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Valque H, Gouyer V, Duez C, Leboeuf C, Marquillies P, Le Bert M, Plet S, Ryffel B, Janin A, Gottrand F, Desseyn JL. Muc5b-deficient mice develop early histological lung abnormalities. Biol Open 2019; 8:8/11/bio046359. [PMID: 31699684 PMCID: PMC6899002 DOI: 10.1242/bio.046359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Gel-forming mucins are the main organic component responsible for physical properties of the mucus hydrogels. While numerous biological functions of these mucins are well documented, specific physiological functions of each mucin are largely unknown. To investigate in vivo functions of the gel-forming mucin Muc5b, which is one of the major secreted airway mucins, along with Muc5ac, we generated mice in which Muc5b was disrupted and maintained in the absence of environmental stress. Adult Muc5b-deficient mice displayed bronchial hyperplasia and metaplasia, interstitial thickening, alveolar collapse, immune cell infiltrates, fragmented and disorganized elastin fibers and collagen deposits that were, for approximately one-fifth of the mice, associated with altered pulmonary function leading to respiratory failure. These lung abnormalities start early in life, as demonstrated in one-quarter of 2-day-old Muc5b-deficient pups. Thus, the mouse mucin Muc5b is essential for maintaining normal lung function.
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- Hélène Valque
- LIRIC UMR 995; Univ. Lille; Inserm; CHU Lille, F-59045 Lille, France
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- LIRIC UMR 995; Univ. Lille; Inserm; CHU Lille, F-59045 Lille, France
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- CIIL Inserm U1019; CNRS UMR 8204; Institut Pasteur de Lille; Univ. Lille, F-59019 Lille, France
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- Inserm UMR_S 1165; Université Paris- Diderot, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, AP-HP-Hôpital Saint Louis, F-75010 Paris, France
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- CIIL Inserm U1019; CNRS UMR 8204; Institut Pasteur de Lille; Univ. Lille, F-59019 Lille, France
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- CNRS UMR 7355, University of Orleans, Laboratory of Experimental and Molecular Immunology and Neurogenetics (INEM), F-45071 Orleans, France
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- LIRIC UMR 995; Univ. Lille; Inserm; CHU Lille, F-59045 Lille, France
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- CNRS UMR 7355, University of Orleans, Laboratory of Experimental and Molecular Immunology and Neurogenetics (INEM), F-45071 Orleans, France.,IDM, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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- Inserm UMR_S 1165; Université Paris- Diderot, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, AP-HP-Hôpital Saint Louis, F-75010 Paris, France
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- LIRIC UMR 995; Univ. Lille; Inserm; CHU Lille, F-59045 Lille, France
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- LIRIC UMR 995; Univ. Lille; Inserm; CHU Lille, F-59045 Lille, France
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Over 50 years after its first description, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) remains a devastating pulmonary complication in preterm infants with respiratory failure and develops in 30-50% of infants less than 1000-gram birth weight. It is thought to involve ventilator- and oxygen-induced damage to an immature lung that results in an inflammatory response and ends in aberrant lung development with dysregulated angiogenesis and alveolarization. Significant morbidity and mortality are associated with this most common chronic lung disease of childhood. Thus, any therapies that decrease the incidence or severity of this condition would have significant impact on morbidity, mortality, human costs, and healthcare expenditure. It is clear that an inflammatory response and the elaboration of growth factors and cytokines are associated with the development of BPD. Numerous approaches to control the inflammatory process leading to the development of BPD have been attempted. This review will examine the anti-inflammatory approaches that are established or hold promise for the prevention or treatment of BPD.
