期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY
卷 40, 期 6-7, 页码 1379-1388出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2007.10.031
关键词
PAR-2; mucin; airway; secretion
资金
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R37 HL036982-20, R37 HL036982, R37 HL036982-21, R37-HL36982] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE [R37HL036982] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
PAR-2, a member of a family of G-protein-coupled receptors, can be activated by serine proteases via proteolytic cleavage. PAR2 expression is known to be upregulated in respiratory epithelium subsequent to inflammation in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Since these diseases also are characterized by excessive mucus production and secretion, we investigated whether PAR-2 could be linked to mucin hypersecretion by airway epithelium. Normal human bronchial epithelial (NHBE) cells in primary culture or the human bronchial epithelial cell lines, NCI-H292 and HBE-1, were used. NHBE, NCI-H292, and HBE-1 cells expressed prominent levels of PAR-2 protein. Short-term (30 min) exposure of cells to the synthetic PAR-2 agonist peptide (SLIGKV-NH2) elicited a small but statistically significant increase in mucin secretion at high concentrations (100 mu M and 1000 mu M), compared to a control peptide with reversed amino acid sequence (VKGILS-NH2). Neither human lung tryptase nor bovine pancreatic trypsin, both PAR-2 agonists, affected NHBE cell mucin secretion when added over a range of concentrations. Knockdown of PAR-2 expression by siRNA blocked the stimulatory effect of the AP. The results suggest that, since PAR-2 activation only weakly increases mucin secretion by human airway epithelial cells in vitro, PAR-2 probably is not a significant contributor to mucin hypersecretion in inflamed airways. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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