.001). Pre-treatment of neutrophils with specific inhibitors of the myeloid-restricted class I phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase (PI(3)K) isoforms showed that the EGF-CM from Mod/Sev asthmatics depended on the γ (p<0.021) but not δ isoforms, while neutrophil survival required multiple class I PI(3)Ks. The EGF-induced chemotactic, but not pro-survival activity, involved RhoA signaling in neutrophils (p = 0.012). EGF whose activity is upregulated in asthma induces ex vivo the epithelium from asthmatic patients to produce pro-neutrophil activities; these are related to asthma severity and, in moderate-to-severe asthmatics, involves class IB PI(3)Kγ signaling, providing a potential therapeutic target for neutrophilic forms of asthma. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-68474176abe143ec8bf927d5d769a0ca2022-12-22T01:46:32ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032013-01-0189e7250210.1371/journal.pone.0072502EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma.Mohib UddinLaurie C LauGrégory SeumoisPandurangan VijayanandKarl J StaplesDinesh BagmaneVictoria CorneliusPaul DorinskyDonna E DaviesRatko DjukanovićChronic damage and repair of the bronchial epithelium are features of asthma. We have previously reported that ex vivo stimulation of normal bronchial epithelial cells with epidermal growth factor (EGF), a key factor of epithelial repair, enhances the mechanisms of neutrophil accumulation, thereby promoting neutrophil defences during acute injury but potentially enhancing inflammation in chronic airway diseases. We have now sought to (i) determine whether this EGF-dependent pro-neutrophil activity is increased in asthma, where EGF and its epithelial receptor are over-expressed, and (ii) elucidate some of the mechanisms underlying this asthmatic epithelial-neutrophil interaction. Primary bronchial epithelial cells (PBEC) from healthy subjects, mild asthmatics and moderate-to-severe asthmatics (Mod/Sev) were stimulated with EGF, a model that mimics a repairing epithelium. Conditioned culture media (EGF-CM) were assessed for neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activities and inflammatory mediator production. EGF induced the epithelium to produce soluble mediators with neutrophil chemotactic (p<0.001) and pro-survival (p = 0.021) activities which were related to the clinical severity of asthma (trend p = 0.010 and p = 0.009, respectively). This was associated with enhanced IL-6, IL-8, GM-CSF and TNF-α release, and cytokine-neutralising experiments using EGF-CM from Mod/Sev asthmatics demonstrated a role for GM-CSF in neutrophil survival (p<0.001). Pre-treatment of neutrophils with specific inhibitors of the myeloid-restricted class I phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase (PI(3)K) isoforms showed that the EGF-CM from Mod/Sev asthmatics depended on the γ (p<0.021) but not δ isoforms, while neutrophil survival required multiple class I PI(3)Ks. The EGF-induced chemotactic, but not pro-survival activity, involved RhoA signaling in neutrophils (p = 0.012). EGF whose activity is upregulated in asthma induces ex vivo the epithelium from asthmatic patients to produce pro-neutrophil activities; these are related to asthma severity and, in moderate-to-severe asthmatics, involves class IB PI(3)Kγ signaling, providing a potential therapeutic target for neutrophilic forms of asthma.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770689?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Mohib Uddin Laurie C Lau Grégory Seumois Pandurangan Vijayanand Karl J Staples Dinesh Bagmane Victoria Cornelius Paul Dorinsky Donna E Davies Ratko Djukanović EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma. PLoS ONE |
| title | EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma. |
| title_full | EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma. |
| title_fullStr | EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma. |
| title_full_unstemmed | EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma. |
| title_short | EGF-induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti-apoptotic activity in asthma. |
| title_sort | egf induced bronchial epithelial cells drive neutrophil chemotactic and anti apoptotic activity in asthma |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3770689?pdf=render |
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