PMID- 28522569 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170829 LR - 20200930 IS - 1522-1504 (Electronic) IS - 1040-0605 (Print) IS - 1040-0605 (Linking) VI - 313 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Aug 1 TI - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and airway fibrosis in asthma. PG - L360-L370 LID - 10.1152/ajplung.00580.2016 [doi] AB - Airway remodeling in asthma driven by inflammation involves proliferation of epithelial cells and airway smooth muscle (ASM), as well as enhanced extracellular matrix (ECM) generation and deposition, i.e., fibrosis. Accordingly, understanding profibrotic mechanisms is important for developing novel therapeutic strategies in asthma. Recent studies, including our own, have suggested a role for locally produced growth factors such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in mediating and modulating inflammation effects. In this study, we explored the profibrotic influence of BDNF in the context of asthma by examining expression, activity, and deposition of ECM proteins in primary ASM cells isolated from asthmatic vs. nonasthmatic patients. Basal BDNF expression and secretion, and levels of the high-affinity BDNF receptor TrkB, were higher in asthmatic ASM. Exogenous BDNF significantly increased ECM production and deposition, especially of collagen-1 and collagen-3 (less so fibronectin) and the activity of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-2, MMP-9). Exposure to the proinflammatory cytokine TNFalpha significantly increased BDNF secretion, particularly in asthmatic ASM, whereas no significant changes were observed with IL-13. Chelation of BDNF using TrkB-Fc reversed TNFalpha-induced increase in ECM deposition. Conditioned media from asthmatic ASM enhanced ECM generation in nonasthmatic ASM, which was blunted by BDNF chelation. Inflammation-induced changes in MMP-2, MMP-9, and tissue inhibitor metalloproteinases (TIMP-1, TIMP-2) were reversed in the presence of TrkB-Fc. These novel data suggest ASM as an inflammation-sensitive source of BDNF within human airways, with autocrine effects on fibrosis relevant to asthma. CI - Copyright (c) 2017 the American Physiological Society. FAU - Freeman, Michelle R AU - Freeman MR AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Sathish, Venkatachalem AU - Sathish V AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. AD - Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and. FAU - Manlove, Logan AU - Manlove L AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Wang, Shengyu AU - Wang S AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, People's Republic of China. FAU - Britt, Rodney D Jr AU - Britt RD Jr AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Thompson, Michael A AU - Thompson MA AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. FAU - Pabelick, Christina M AU - Pabelick CM AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. AD - Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and. FAU - Prakash, Y S AU - Prakash YS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2968-224X AD - Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; prakash.ys@mayo.edu. AD - Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; and. LA - eng GR - R01 HL056470/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL088029/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL123494/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170518 PL - United States TA - Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol JT - American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology JID - 100901229 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Collagen Type I) RN - 0 (Collagen Type III) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Interleukin-13) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 7171WSG8A2 (BDNF protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.24 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 2) RN - EC 3.4.24.35 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 9) SB - IM MH - Airway Remodeling/*physiology MH - Asthma/*metabolism MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/*metabolism MH - Collagen Type I/metabolism MH - Collagen Type III/metabolism MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Fibrosis/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/metabolism MH - Interleukin-13/metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/metabolism MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 9/metabolism MH - Muscle, Smooth/metabolism MH - Myocytes, Smooth Muscle/metabolism MH - Respiratory System/*metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism PMC - PMC5582935 OTO - NOTNLM OT - airway smooth muscle OT - collagen OT - extracellular matrix OT - neurotrophin OT - tropomyosin-related kinase EDAT- 2017/05/20 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/30 06:00 PMCR- 2018/08/01 CRDT- 2017/05/20 06:00 PHST- 2017/01/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/04/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2017/05/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/05/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/05/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ajplung.00580.2016 [pii] AID - L-00580-2016 [pii] AID - 10.1152/ajplung.00580.2016 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2017 Aug 1;313(2):L360-L370. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00580.2016. Epub 2017 May 18.