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Anti-Fibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Role of NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase in Murine Lung
Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and progressive disease with limited therapeutic options. Nitric oxide (NO) is suggested to reduce the progression of pulmonary fibrosis via NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (NO-GC). The exact effects of NO-GC during pulmonary fibrosis are still elusive. Here, we used a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10380760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37511420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241411661 |
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author | Englert, Nils Burkard, Philipp Aue, Annemarie Rosenwald, Andreas Nieswandt, Bernhard Friebe, Andreas |
author_facet | Englert, Nils Burkard, Philipp Aue, Annemarie Rosenwald, Andreas Nieswandt, Bernhard Friebe, Andreas |
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description | Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and progressive disease with limited therapeutic options. Nitric oxide (NO) is suggested to reduce the progression of pulmonary fibrosis via NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (NO-GC). The exact effects of NO-GC during pulmonary fibrosis are still elusive. Here, we used a NO-GC knockout mouse (GCKO) and examined fibrosis and inflammation after bleomycin treatment. Compared to wildtype (WT), GCKO mice showed an increased fibrotic reaction, as myofibroblast occurrence (p = 0.0007), collagen content (p = 0.0006), and mortality (p = 0.0009) were significantly increased. After fibrosis induction, lymphocyte accumulations were observed in the lungs of GCKO but not in WT littermates. In addition, the total number of immune cells, specifically lymphocytes (p = <0.0001) and neutrophils (p = 0.0047), were significantly higher in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of GCKO animals compared to WT, indicating an increased inflammatory response in the absence of NO-GC. The pronounced fibrotic response in GCKO mice was paralleled by significantly increased levels of transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) in BALF (p = 0.0207), which correlated with the total number of immune cells. Taken together, our data show the effect of NO-GC deletion in the pathology of lung fibrosis and the effect on immune cells in BALF. In summary, our results show that NO-GC has anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic properties in the murine lung, very likely by attenuating TGFβ-mediated effects. |
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spelling | pubmed-103807602023-07-29 Anti-Fibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Role of NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase in Murine Lung Englert, Nils Burkard, Philipp Aue, Annemarie Rosenwald, Andreas Nieswandt, Bernhard Friebe, Andreas Int J Mol Sci Article Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic and progressive disease with limited therapeutic options. Nitric oxide (NO) is suggested to reduce the progression of pulmonary fibrosis via NO-sensitive guanylyl cyclase (NO-GC). The exact effects of NO-GC during pulmonary fibrosis are still elusive. Here, we used a NO-GC knockout mouse (GCKO) and examined fibrosis and inflammation after bleomycin treatment. Compared to wildtype (WT), GCKO mice showed an increased fibrotic reaction, as myofibroblast occurrence (p = 0.0007), collagen content (p = 0.0006), and mortality (p = 0.0009) were significantly increased. After fibrosis induction, lymphocyte accumulations were observed in the lungs of GCKO but not in WT littermates. In addition, the total number of immune cells, specifically lymphocytes (p = <0.0001) and neutrophils (p = 0.0047), were significantly higher in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of GCKO animals compared to WT, indicating an increased inflammatory response in the absence of NO-GC. The pronounced fibrotic response in GCKO mice was paralleled by significantly increased levels of transforming growth factor β (TGFβ) in BALF (p = 0.0207), which correlated with the total number of immune cells. Taken together, our data show the effect of NO-GC deletion in the pathology of lung fibrosis and the effect on immune cells in BALF. In summary, our results show that NO-GC has anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic properties in the murine lung, very likely by attenuating TGFβ-mediated effects. MDPI 2023-07-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10380760/ /pubmed/37511420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241411661 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Englert, Nils Burkard, Philipp Aue, Annemarie Rosenwald, Andreas Nieswandt, Bernhard Friebe, Andreas Anti-Fibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Role of NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase in Murine Lung |
title | Anti-Fibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Role of NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase in Murine Lung |
title_full | Anti-Fibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Role of NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase in Murine Lung |
title_fullStr | Anti-Fibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Role of NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase in Murine Lung |
title_full_unstemmed | Anti-Fibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Role of NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase in Murine Lung |
title_short | Anti-Fibrotic and Anti-Inflammatory Role of NO-Sensitive Guanylyl Cyclase in Murine Lung |
title_sort | anti-fibrotic and anti-inflammatory role of no-sensitive guanylyl cyclase in murine lung |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10380760/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37511420 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241411661 |
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