Abstract
Membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) is a protease produced by airway epithelial cells in various diseases. Since other MMPs are involved in bronchial epithelial repair, we investigated the role of MT1-MMP in naphthalene-induced small airway injury and repair in wild-type (WT) and MT1-MMP-knockout (KO) mice. The degree of injury was similar in both strains, but the MT1-MMP KO mice were unable to reconstitute a normal, fully differentiated airway epithelium 28 days after injury. MT1-MMP was required for the proliferative response in distal airway epithelial cells, resulting in decreased cell density and airway epithelial cell differentiation in MT1-MMP KO mice. Surprisingly, EGF-mediated signaling was unaltered in MT1-MMP KO mice and therefore unrelated to the proliferative response. However, keratinocyte growth factor receptor (KGFR) expression was significantly upregulated before the proliferative response and markedly less evident in the distal airway epithelium of MT1-MMP KO mice. These results indicate MT1-MMP is involved in KGFR expression and epithelial cell proliferation after acute airway injury.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology |
| Volume | 293 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Pages (from-to) | L600-10 |
| ISSN | 1040-0605 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sept 2007 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Cell Count
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Epithelial Cells/drug effects
- Epithelium/enzymology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/drug effects
- Matrix Metalloproteinase 14/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Naphthalenes/administration & dosage
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism
- Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2/genetics
- Respiratory System/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Up-Regulation/drug effects
- Wound Healing/drug effects