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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2016

Initial Suppression of Transforming Growth Factor-β Signaling and Loss of TGFBI Causes Early Alveolar Structural Defects Resulting in Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia.

Shawn K Ahlfeld, Jian Wang, Yong Gao, Paige Snider, Simon J Conway

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shawn K AhlfeldHB Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Jian WangHB Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Yong GaoHB Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Paige SniderHB Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Simon J ConwayHB Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Electronic address: siconway@iu.edu.
Indiana University School of MedicineIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Indiana Pediatric Scientist Award(IPSA)K12HD068371 · NICHD · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI CLAPP, DAVID W · 2013 to 2017
$1.9M
Role of TGFbeta superfamily in Broncopulmonary DysplasiaR01HL115619 · NHLBI · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI CONWAY, SIMON JAMES · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL115619NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD068371
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Septation of the gas-exchange saccules of the morphologically immature mouse lung requires regulated timing, spatial direction, and dosage of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β signaling. We found that neonatal hyperoxia acutely initially diminished saccular TGF-β signaling coincident with alveolar simplification. However, sustained hyperoxia resulted in a biphasic response and subsequent up-regulation of TGF-β signaling, ultimately resulting in bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Significantly, we found that the TGF-β-induced matricellular protein (TGFBI) was similarly biphasically altered in response to hyperoxia. Moreover, genetic ablation revealed that TGFBI was required for normal alveolar structure and function. Although the phenotype was not neonatal lethal, Tgfbi-deficient lungs were morphologically abnormal. Mutant septal tips were stunted, lacked elastin-positive tips, exhibited reduced proliferation, and contained abnormally persistent alveolar α-smooth muscle actin myofibroblasts. In addition, Tgfbi-deficient lungs misexpressed TGF-β-responsive follistatin and serpine 1, and transiently suppressed myofibroblast platelet-derived growth factor α differentiation marker. Finally, despite normal lung volume, Tgfbi-null lungs displayed diminished elastic recoil and gas exchange efficiency. Combined, these data demonstrate that initial suppression of the TGF-β signaling apparatus, as well as loss of key TGF-β effectors (like TGFBI), underlies early alveolar structural defects, as well as long-lasting functional deficits routinely observed in chronic lung disease of infancy patients. These studies underline the complex (and often contradictory) role of TGF-β and indicate a need to design studies to associate alterations with initial appearance of phenotypical changes suggestive of bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

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Signal TransductionAnimalsAnimals, NewbornbetaIG-H3 ProteinBronchopulmonary DysplasiaExtracellular Matrix ProteinsHyperoxiaLungMiceMyofibroblastsPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorTransforming Growth Factor betaUp-RegulationbetaIG-H3 ProteinExtracellular Matrix ProteinsPlatelet-Derived Growth FactorTransforming Growth Factor beta

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PMID26878215
PMCPMC5808152
OpenAlexW2266697394

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