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Publication : P2X7 receptor modulates inflammatory and functional pulmonary changes induced by silica.

First Author  Monção-Ribeiro LC Year  2014
Journal  PLoS One Volume  9
Issue  10 Pages  e110185
PubMed ID  25310682 Mgi Jnum  J:223450
Mgi Id  MGI:5649170 Doi  10.1371/journal.pone.0110185
Citation  Moncao-Ribeiro LC, et al. (2014) P2X7 receptor modulates inflammatory and functional pulmonary changes induced by silica. PLoS One 9(10):e110185
abstractText  Silicosis is an occupational lung disease, characterized by irreversible and progressive fibrosis. Silica exposure leads to intense lung inflammation, reactive oxygen production, and extracellular ATP (eATP) release by macrophages. The P2X7 purinergic receptor is thought to be an important immunomodulator that responds to eATP in sites of inflammation and tissue damage. The present study investigates the role of P2X7 receptor in a murine model of silicosis. To that end wild-type (C57BL/6) and P2X7 receptor knockout mice received intratracheal injection of saline or silica particles. After 14 days, changes in lung mechanics were determined by the end-inflation occlusion method. Bronchoalveolar lavage and flow cytometry analyzes were performed. Lungs were harvested for histological and immunochemistry analysis of fibers content, inflammatory infiltration, apoptosis, as well as cytokine and oxidative stress expression. Silica particle effects on lung alveolar macrophages and fibroblasts were also evaluated in cell line cultures. Phagocytosis assay was performed in peritoneal macrophages. Silica exposure increased lung mechanical parameters in wild-type but not in P2X7 knockout mice. Inflammatory cell infiltration and collagen deposition in lung parenchyma, apoptosis, TGF-beta and NF-kappaB activation, as well as nitric oxide, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and IL-1beta secretion were higher in wild-type than knockout silica-exposed mice. In vitro studies suggested that P2X7 receptor participates in silica particle phagocytosis, IL-1beta secretion, as well as reactive oxygen species and nitric oxide production. In conclusion, our data showed a significant role for P2X7 receptor in silica-induced lung changes, modulating lung inflammatory, fibrotic, and functional changes.
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