自噬
岩藻糖基化
生物
肺纤维化
细胞生物学
细胞
纤维化
癌症研究
病理
糖蛋白
细胞凋亡
医学
生物化学
聚糖
作者
Jinying Hu,Nan Wang,Yu Jiang,Yina Li,Biaojie Qin,Zhongzhen Wang,Lili Gao
出处
期刊:Stem Cells
[Wiley]
日期:2024-07-10
卷期号:42 (9): 809-820
标识
DOI:10.1093/stmcls/sxae044
摘要
Abstract Background Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a chronic progressive interstitial lung disease characterized by alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) injury and fibroblast activation. Inadequate autophagy in AECs may result from the activation of several signaling pathways following AEC injury, with glycoproteins serving as key receptor proteins. The core fucosylation (CF) modification in glycoproteins is crucial. Mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow (BMSCs) have the ability to regenerate damaged tissue and treat PF. This study aimed to elucidate the relationship and mechanism of interaction between BMSCs, CF modification, and autophagy in PF. Methods C57BL/6 male mice, AEC-specific FUT8 conditional knockout (CKO) mice, and MLE12 cells were administered bleomycin (BLM), FUT8 siRNA, and mouse BMSCs, respectively. Experimental techniques including tissue staining, Western blotting, immunofluorescence, autophagic flux detection, and flow cytometry were used in this study. Results First, we found that autophagy was inhibited while FUT8 expression was elevated in PF mice and BLM-induced AEC injury models. Subsequently, CKO mice and MLE12 cells transfected with FUT8 siRNA were used to demonstrate that inhibition of CF modification induces autophagy in AECs and mitigates PF. Finally, mouse BMSCs were used to demonstrate that they alleviate the detrimental autophagy of AECs by inhibiting CF modification and decreasing PF. Conclusions Suppression of CF modification enhanced the suppression of AEC autophagy and reduced PF in mice. Additionally, through the prevention of CF modification, BMSCs can assist AECs deficient in autophagy and partially alleviate PF.
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