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Molecular Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression by E2F Transcription Factor 2 in Lung Fibroblast Cells: Relevance to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal chronic lung disease. Heme oxygenase-1 (HMOX1/HO-1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of heme. The role of HO-1 in the pathogenesis of IPF has been studied; however, the molecular regulation of HO-1 and its role in IPF are still unclear. In th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9599643/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36291740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12101531 |
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author | Ye, Qinmao Taleb, Sarah J. Wang, Heather Parinandi, Narasimham L. Kass, Daniel J. Rojas, Mauricio Wang, Cankun Ma, Qin Zhao, Jing Zhao, Yutong |
author_facet | Ye, Qinmao Taleb, Sarah J. Wang, Heather Parinandi, Narasimham L. Kass, Daniel J. Rojas, Mauricio Wang, Cankun Ma, Qin Zhao, Jing Zhao, Yutong |
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description | Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal chronic lung disease. Heme oxygenase-1 (HMOX1/HO-1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of heme. The role of HO-1 in the pathogenesis of IPF has been studied; however, the molecular regulation of HO-1 and its role in IPF are still unclear. In this study, we found that HO-1 protein levels significantly increased in lung myofibroblasts in IPF patients and in lungs in a murine model of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis. In addition, we observed that administration of a E2F transcription factor inhibitor elevated HO-1 mRNA and protein levels in lung fibroblasts. Downregulation of E2F2 by siRNA transfection increased HO-1 mRNA and protein levels, while overexpression of E2F2 reduced HO-1 levels. However, overexpression of E2F2 did not alter hemin-induced HO-1 protein levels. Furthermore, modulation of HO-1 levels regulated TGF-β1-induced myofibroblast differentiation without altering the phosphorylation of Smad2/3 in lung fibroblast cells. Moreover, the phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt) was significantly upregulated in HO-1-depleted lung fibroblast cells. In summary, this study demonstrated that E2F2 regulates the baseline expression of HO-1, but has no effect on modulating HO-1 expression by hemin. Finally, elevated HO-1 expression contributes to the TGF-β1-induced lung myofibroblast differentiation through the activation of the serine/threonine kinase AKT pathway. Overall, our findings suggest that targeting E2F2/HO-1 might be a new therapeutic strategy to treat fibrotic diseases such as IPF. |
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spelling | pubmed-95996432022-10-27 Molecular Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression by E2F Transcription Factor 2 in Lung Fibroblast Cells: Relevance to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Ye, Qinmao Taleb, Sarah J. Wang, Heather Parinandi, Narasimham L. Kass, Daniel J. Rojas, Mauricio Wang, Cankun Ma, Qin Zhao, Jing Zhao, Yutong Biomolecules Article Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal chronic lung disease. Heme oxygenase-1 (HMOX1/HO-1) is an enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of heme. The role of HO-1 in the pathogenesis of IPF has been studied; however, the molecular regulation of HO-1 and its role in IPF are still unclear. In this study, we found that HO-1 protein levels significantly increased in lung myofibroblasts in IPF patients and in lungs in a murine model of bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis. In addition, we observed that administration of a E2F transcription factor inhibitor elevated HO-1 mRNA and protein levels in lung fibroblasts. Downregulation of E2F2 by siRNA transfection increased HO-1 mRNA and protein levels, while overexpression of E2F2 reduced HO-1 levels. However, overexpression of E2F2 did not alter hemin-induced HO-1 protein levels. Furthermore, modulation of HO-1 levels regulated TGF-β1-induced myofibroblast differentiation without altering the phosphorylation of Smad2/3 in lung fibroblast cells. Moreover, the phosphorylation of protein kinase B (Akt) was significantly upregulated in HO-1-depleted lung fibroblast cells. In summary, this study demonstrated that E2F2 regulates the baseline expression of HO-1, but has no effect on modulating HO-1 expression by hemin. Finally, elevated HO-1 expression contributes to the TGF-β1-induced lung myofibroblast differentiation through the activation of the serine/threonine kinase AKT pathway. Overall, our findings suggest that targeting E2F2/HO-1 might be a new therapeutic strategy to treat fibrotic diseases such as IPF. MDPI 2022-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9599643/ /pubmed/36291740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12101531 Text en © 2022 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 Ye, Qinmao Taleb, Sarah J. Wang, Heather Parinandi, Narasimham L. Kass, Daniel J. Rojas, Mauricio Wang, Cankun Ma, Qin Zhao, Jing Zhao, Yutong Molecular Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression by E2F Transcription Factor 2 in Lung Fibroblast Cells: Relevance to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
title | Molecular Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression by E2F Transcription Factor 2 in Lung Fibroblast Cells: Relevance to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
title_full | Molecular Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression by E2F Transcription Factor 2 in Lung Fibroblast Cells: Relevance to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
title_fullStr | Molecular Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression by E2F Transcription Factor 2 in Lung Fibroblast Cells: Relevance to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Molecular Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression by E2F Transcription Factor 2 in Lung Fibroblast Cells: Relevance to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
title_short | Molecular Regulation of Heme Oxygenase-1 Expression by E2F Transcription Factor 2 in Lung Fibroblast Cells: Relevance to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis |
title_sort | molecular regulation of heme oxygenase-1 expression by e2f transcription factor 2 in lung fibroblast cells: relevance to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9599643/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36291740 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12101531 |
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