
pmid: 28483669
Pulmonary fibrosis is a common outcome of a variety of pulmonary interstitial diseases, and myofibroblasts are the main culprit for this process. Recent studies have found that pericytes are one of the major sources of myofibroblasts; the transformation of which involves a complex process of activation of TGF-β/Smad2/3 and PDGFβ/Erk signaling pathways. We have reported that the transforming growth factor-β receptor and platelet-derived growth factor-β receptor (TGF-βR I and PDGFβR, respectively) are modified by glycosylation. Thus, we hope to regulate the above-mentioned signal pathways through core fucosylation (CF) catalyzed by α-1,6-fucosyltransferase (FUT8). Previous work has confirmed that TGF-β1 can induce the transformation of pericytes into myofibroblasts, while FUT8siRNA can inhibit such transformation. In the present study, we used an adenovirus packaging FUT8 shRNA to infect a bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis mouse model and determined the effect of CF on pulmonary fibrosis by analyzing the mechanism of CF-mediated pericyte transformation. Our findings may shed new light on the mechanism of pulmonary interstitial fibrosis and provide a novel therapeutic target for clinical applications.
Male, Glycosylation, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I, Smad2 Protein, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Fucosyltransferases, Extracellular Matrix, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta, Bleomycin, Mice, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Animals, RNA, Small Interfering, Pericytes, Lung, Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Fucose
Male, Glycosylation, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I, Smad2 Protein, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Fucosyltransferases, Extracellular Matrix, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta, Bleomycin, Mice, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Animals, RNA, Small Interfering, Pericytes, Lung, Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Fucose
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