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IgE Downregulates PTEN through MicroRNA-21-5p and Stimulates Airway Smooth Muscle Cell Remodeling.

  • Fang L Pneumology & Pulmonary Cell Research, Departments of Internal Medicine & Biomedicine, University & University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. lei.fang@unibas.ch.
  • Wang X Gynecological Endocrinology, Department of Biomedicine, University & University Hospital Basel, Hebelstrasse 20, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. xinggang.wang@unibas.ch.
  • Sun Q Pneumology & Pulmonary Cell Research, Departments of Internal Medicine & Biomedicine, University & University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. sunqingzhu@nwafu.edu.cn.
  • Papakonstantinou E Pneumology & Pulmonary Cell Research, Departments of Internal Medicine & Biomedicine, University & University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. epap@med.auth.gr.
  • S'ng C PersCellMed S'ng, CH-4450 Sissach, Switzerland. ctsng@hotmail.com.
  • Tamm M Pneumology & Pulmonary Cell Research, Departments of Internal Medicine & Biomedicine, University & University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. michael.tamm@usb.ch.
  • Stolz D Pneumology & Pulmonary Cell Research, Departments of Internal Medicine & Biomedicine, University & University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Daiana.Stolz@usb.ch.
  • Roth M Pneumology & Pulmonary Cell Research, Departments of Internal Medicine & Biomedicine, University & University Hospital Basel, Petersgraben 4, CH-4031 Basel, Switzerland. Michael.roth@usb.ch.
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  • 2019-02-21
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  • International journal of molecular sciences. - 2019
English The patho-mechanism leading to airway wall remodeling in allergic asthma is not well understood and remodeling is resistant to therapies. This study assessed the effect of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the absence of allergens on human primary airway smooth muscle cell (ASMC) remodeling in vitro. ASMCs were obtained from five allergic asthma patients and five controls. Proliferation was determined by direct cell counts, mitochondrial activity by expression of cytochrome c, protein expression by immunoblotting and immuno-fluorescence, cell migration by microscopy imaging, and collagen deposition by cell based ELISA and RNA expression by real time PCR. Non-immune IgE activated two signaling pathways: (i) signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3)→miR-21-5p→downregulating phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) expression, and (ii) phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI3K)→protein kinase B (Akt)→mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)→ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 (p70s6k)→peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-α (PGC1-α)→peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ)→cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)→mitochondrial activity, proliferation, migration, and extracellular matrix deposition. Reduced PTEN expression correlated with enhanced PI3K signaling, which upregulated ASMC remodeling. The inhibition of microRNA-21-5p increased PTEN and reduced mTOR signaling and remodeling. Mimics of microRNA-21-5p had opposing effects. IgE induced ASMC remodeling was significantly reduced by inhibition of mTOR or STAT3. In conclusion, non-immune IgE alone is sufficient for stimulated ASMC remodeling by upregulating microRNA-21-5p. Our findings suggest that the suppression of micoRNA-21-5p may present a therapeutic target to reduce airway wall remodeling.
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