Publication: The role of the non-ciliated bronchiolar cell in tolerance to inhaled vanadium of the bronchiolar epithelium
Authors
López Valdez, Nelly ; Guerrero Palomo, Gabriela ; Rojas-Lemus, Marcela ; Bizarro-Nevares, Patricia ; González-Villalva, Adriana ; Ustarroz-Cano, Martha ; Rivera-Fernández, Norma
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Fortoul, Teresa I.
Publisher
Universidad de Murcia, Departamento de Biologia Celular e Histiologia
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.14670/HH-18-165
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Abstract
The Non-Ciliated Bronchiolar Cell (NCBC)
is responsible for the defense and maintenance of the
bronchiolar epithelium. Several cellular defense
mechanisms have been associated with an increase in the
secretion of CC16 and changes in the phenotype of the
cell; these mechanisms could be linked to tolerance to
the damage due to exposure to inhaled Particulate Matter
(PM) of the epithelium. These defense mechanisms have
not been sufficiently explored. In this article, we studied
the response of the NCBC to inhaled vanadium, an
element which adheres to PM. This response was
measured by the changes in the phenotype of the NCBC
and the secretion of CC16 in a mouse model. Mice were
exposed in two phases to different vanadium
concentrations; 1.56 mg/m 3 in the first phase and 2.57
mg/m3 in the second phase. Mice were sacrificed on the
2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th weeks. In the second phase, we
observed the following: sloughing of the NCBC,
hyperplasia and small inflammatory foci remained
without changes and that the expression of CC16 was
higher in this phase than in phase I. We also observed a
change in the phenotype with a slow decrease in both
phases. The increase in the secretion of CC16 and the
phenotype reversion could be due to the anti-
inflammatory activity of CC16. The changes observed in
the second phase could be attributed to the tolerance to
inhaled vanadium.
Citation
Histology and Histopathology Vol. 35, nº5 (2020)
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