Abstract
Abstract
Background
Mucus hypersecretion and goblet cell upregulation are common features of chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP). Although epidermal growth factor (EGF) has been reported to stimulate the expression of MUC5AC, the major macro-molecular constituent of airway mucus, the precise mechanisms underlying the regulation of MUC5AC expression are still not fully understood. The aim of this study therefore was to investigate the role of EGF in regulation of mucin MUC5AC expression and define the involvement of transmembrane protein 16A (TMEM16A) in mediating the EGF-induced mucus overexpression.
Methods
Human nasal epithelial cells (HNECs) derived from tissue of patients with CRSwNP and control subjects were established as air–liquid interface (ALI) cultures. Differentiated cultures were treated with different concentrations of EGF for 4–24 h, and assessed for the expression of TMEM16A and MUC5AC by real-time RT-PCR, Western blotting, ELISA and immunofluorescence. Cultures pretreated for 30 min with T16Ainh-A01 (a specific TMEM16A inhibitor) or LY294002 (a phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor) were also assessed similarly following EGF treatment.
Results
EGF treatment (10–100 ng/ml for 4–24 h) significantly increased the expression of both TMEM16A and MUC5AC mRNA and protein, as well as the percentage of TMEM16A-positive cells, MUC5AC-positive cells and cells coexpressing TMEM16A and MUC5AC in HNECs compared to control non-EGF-treated HNECs. Pretreatment of the HNECs with T16Ainh-A01 and LY294002 attenuated these EGF-induced effects.
Conclusions
This study demonstrated that EGF upregulates the expression of MUC5AC in HNECs from CRSwNP patients. Furthermore, the EGF-mediated regulation of MUC5AC expression is likely to involve a PI3K-TMEM16A signalling pathway in CRSwNP.
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine,Immunology,Immunology and Allergy
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