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Laucho-Contreras ME, Polverino F, Gupta K, Taylor KL, Kelly E, Pinto-Plata V, Divo M, Ashfaq N, Petersen H, Stripp B, Pilon AL, Tesfaigzi Y, Celli BR, Owen CA. Protective role for club cell secretory protein-16 (CC16) in the development of COPD. Eur Respir J 2015; 45:1544-56. [PMID: 25700379 PMCID: PMC4451404 DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00134214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Club cell secretory protein-16 (CC16) is the major secreted product of airway club cells, but its role in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is unclear. We measured CC16 airway expression in humans with and without COPD and CC16 function in a cigarette smoke (CS)-induced COPD murine model. Airway CC16 expression was measured in COPD patients, smokers without COPD and non-smokers. We exposed wildtype (WT) and CC16(-/-)mice to CS or air for up to 6 months, and measured airway CC16 expression, pulmonary inflammation, alveolar septal cell apoptosis, airspace enlargement, airway mucin 5AC (MUC5AC) expression, small airway remodelling and pulmonary function. Smokers and COPD patients had reduced airway CC16 immunostaining that decreased with increasing COPD severity. Exposing mice to CS reduced airway CC16 expression. CC16(-/-) mice had greater CS-induced emphysema, airway remodelling, pulmonary inflammation, alveolar cell apoptosis, airway MUC5AC expression, and more compliant lungs than WT mice. These changes were associated with increased nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activation in CC16(-/-) lungs. CS-induced acute pulmonary changes were reversed by adenoviral-mediated over-expression of CC16. CC16 protects lungs from CS-induced injury by reducing lung NF-κB activation. CS-induced airway CC16 deficiency increases CS-induced pulmonary inflammation and injury and likely contributes to the pathogenesis of COPD.
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- Maria E Laucho-Contreras
- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA These authors contributed equally to this manuscript
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA Pulmonary Division, University of Parma, Parma, Italy These authors contributed equally to this manuscript
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Regenerative Medicine Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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- Pulmonary Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Wendt C, Tram K, Price A, England K, Stiehm A, Panoskaltsis-Mortari A. Club cell secretory protein improves survival in a murine obliterative bronchiolitis model. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2013; 305:L642-50. [PMID: 23997179 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00021.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Club cell secretory protein (CCSP) is an indirect phospholipase A2 inhibitor with some immunosuppressive and antiproliferative properties that is expressed in bronchiolar Club cells. In our murine bone marrow transplant (BMT) model of obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), CCSP is diminished; however, its role is unknown. To determine the role of CCSP, B6 wild-type (WT) or CCSP-deficient (CCSP(-/-)) mice were lethally conditioned and given allogeneic bone marrow with a sublethal dose of allogeneic splenic T cells to induce OB. We found that CCSP(-/-) mice demonstrated a higher mortality following BMT-induced OB compared with WT mice. Mice were analyzed 60 days post-BMT for protein expression, pulmonary function, and histology. CCSP levels were reduced in WT mice with BMT-induced OB, and lower levels correlated to decreased lung compliance. CCSP(-/-) had a higher degree of injury and fibrosis as measured by hydroxy proline, along with an increased lung resistance and the inflammatory markers, leukotriene B4 and CXCL1. Replacement with recombinant intravenous CCSP partially reversed the weight loss and improved survival in the CCSP(-/-) mice. In addition, CCSP replacement improved histology and decreased inflammatory cells and markers. These findings indicate that CCSP has a regulatory role in OB and may have potential as a preventive therapy.
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Hong KU, Reynolds SD, Watkins S, Fuchs E, Stripp BR. Basal cells are a multipotent progenitor capable of renewing the bronchial epithelium. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2004; 164:577-88. [PMID: 14742263 PMCID: PMC1602270 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63147-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Commitment of the pulmonary epithelium to bronchial and bronchiolar airway lineages occurs during the transition from pseudoglandular to cannalicular phases of lung development, suggesting that regional differences exist with respect to the identity of stem and progenitor cells that contribute to epithelial maintenance in adulthood. We previously defined a critical role for Clara cell secretory protein-expressing (CE) cells in renewal of bronchiolar airway epithelium following injury. Even though CE cells are also the principal progenitor for maintenance of the bronchial airway epithelium, CE cell injury is resolved through a mechanism involving recruitment of a second progenitor cell population that we now identify as a GSI-B(4) reactive, cytokeratin-14-expressing basal cell. These cells exhibit multipotent differentiation capacity as assessed by analysis of cellular phenotype within clones of LacZ-tagged cells. Clones were derived from K14-expressing cells tagged in a cell-type-specific fashion by ligand-regulable Cre recombinase-mediated genomic rearrangement of the ROSA26 recombination substrate allele. We conclude that basal cells represent an alternative multipotent progenitor cell population of bronchial airways and that progenitor cell selection is dictated by the type of airway injury.
