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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2019

HSP90 inhibitor geldanamycin reverts IL-13- and IL-17-induced airway goblet cell metaplasia.

Alejandro A Pezzulo, Rosarie A Tudas, Carley G Stewart, Luis G Vargas Buonfiglio, Brian D Lindsay, Peter J Taft, Nicholas D Gansemer, Joseph Zabner

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Alejandro A PezzuloDepartment of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and.
Rosarie A TudasDepartment of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and.
Carley G StewartDepartment of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and.
Luis G Vargas BuonfiglioDepartment of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and.
Brian D LindsayDepartment of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and.
Peter J TaftDepartment of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and.
Nicholas D GansemerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and.
Joseph ZabnerDepartment of Internal Medicine, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Brandi Janssen · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
Vector CoreP01HL051670 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI MCCRAY, PAUL B · 1993 to 2019
$36.5M
Respiratory virus infection in early cystic fibrosis lung diseaseP01HL091842 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI STOLTZ, DAVID A · 2008 to 2022
$34.2M
Vector Core-Core 2P30DK054759 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Alejandro Antonio Pezzulo · 1998 to 2026
$30.5M
RESEARCH TRAINING IN INFECTIOUS DISEASEST32AI007343 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI STAPLETON, JACK T. · 1988 to 2024
$5.0M
Heat-shock protein 90 modulates goblet cell metaplasia in human airway epitheliaK01HL140261 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PEZZULO, ALEJANDRO ANTONIO · 2019 to 2023
$746k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL140261NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL051670NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL091842NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007343NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK054759NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Goblet cell metaplasia, a disabling hallmark of chronic lung disease, lacks curative treatments at present. To identify novel therapeutic targets for goblet cell metaplasia, we studied the transcriptional response profile of IL-13-exposed primary human airway epithelia in vitro and asthmatic airway epithelia in vivo. A perturbation-response profile connectivity approach identified geldanamycin, an inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) as a candidate therapeutic target. Our experiments confirmed that geldanamycin and other HSP90 inhibitors prevented IL-13-induced goblet cell metaplasia in vitro and in vivo. Geldanamycin also reverted established goblet cell metaplasia. Geldanamycin did not induce goblet cell death, nor did it solely block mucin synthesis or IL-13 receptor-proximal signaling. Geldanamycin affected the transcriptome of airway cells when exposed to IL-13, but not when exposed to vehicle. We hypothesized that the mechanism of action probably involves TGF-β, ERBB, or EHF, which would predict that geldanamycin would also revert IL-17-induced goblet cell metaplasia, a prediction confirmed by our experiments. Our findings suggest that persistent airway goblet cell metaplasia requires HSP90 activity and that HSP90 inhibitors will revert goblet cell metaplasia, despite active upstream inflammatory signaling. Moreover, HSP90 inhibitors may be a therapeutic option for airway diseases with goblet cell metaplasia of unknown mechanism.

Indexed as

HSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsAnimalsBenzoquinonesGoblet CellsHumansInterleukin-13Interleukin-17Lactams, MacrocyclicMaleMetaplasiaMiceSignal TransductionBenzoquinonesgeldanamycinHSP90 Heat-Shock ProteinsInterleukin-13Interleukin-17Lactams, MacrocyclicAllergyAsthmaCOPDInflammationPulmonology

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PMID30640172
PMCPMC6355221
OpenAlexW2910302572

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