Keratinocyte growth factor expression by fibroblasts in pulmonary fibrosis: poor response to interleukin-1beta |
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Authors: | Marchand-Adam Sylvain Plantier Laurent Bernuau Dominique Legrand Agnès Cohen Murielle Marchal Joëlle Soler Paul Lesèche Guy Mal Hervé Aubier Michel Dehoux Monique Crestani Bruno |
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Institution: | Service de Pneumologie, H?pital Bichat, 16 rue Henri Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France. |
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Abstract: | Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is secreted by fibroblasts and protects from pulmonary fibrosis in animal models. Interleukin (IL)-1beta is the most potent inducer of KGF in fibroblasts, acting through the c-Jun pathway. We evaluated in vitro KGF production by human lung fibroblasts from patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF, n = 10) and from control subjects (n = 7) at baseline and after IL-1beta stimulation. Basal KGF secretion by IPF fibroblasts was similar to controls. In fibroblasts from control subjects, IL-1beta increased c-Jun expression, c-Jun activation, and KGF secretion. SP600125, a specific c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor, inhibited the effect of IL-1beta. By contrast, in IPF fibroblasts, IL-1beta did not increase c-Jun expression and c-Jun activation, and weakly increased KGF secretion, whereas SP600125 had no effect. IL-1beta similarly increased JunB expression in fibroblasts from patients with IPF and control subjects. Total JNK content was not different in either unstimulated or IL-1beta-stimulated IPF and control fibroblasts. IL-1beta increased phosphorylated JNK in control and IPF fibroblasts, but this increase was weaker and heterogeneous in IPF. Altogether, our results demonstrate a dysregulation of KGF secretion by IPF fibroblasts. The weak response to IL-1beta is associated with a defect of c-Jun expression and activation and a defect of JNK activation. |
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