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ArticleCell death & disease2018

FoxM1-dependent RAD51 and BRCA2 signaling protects idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis fibroblasts from radiation-induced cell death.

Jintaek Im, Jessica Lawrence, Davis Seelig, Richard S Nho

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jintaek ImDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Jessica LawrenceDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
Davis SeeligDepartment of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine & Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA.
Richard S NhoDivision of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA. nhoxx002@umn.edu.
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

Pathological alteration of FoxO3a in IPF pathogenesisR01HL114662 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI NHO, RICHARD S. · 2013 to 2016
$1.5M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114662
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Radiation therapy is critical for the control of many tumors and lung is an important dose-limiting organ that impacts radiation dose prescribed to avoid irreversible pulmonary fibrosis in cancer survivors. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, irreversible lung disease caused by aberrantly activated lung (myo)fibroblasts. The presence of pro-fibrotic, apoptosis-resistant fibroblasts in IPF promotes progressive fibrosis and may have a role in other diseases, if these resistant cells are selected for as a consequence of treatment. However, the pathological response of IPF fibroblasts to radiation compared to non-IPF lung fibroblasts is not known. To address this, we examined fibroblast viability following radiation in lung fibroblasts from IPF and non-IPF patients and the underlying mechanism that protects IPF fibroblasts from radiation-induced death. IPF fibroblasts are significantly more resistant to apoptosis compared to non-IPF lung fibroblasts, suggesting that resistance to radiation-induced cell death is a predominant mechanism leading to lung fibrosis. Analysis of γH2AX induction demonstrated that radiation-induced DNA damage is reduced in IPF fibroblasts and correlates to the activation of the transcription factor forkhead box M1 (FoxM1) and subsequent upregulation of DNA repair proteins RAD51 and BRCA2. FoxM1 activation occurs secondary to FoxO3a suppression in IPF fibroblasts while restoration of FoxO3a function sensitizes IPF fibroblasts to radiation-induced cell death and downregulates FoxM1, RAD51, and BRCA2. Our findings support that increased FoxO3a/FoxM1-dependent DNA repair may be integral to the preservation of death-resistant fibrotic fibroblasts after radiation and that selective targeting of radioresistant fibroblasts may mitigate fibrosis.

Indexed as

Radiation, IonizingSignal TransductionBleomycinBRCA2 ProteinCell DeathCell SurvivalCollagenDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA FragmentationDNA RepairFibroblastsForkhead Box Protein M1Forkhead Box Protein O3HistonesHumansIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisBleomycinBRCA2 ProteinBRCA2 protein, humanCollagenForkhead Box Protein M1Forkhead Box Protein O3FOXM1 protein, humanH2AX protein, humanHistonesMutagensRAD51 protein, humanRad51 Recombinase

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PMID29789556
PMCPMC5964221
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