Essential role of IFNbeta and CD38 in TNFalpha-induced airway smooth muscle hyper-responsiveness |
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Authors: | Jain Deepika Keslacy Stefan Tliba Omar Cao Yang Kierstein Sonja Amin Kunjlata Panettieri Reynold A Haczku Angela Amrani Yassine |
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Institution: | Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. |
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Abstract: | We recently identified autocrine interferon (IFN)beta as a novel mechanism mediating tumor necrosis factor (TNF)alpha-induced expression of inflammatory genes in airway smooth muscle (ASM) cells, including CD38, known to regulate calcium signaling. Here, we investigated the putative involvement of IFNbeta in regulating TNFalpha-induced airway hyper-responsiveness (AHR), a defining feature of asthma. Using our pharmacodynamic model to assess ex vivo AHR isolated murine tracheal rings, we found that TNFalpha-induced enhanced contractile responses to carbachol and bradykinin was abrogated by neutralizing anti-IFNbeta antibody or in tracheal rings deficient in CD38. In cultured human ASM cells, where CD38 has been involved in TNFalpha-induced enhanced calcium signals to carbachol and bradykinin, we found that neutralizing anti-IFNbeta prevented TNFalpha enhancing action only on carbachol responses but not to that induced by bradykinin. In a well-characterized model of allergic asthma (mice sensitized and challenged with Aspergillus fumigatus (Af)), we found heightened expression of both IFNbeta and CD38 in the airways. Furthermore, allergen-associated AHR to methacholine, assessed by lung resistance and dynamic compliance, was completely suppressed in CD38-deficient mice, despite the preservation of airway inflammation. These data provide the first evidence that ASM-derived IFNbeta and CD38 may play a significant role in the development of TNFalpha-associated AHR. |
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Keywords: | Allergic asthma Cytokine Airway smooth muscle Inflammation Calcium signaling Hypercontractility |
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