过敏性气道炎症中IL-13调节TGF-β超家族细胞因子活化素A的分泌
2009/09/16
活化素A为TGF -β超家族成员之一,在过敏性炎症和哮喘的发病过程中起重要作用。近期研究显示,活化素A能调节促炎细胞因子的产生,而且其自身也受其它炎症介质的调节。
在小鼠急性过敏性气道炎症模型中,我们的前期研究发现支气管肺泡灌洗液中活化素A增加,伴随肺引流淋巴结Th2细胞因子产生增加,以及支气管上皮的粘膜化生增加。我们认为,作为粘膜产生的重要细胞因子IL-13能调节实验哮喘小鼠中活化素A的分泌。
在正常小鼠中,IL-13能增加支气管肺泡灌洗液中的活化素A浓度,而且以剂量依赖的方式诱导培养的人气道上皮细胞的活化素A分泌。此外,我们在有IL-13缺陷、伴过敏性气道炎症的小鼠中证实了IL-13在调节活化素A分泌中的作用。由于野生型小鼠和嗜酸性粒细胞缺陷小鼠的支气管肺泡灌洗液中活化素A的含量未见显著性差异,因此,嗜酸性粒细胞可能未参与IL-13对活化素A的调节。
我们的研究结果明确了IL-13在调节气道上皮细胞活化素A的分泌、正常小鼠支气管肺泡灌洗液中的活化素A浓度以及过敏性气道炎症的重要作用。倘若活化素A参与了免疫调节和致纤维化过程,我们的研究结果提示,IL-13对活化素A的调节在哮喘的发生机制中有重要作用。
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Hardy CL, Lemasurier JS, Olsson F, et al. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2009 Jul 27. [Epub ahead of print]
IL-13 Regulates Secretion of the TGF-{beta} Superfamily Cytokine Activin A in Allergic Airway Inflammation
Hardy CL, Lemasurier JS, Olsson F, Dang T, Yao J, Yang M, Plebanski M, Phillips DJ, Mollard RA, Rolland JM, O’Hehir R.
Immunology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; CRC for AsthSydney, Australia.
Activin A is a member of the TGF-beta superfamily and plays a role in allergic inflammation and asthma pathogenesis. Recent evidence suggests that activin A regulates pro-inflammatory cytokine production and is itself regulated by inflammatory mediators. In a murine model of acute allergic airway inflammation, we observed previously that increased activin A concentrations in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid coincide with Th2 cytokine production in lung-draining lymph nodes and pronounced mucus metaplasia in bronchial epithelium. We therefore hypothesised that IL-13, the key cytokine for mucus production, regulates activin A secretion into bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in experimental asthma. IL-13 increased bronchoalveolar lavage fluid activin A concentrations in naive mice, and dose-dependently induced activin A secretion from cultured human airway epithelium. A key role for IL-13 in the secretion of activin A into the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid during allergic airway inflammation was confirmed in IL-13âdeficient mice. Eosinophils were not involved in this response as there was no difference in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid activin A concentrations between wild-type and eosinophil-deficient mice. Our data highlight an important role for IL-13 in the regulation of activin A intraepithelially and in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in naive mice and during allergic airway inflammation. Given the immunomodulatory and fibrogenic effects of activin A, our findings suggest an important role for IL-13 regulation of activin A in asthma pathogenesis.
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