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ArticleRespirology (Carlton, Vic.)2021

Acute cigarette smoke-induced eQTL affects formyl peptide receptor expression and lung function.

Simon D Pouwels, Valerie R Wiersma, Immeke E Fokkema, Marijn Berg, Nick H T Ten Hacken, Maarten van den Berge, Irene Heijink, Alen Faiz

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Article in Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Simon D Pouwels *Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-7345-8061
Valerie R Wiersma *Department of Hematology, Cancer Research Center Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Immeke E FokkemaDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Marijn BergDepartment of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Nick H T Ten HackenDepartment of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Maarten van den BergeDepartment of Pulmonology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Irene Heijink *Department of Pathology and Medical Biology, University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Alen Faiz *Respiratory Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
University Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Technology Sydney · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectiveCigarette smoking is one of the most prevalent causes of preventable deaths worldwide, leading to chronic diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cigarette smoke is known to induce significant transcriptional modifications throughout the respiratory tract. However, it is largely unknown how genetic profiles influence the smoking-related transcriptional changes and how changes in gene expression translate into altered alveolar epithelial repair responses.

methodsWe performed a candidate-based acute cigarette smoke-induced eQTL study, investigating the association between SNP and differential gene expression of FPR family members in bronchial epithelial cells isolated 24 h after smoking and after 48 h without smoking. The effects FPR1 on lung epithelial integrity and repair upon damage in the presence and absence of cigarette smoke were studied in CRISPR-Cas9-generated lung epithelial knockout cells.

resultsOne significant (FDR < 0.05) inducible eQTL (rs3212855) was identified that induced a >2-fold change in gene expression. The minor allele of rs3212855 was associated with significantly higher gene expression of FPR1, FPR2 and FPR3 upon smoking. Importantly, the minor allele of rs3212855 was also associated with lower lung function. Alveolar epithelial FPR1 knockout cells were protected against CSE-induced reduction in repair capacity upon wounding.

conclusionWe identified a novel smoking-related inducible eQTL that is associated with a smoke-induced increase in the expression of FPR1, FPR2 and FPR3, and with lowered lung function. in vitro FPR1 down-regulation protects against smoke-induced reduction in lung epithelial repair.

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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveReceptors, Formyl PeptideEpithelial CellsHumansLungSmokingReceptors, Formyl Peptidechronic obstructive pulmonary diseasecigarette smokingformyl peptide receptorgene expressionquantitative trait loci

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