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- Kyung U Hong
- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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Reynolds SD, Reynolds PR, Pryhuber GS, Finder JD, Stripp BR. Secretoglobins SCGB3A1 and SCGB3A2 define secretory cell subsets in mouse and human airways. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 166:1498-509. [PMID: 12406855 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200204-285oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP) is expressed abundantly within the conducting airway epithelium and is thought to have immunoregulatory functions. Differences in the localization of CCSP between mouse and human airways led us to hypothesize that functional homologues of CCSP may compensate for the lack of CCSP expression in proximal airway locations. We previously identified an expressed sequence tag (W82219) whose expression is induced within Clara cells of CCSP knockout mice. Expressed sequence tag W82219 is distantly related to CCSP and represents a member of a new subfamily of secretoglobins (MmSCGB3A2). Another member of the mouse SCGB3 family (MmSCGB3A1) as well as human orthologues (HsSCGB3A1 and HsSCGB3A2) that possess structural homology to CCSP were identified, suggesting they may share common functional properties. SCGB3A1 messenger RNA localizes to a subset of SCGB3A2-expressing cells within bronchi of both mouse and neonatal human lungs. CCSP, SCGB3A1, and SCGB3A2 were decreased in airways of neonates with bronchopulmonary dysplasia and in mice after airway injury. We conclude that secretory cells of the conducting airway epithelium express distinct members of the secretoglobin family in a partially overlapping fashion. Altered expression of secretoglobins in airway disease may contribute to immunoregulatory perturbations commonly seen in chronic airway disease.
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- Susan D Reynolds
- Departments of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA.
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Matsunaga A, Numakura C, Kawakami T, Itoh Y, Kawabata I, Masakane I, Suzuki T, Suzuki M, Goto T, Itoh K, Hayasaka K. Association of the uteroglobin gene polymorphism with IgA nephropathy. Am J Kidney Dis 2002; 39:36-41. [PMID: 11774099 DOI: 10.1053/ajkd.2002.29875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy results from the abnormal deposition of IgA in the renal mesangium. Genetic factors may be involved in the development and progression of IgA nephropathy. Uteroglobin (UG) is a steroid-inducible, cytokine-like, multifunctional protein with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties. The knockout or antisense mouse of the UG gene develops renal disease similar to IgA nephropathy. We analyzed the UG gene as a candidate for a predisposing factor in 61 Japanese patients with IgA nephropathy (23 children, 38 adults) and detected only the G38A mutation. The gene frequency of the G38A mutation in patients was 0.43, not significantly different from the frequency of 0.36 in healthy controls. However, the frequency of patients homozygous for G38A was twice that of controls, and a significant increase was seen in child patients. We measured serum UG levels in patients and healthy adults. A significant decrease in serum UG levels in homozygotes of G38A compared with homozygotes of G38 was detected only in adult women patients and controls. There is no information on where serum UG is produced or how UG may work in association with IgA nephropathy. However, it is possible that the effect of G38A may be apparent under such stimulation as sex steroids or infections, and homozygotes of the G38A mutation cannot produce sufficient UG in response to stimulation and may be predisposed to IgA nephropathy, especially in childhood.
