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| Author(s): |
Vanessa Martins da Silva
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2015-09-23 |
| Examining board members: |
Vera Luiza Capelozzi;
Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco;
Lisete Ribeiro Teixeira;
Maria Claudia Nogueira Zerbini
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| Advisor: | Vera Luiza Capelozzi |
| Abstract | |
Epithelial and underlying mesenchyme remodeling have a critical role in the pathogenesis of experimental pulmonary fibrosis. The initiation, distribution and severity of fibrosis varies among different chemical agents. Recent studies have indicated that epithelial involvement, expression of epithelial regulatory proteins, endothelium activation, endoplasmic reticulum stress, fibroblast activation and accumulation of different types of collagen may be specific in various chemical agents of injury. In this study, bleomycin (BLM) and Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)-induced pulmonary fibrosis in mice were compared. Epithelial involvement, regulatory proteins, endothelium and fibroblast activation were quantitatively evaluated by alveolar cells density, telomerase, endothelin-1 (ET-1), Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) expression. Cellular stress in type 2 alveolar epithelial cells (AEC II) and fibroblasts, eventually responsible by generating lung fibrosis, were investigated by electron microscopy. We characterized and quantified collagen type I (Col I), III (Col III) and V (Col V) by immunofluorescence. Lung collagen content and fibrotic histological changes were significantly increased in BLM and BHT models compared to control with significant difference between early and late fibrotic response. AEC II density, telomerase expression, ET-1, VEGF, TGF-beta and bFGF were significantly higher than control lungs with significant difference between early and late BLM and BHT fibrotic response. Abnormal mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in AEC II and fibroblasts was found in both groups of chemical agents. Increased of Col I, Col III and V fibers accumulation was found in the lung interstitium after BLM and BHT instillation. The expression of TGF-beta1 and alfa smooth muscle actin (alfa-SMA) gene was significantly increased in both model of pulmonary fibrosis. Activated Smad3 (Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3) associated to the IL-beta1 (Interleukin-1 beta), Lox (Lysyl oxidase) and the transcription factor Sp1 (Specificity protein 1) was associated to the activation of alfa-SMA gene. In conclusion, our results become relevant because they demonstrate that, regardless of the initial insult, there is a convergence in the signaling profile, where it is clear that the epithelial/endothelial injury is involved in a broad and continuous repair process with consequent fibrotic end. A key component in tissue repair and remodeling, or fibrosis is the mesenchymal response which provides essential components of extracellular matrix infrastructure needed to cure and secondly for chronic progressive fibrosis (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/09181-2 - PULMONARY FIBROBLASTS IN PARENCHYMAL REMODELING IN EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF FIBROSIS INDUZED BY BLEOMYCIN AND 3-5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxytoluene (BHT) |
| Grantee: | Vanessa Martins da Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |