ArticleAmerican journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology2019
Intercellular Communication between Airway Epithelial Cells Is Mediated by Exosome-Like Vesicles.
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- Extracellular Vesicles: Multimodal Tools for Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy in Respiratory Diseases.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract Compartmentalization in Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
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- Roles of Exosomal miRNAs in Asthma: Mechanisms and Applications.Journal of asthma and allergy · 2024Review
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Abstract
Airway epithelium structure/function can be altered by local inflammatory/immune signals, and this process is called epithelial remodeling. The mechanism by which this innate response is regulated, which causes mucin/mucus overproduction, is largely unknown. Exosomes are nanovesicles that can be secreted and internalized by cells to transport cellular cargo, such as proteins, lipids, and miRNA. The objective of this study was to understand the role exosomes play in airway remodeling through cell-cell communication. We used two different human airway cell cultures: primary human tracheobronchial (HTBE) cells, and a cultured airway epithelial cell line (Calu-3). After intercellular exosomal transfer, comprehensive proteomic and genomic characterization of cell secretions and exosomes was performed. Quantitative proteomics and exosomal miRNA analysis profiles indicated that the two cell types are fundamentally distinct. HTBE cell secretions were typically dominated by fundamental innate/protective proteins, including mucin MUC5B, and Calu-3 cell secretions were dominated by pathology-associated proteins, including mucin MUC5AC. After exosomal transfer/intake, approximately 20% of proteins, including MUC5AC and MUC5B, were significantly altered in HTBE secretions. After exosome transfer, approximately 90 miRNAs (∼4%) were upregulated in HTBE exosomes, whereas Calu-3 exosomes exhibited a preserved miRNA profile. Together, our data suggest that the transfer of exosomal cargo between airway epithelial cells significantly alters the qualitative and quantitative profiles of airway secretions, including mucin hypersecretion, and the miRNA cargo of exosomes in target cells. This finding indicates that cellular information can be carried between airway epithelial cells via exosomes, which may play an important role in airway biology and epithelial remodeling.
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