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- Akira Matsunaga
- Department of Pediatrics, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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Watson TM, Reynolds SD, Mango GW, Boe IM, Lund J, Stripp BR. Altered lung gene expression in CCSP-null mice suggests immunoregulatory roles for Clara cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2001; 281:L1523-30. [PMID: 11704549 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2001.281.6.l1523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP) is one of the most abundant proteins present in airway lining fluid of mammals. In an effort to elucidate the function of CCSP, we established CCSP-null [CCSP(-/-)] mice and demonstrated altered sensitivity to various environmental agents including oxidant pollutants and microorganisms. Although CCSP deficiency itself may be central to the observed changes in environmental susceptibility, altered lung gene expression associated with CCSP deficiency may contribute to the observed phenotype. To determine whether CCSP deficiency results in altered lung gene expression, high-density cDNA microarrays were used to profile gene expression in the total lung RNA of wild-type and CCSP(-/-) mice. Genes that were differentially expressed between wild-type and CCSP(-/-) mice included a previously non-annotated expressed sequence tag (EST W82219) and immunoglobulin A (IgA), both of which were elevated with CCSP deficiency. mRNA expression of EST W82219 and IgA was localized in the lungs of wild-type and CCSP(-/-) mice to airway Clara cells and peribronchial lymphoid tissues, respectively. We conclude that CCSP deficiency is associated with 1) altered gene expression in Clara cells of the conducting airway epithelium and 2) alterations to peribronchial B lymphocytes. These findings identify new roles for Clara cells and their secretions in airway homeostasis.
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- T M Watson
- Division of Respiratory Biology and Toxicology, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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Hong KU, Reynolds SD, Giangreco A, Hurley CM, Stripp BR. Clara cell secretory protein-expressing cells of the airway neuroepithelial body microenvironment include a label-retaining subset and are critical for epithelial renewal after progenitor cell depletion. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2001; 24:671-81. [PMID: 11415931 DOI: 10.1165/ajrcmb.24.6.4498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 379] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Stem cells with potential to contribute to the re-establishment of the normal bronchiolar epithelium have not been definitively demonstrated. We previously established that neuroepithelial bodies (NEBs) sequester regenerative cells that contribute to bronchiolar regeneration after selective chemical depletion of Clara cells, a major progenitor cell population. Two candidate stem cells were identified on the basis of proliferative potential after chemical ablation: a pollutant-resistant subpopulation of Clara cells that retain their expression of Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP) (variant CCSP-expressing [CE] cells or vCE cells) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-expressing pulmonary neuroendocrine cells (PNECs). In the present study, two populations of label-retaining cells were identified within the NEB: CGRP-expressing cells and a subpopulation of CE cells. To investigate contributions made by CE and CGRP-expressing cells to epithelial renewal, CE cells were ablated through acute administration of ganciclovir to transgenic mice expressing herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase under the regulatory control of the mouse CCSP promoter. CGRP-immunoreactive PNECs proliferated after depletion of CE cells, yet were unable to repopulate CE cell-depleted airways. These results support the notion that vCE cells represent either an airway stem cell or are critical for stem cell maintenance, and suggest that PNECs are not sufficient for epithelial renewal.
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- K U Hong
- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
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Stripp BR, Reynolds SD, Plopper CG, Bøe IM, Lund J. Pulmonary phenotype of CCSP/UG deficient mice: a consequence of CCSP deficiency or altered Clara cell function? Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001; 923:202-9. [PMID: 11193758 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05531.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP) is the most abundant secreted protein within airways of the lung. Moreover, CCSP levels are modulated in human lung disease, supporting a potentially important role for CCSP and/or Clara cells in lung homeostasis. However, in vivo roles for CCSP remain elusive. A popular hypothesis is that CCSP is a regulator of the inflammatory response. The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the phenotype of CCSP null mice and relate this phenotype to proposed functions for the protein. Phenotypic analysis of mice homozygous for the CCSP-1 null allele of the CCSP gene (CCSP-/-1) revealed susceptibility to inhaled oxidant gases. Sensitivity of CCSP-/-1 mice to inhaled ozone is unrelated to alterations in antioxidant defenses, but is associated with increased cellular injury. Additional studies investigating inflammatory control in CCSP deficient mice found no differences between wild-type and CCSP-/-1 mice in their inflammatory response to low-dose inhaled endotoxin exposure, arguing against a role for CCSP in regulation of pulmonary inflammation. The findings among CCSP-/-1 mice of ultrastructural alterations to Clara cell secretory apparatus, with associated changes in airway lining fluid protein composition, demonstrate that the CCSP-/-1 genotype results in more complex changes to airways than CCSP deficiency per se. It can be concluded that CCSP does not regulate endotoxin-induced pulmonary inflammation. Moreover, CCSP-/-1 mice represent a valuable tool for probing functional roles for Clara cells in regulation of airway lining fluid composition and lung pollutant susceptibility.
