Browsing by Subject "Lung injury"

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    Adrenomedullin regulates club cell recovery following lung epithelial injury
    (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología, 2016) García-Sanmartín, Josune; Larrayoz, Ignacio M.; Martínez, Alfredo
    The equilibrium between lung epithelium damage and recovery in the context of chronic injury is at the basis of numerous lung diseases, including lung cancer and COPD. Understanding the contribution of growth factors and other molecular intermediates to this crosstalk may help in devising new therapeutic approaches. To better understand the contribution of adrenomedullin (AM) to lung homeostasis, we built club cell-specific conditional knockout (KO) mice for AM and subjected them to naphthalene injury. Untreated KO mice had lower levels of club cell 10 KDa protein (CC10) immunoreactivity than their wild type (WT) littermates in both terminal and regular bronchioles. Naphthalene injury resulted in a rapid necrosis of club cells followed by a progressive recovery of the epithelium. Club cells proliferated at higher rates in the KO mice and at 21 days post-injury the club cell coverage of the main bronchioles was higher and more homogeneous than in the WT animals. In conclusion, the paracrine/autocrine influence of AM in club cells subtly modulates their proliferation and spreading kinetics during lung epithelium recovery.
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    USP33 promotes pulmonary microvascular endothelial cell pyroptosis by stabilizing TRAF2 through deubiquitination
    (Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Histiologia, 2025) Liang, Jianping; Chen, Junbo; Xu, Pengfei; Biología Celular e Histología
    Objective. Inhibiting the pyroptosis of human pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells (HPMECs) is a promising therapeutic modality for acute lung injury (ALI). Given the undefined effect of ubiquitin-specific protease 33 (USP33) and tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2) on pyroptosis in lung injury, this study investigates their roles in the pyroptosis of HPMECs during ALI. Methods. The hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R)-induced model was constructed in HPMECs. Cell viability, cytotoxicity, and cell death were determined by the cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8), Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and Hoechst-PI staining, respectively. Western blot and qRT-PCR were used to detect protein and gene expression levels of pyroptosis-related markers, respectively. The TRAF2 ubiquitination level was measured via immunoprecipitation. Results. USP33 and TRAF2 expressions were elevated in H/R-induced HPMECs. Knockdown of USP33 increased cell viability and inhibited cellular pyroptosis, accompanied by decreases in IL-1β, IL-18, and Caspase-1. USP33 stabilized TRAF2 by deubiquitination. TRAF2 overexpression reversed the effect of USP33 silencing on suppressing HPMEC pyroptosis. Conclusion. USP33 stabilizes TRAF2 by de-ubiquitination to promote HPMEC pyroptosis during ALI.