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Transforming growth factor beta: A role in the upper airway and rhinosinusitis-Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus-induced apoptosis with pulmonary alveolar cells.
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PMID:  21819759     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
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BACKGROUND: There is a link with the upper and lower airway and disruption of alveolar epithelial cells, which is a potential trigger for the reactivation of the epithelial-mesenchymal trophic unit (EMTU) and induced characteristic airway changes associated with allergic asthma. Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus is a common inhalant indoor allergen and is known for causing allergic rhinitis and airway inflammation. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta1) is a major participant in the airway remodeling of asthma, a component of cellular stress response pathways, and enhanced epithelial immunoreactivity is known to occur in allergic rhinitis.
METHODS: In this study, we show the ability of D. pteronyssinus allergens from dialyzed standardized immunotherapy extract to induce apoptosis and increase TGF-beta1 secretion in a confluent A549 cell line model. A549 cells were treated with either 600 AU/mL dialyzed D. pteronyssinus immunotherapy extract (eDp) or Ctl media (Ctl) for 24 hours. Cells and supernatants were collected, washed, and treated with Annexin V-FITC Apoptosis Detection Kit II (BD Pharmingen, La Jolla, CA) and then analyzed by flow cytometry. TGF-beta1 secretion was determined by ELISA using cell culture supernatants.
RESULTS: The eDp group showed a fourfold increase in early apoptotic cells with a twofold increase in late apoptotic cells versus the Ctl group, along with a 1.65-fold increase of TGF-beta1.
CONCLUSION: eDp induced viable A549 cells to undergo apoptosis determined by flow cytometry analysis with a significant increase in TGF-beta1 secretion compared with Ctl.
Authors:
Patrick D Frisella; Jonathan Silverberg; Rauno Joks; Marianne Frieri
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of rhinology & allergy     Volume:  25     ISSN:  1945-8932     ISO Abbreviation:  Am J Rhinol Allergy     Publication Date:    2011 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-08-08     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101490775     Medline TA:  Am J Rhinol Allergy     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  231-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Center for Allergy and Asthma Research, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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