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- B R Stripp
- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Box EHSC, 575 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA.
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Clara cells are nonciliated, nonmucous, secretory cells of the pulmonary airways. These cells are known to secrete a variety of proteins, including Clara cell 10-kDa protein/uteroglobin. This protein consists of a homodimer of 70-77 amino acid polypeptides arranged in antiparallel fashion. In vitro testing suggests that the protein suppresses inflammation. The physiologic role of the protein remains to be determined.
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- G Singh
- Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240, USA.
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Pilon AL. Rationale for the development of recombinant human CC10 as a therapeutic for inflammatory and fibrotic disease. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2001; 923:280-99. [PMID: 11193764 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05536.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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CC10/uteroglobin is a remarkable protein whose physiological roles have only recently been explored in vivo. Both transgenic mice that have been rendered deficient and humans that have been characterized as deficient in this protein exhibit tendencies toward inflammatory, fibrotic, and oncologic disease, demonstrating the potential of the protein as a therapeutic agent. The protein itself is an excellent candidate for clinical development because of its inherent physical properties. It is relatively small, resistant to proteases, stable to extremes of heat and pH, and can be produced by recombinant methods. The physiological roles of this multifunctional protein continue to be uncovered as research progresses in vitro, in animals, and eventually in humans. The pathways through which CC10 mediates its effects, its receptors, and other family members will be a rich source of exciting research, as well as potential diagnostic and therapeutic agents. This paper is an introductory, noncomprehensive review of some of the scientific and medical rationale in support of CC10-based therapies in selected clinical applications.
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- A L Pilon
- Claragen, Incorporated, 387 Technology Drive, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
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Uteroglobin/Clara cell 10-kDa protein (UG/CC10) is a hormonally regulated small secretory protein that has a variety of in vitro and in vivo pharmacological effects. These include a potent anti-inflammatory activity and inhibitory effects on neutrophil migration, thrombin-induced platelet aggregation, in vitro chemoinvasion, as well as "tumor suppressor"-like effects and other properties. Several mechanisms of action have been proposed for these effects. Pharmacological properties suggest that UG itself or substances derived from it may be used as experimental drugs for several indications. The group of oligopeptides collectively known as "antiflammins" (AFs) were originally described in 1988. Their design was derived from the region of highest sequence similarity between UG and another group of proteins with anti-inflammatory properties, the lipocortins or annexins. Nanomolar concentrations of these peptides can reproduce several of the pharmacological activities of UG, including its in vivo anti-inflammatory effects and inhibition of platelet aggregation. The AFs have been safely and effectively used to suppress inflammation and fibrosis in several animal models. Progress in clarifying the mechanism of action of the AFs may facilitate the structure-based design of a novel class of potent anti-inflammatory, antichemotactic drugs.
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- L Miele
- Cancer Immunology Program, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Loyola University Chicago, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153, USA.
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Reynolds SD, Hong KU, Giangreco A, Mango GW, Guron C, Morimoto Y, Stripp BR. Conditional clara cell ablation reveals a self-renewing progenitor function of pulmonary neuroendocrine cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2000; 278:L1256-63. [PMID: 10835332 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.2000.278.6.l1256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The neuroepithelial body (NEB) is a highly dynamic structure that responds to chronic airway injury through hyperplasia of associated pulmonary neuroendocrine (PNE) cells. Although NEB dysplasia is correlated with preneoplastic conditions and PNE cells are thought to serve as a precursor for development of small cell lung carcinoma, mechanisms regulating expansion of the PNE cell population are not well understood. Based on studies performed in animal models, it has been suggested that NEB-associated progenitor cells that are phenotypically distinct from PNE cells contribute to PNE cell hyperplasia. We have previously used a Clara cell-specific toxicant, naphthalene, to induce airway injury in mice and have demonstrated that naphthalene-resistant Clara cells, characterized by their expression of Clara cell secretory protein (CCSP), and PNE cells contribute to airway repair and associated hyperplasia of NEBs. This study was conducted to define the contribution of NEB-associated CCSP-expressing progenitor cells to PNE cell hyperplasia after Clara cell ablation. Transgenic (CCtk) mice were generated in which herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase was expressed within all CCSP-expressing cells of the conducting airway epithelium through the use of transcriptional regulatory elements from the mouse CCSP promoter. Chronic administration of ganciclovir (GCV) to CCtk transgenic mice resulted in selective ablation of CCSP-expressing cells within conducting airways. Proliferation and hyperplasia of PNE cells occurred in the absence of detectable proliferation among any other residual airway epithelial cell populations. These results demonstrate that PNE cells function as a self-renewing progenitor population and that NEB-associated Clara cells are not necessary for PNE cell hyperplasia.
