NDLI: Mast cells contribute to bleomycin-induced lung inflammation and injury in mice through a chymase/mast cell protease 4-dependent mechanism.

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Author	Abrink, Magnus Frossard, Nelly Pejler, Gunnar Daubeuf, François Reber, Laurent L.
Description	Author Affiliation: Reber LL ( Laboratoire d'Innovation Thérapeutique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 7200, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique-Université de Strasbourg, Laboratoire d'Excellence Medalis, Faculté de Pharmacie, 67401 Illkirch, France)
Abstract	Mast cells (MCs) are found in large numbers in lungs of patients with pulmonary fibrosis. However, the functions of MCs in lung fibrosis remain largely unknown. We assessed the role of MCs and MC protease 4 (MCPT4), the mouse counterpart of human MC chymase, in a mouse model of bleomycin (BLM)-induced lung injury. We found that levels of inflammation in the bronchoalveolar lavage and the lung, as well as levels of lung fibrosis, were reduced 7 d after intranasal delivery of BLM MC-deficient Kit(W-sh/W-sh) mice compared with wild-type (WT) mice. Confirming the implication of MCs in these processes, we report that the levels of inflammation and fibrosis observed in Kit(W-sh/W-sh) mice can be restored to those observed in WT mice after the adoptive transfer of bone marrow-derived cultured MCs into Kit(W-sh/W-sh) mice. Additionally, we show that levels of inflammation and fibrosis are also reduced in MC chymase MCPT4-deficient mice as compared with WT mice at day 7, suggesting a role for MC-derived MCPT4 in these processes. Our results support the conclusion that MCs can contribute to the initial lung injury induced by BLM through release of the MCPT4 chymase.
ISSN	00221767
e-ISSN	15506606
Journal	The Journal of Immunology
Issue Number	4
Volume Number	192
Language	English
Publisher	The American Association of Immunologists
Publisher Date	2014-02-15
Publisher Place	United States
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Chymases Metabolism Mast Cells Immunology Pneumonia Pulmonary Fibrosis Serine Endopeptidases Adoptive Transfer Animals Bleomycin Bone Marrow Cells Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Cytology Disease Models, Animal Lung Pathology Transplantation Mice Mice, Inbred C57bl Mice, Knockout Chemically Induced Genetics Discipline Immunology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Immunology and Allergy Immunology

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