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HERO ID
3453688
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Diesel Exhaust Particles Enhance MUC4 Expression in NCI-H292 Cells and Nasal Epithelial Cells via the p38/CREB Pathway
Author(s)
Park, IH; Kang, JH; Kim, JA; Shin, JM; Lee, HM
Year
2017
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
ISSN:
1018-2438
EISSN:
1423-0097
Volume
171
Issue
3-4
Page Numbers
209-216
Language
English
PMID
28049186
DOI
10.1159/000453033
Web of Science Id
WOS:000392896700007
Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Diesel exhaust particles (DEPs), the major contributors to air pollution, induce inflammatory responses in the nasal epithelium. Overproduction of airway mucins is an important pathogenic finding in inflammatory airway diseases.
OBJECTIVE:
The aims of the present study were to determine the effect of DEPs on the expression of the mucin gene MUC4 and to investigate the underlying mechanism of DEP-induced MUC4 expression in NCI-H292 cells and primary nasal epithelial cells (PNECs).
METHODS:
NCI-H292 cells were stimulated for 24 h with DEPs. Messenger RNA (mRNA) and protein expression of MUC4 was determined by real-time reverse transcription (RT) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Western blotting. NCI-H292 cells were exposed to 3 mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitors (U0126, SB203580, and SP600125) and a CREB (cAMP response element-binding protein) inhibitor prior to stimulation with DEPs, and MUC4 expression was examined by RT-PCR and Western blotting. PNECs were pretreated with a p38 inhibitor and CREB inhibitor prior to stimulation with DEPs, and MUC4 expression was then determined by RT-PCR and/or Western blotting.
RESULTS:
DEPs significantly increased the expression of MUC4 mRNA and protein. MUC4 mRNA and protein expression was inhibited by pretreatment with p38 and CREB inhibitors in NCI-H292 stimulated with DEPs. p38 and CREB inhibitors also blocked the expression of MUC4 mRNA and protein in DEP-stimulated PNECs.
CONCLUSIONS:
We demonstrated that DEPs stimulated the expression of MUC4 via the p38/CREB pathway in NCI-H292 cells and PNECs. The results of the present study pave the way for further studies on the role of MUC4 in DEP-induced hypersecretion in airway epithelium.
Keywords
Vehicle emissions; Epithelium; Diesel exhaust particles; MUC4; p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases; Nose
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