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- S D Reynolds
- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Broeckaert F, Bernard A. Clara cell secretory protein (CC16): characteristics and perspectives as lung peripheral biomarker. Clin Exp Allergy 2000; 30:469-75. [PMID: 10718843 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.2000.00760.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Clara cell protein (CC16) is a 15.8-kDa homodimeric protein secreted in large amounts in airways by the non-ciliated bronchiolar Clara cells. This protein increasingly appears to protect the respiratory tract against oxidative stress and inflammation. In vitro, CC16 has been shown to modulate the production and/or the activity of various mediators of the inflammatory response including PLA2, interferon-gamma and tumour necrosis factor-alpha. CC16 has also been found to inhibit fibroblast migration or to bind various endogenous or exogenous substances such as polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs). This protective role is confirmed by studies on transgenic mice, showing that CC16 deficiency is associated with an increased susceptibility of the lung to viral infections and oxidative stress. In humans, a polymorphism of the CC16 gene, localized to a region linked to airway diseases, has recently been discovered in association with an increased risk of developing childhood asthma. Finally, CC16 also presents a major interest as a peripheral marker for assessing the integrity of the lung epithelium. The determination of CC16 in serum is a new non-invasive test to detect Clara cell damage or an increased epithelial permeability in various acute and chronic lung disorders.
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- F Broeckaert
- Industrial Toxicology and Occupational Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Zheng F, Kundu G, Zhang Z, Mukherjee AB, Ward J, DeMayo F. Identical glomerulopathy in two different mouse models of uteroglobin deficiency. Am J Kidney Dis 2000; 35:362-3. [PMID: 10676744 DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6386(00)70355-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Reynolds SD, Giangreco A, Power JH, Stripp BR. Neuroepithelial bodies of pulmonary airways serve as a reservoir of progenitor cells capable of epithelial regeneration. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2000; 156:269-78. [PMID: 10623675 PMCID: PMC1868636 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64727-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 344] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Remodeling of the conducting airway epithelium is a common finding in the chronically injured lung and has been associated with increased risk for developing lung cancer. Pulmonary neuroendocrine cells and clusters of these cells termed neuroepithelial bodies (NEBs) play a central role in each of these processes. We previously developed an adult mouse model of airway injury and repair in which epithelial regeneration after naphthalene-induced Clara cell ablation occurred preferentially at airway branch points and gave rise to nascent Clara cells. Continued repair was accompanied by NEB hyperplasia. We now provide the following evidence that the NEB microenvironment serves as a source of airway progenitor cells that contribute to focal regeneration of the airway epithelium: 1) nascent Clara cells and NEBs localize to the same spatial domain; 2) within NEB, both Clara cell secretory protein- and calcitonin gene-related peptide-immunopositive cells are proliferative; 3) the NEB microenvironment of both the steady-state and repairing lung includes cells that are dually immunopositive for Clara cell secretory protein and calcitonin gene-related peptide, which were previously identified only within the embryonic lung; and 4) NEBs harbor variant Clara cells deficient in cytochrome P450 2F2-immunoreactive protein. These data suggest that the NEB microenvironment is a reservoir of pollutant-resistant progenitor cells responsive to depletion of an abundant airway progenitor such as the Clara cell.
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Affiliation(s)
- S D Reynolds
- Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14642, USA
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