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ArticleCell death & disease2023

AAV9-Tspyl2 gene therapy retards bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis by modulating downstream TGF-β signaling in mice.

Shijie Zhang, Xiang Tong, Sitong Liu, Jizhen Huang, Li Zhang, Tianli Zhang, Dongguang Wang, Hong Fan

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Multi-omics insights into the mechanisms and prognosis of IPF.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2026
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  8. Cancer innovation · 2025
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  11. TSPYL1 as a Critical Regulator of TGFβ Signaling through Repression of TGFBR1 and TSPYL2.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shijie ZhangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Xiang TongDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Sitong LiuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jizhen HuangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Tianli ZhangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Dongguang WangDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Hong FanDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital/West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. fanhong@scu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0651-2958
Sichuan University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a devastating fibrotic lung disease characterized by scarring and destruction of the lung architecture, with limited treatment options. Targeted gene therapy to restore cell division autoantigen-1 (CDA1) expression may be a potential treatment approach to delay the progression of pulmonary fibrosis (PF). Here, we focused on CDA1, which was significantly decreased in human IPF, in a mouse model of bleomycin (BLM)-induced PF, and in transforming growth factor (TGF-β)-challenged lung fibroblasts. In vitro, CDA1 overexpression by lentivirus infection in human embryonic lung fibroblasts (HFL1 cells) inhibited the production of pro-fibrotic and pro-inflammatory cytokines, lung fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition, and extracellular matrix protein expression induced by exogenous TGF-β1 treatment, whereas CDA1 knockdown with small interfering RNA promoted this effect. CDA1 overexpression also inhibited cell proliferation and migration. In a mouse model of BLM-induced PF, we provided novel evidence that the intratracheal delivery of adeno-associated virus serotype 9 carrying the mouse Tspyl2 gene reduced lung tissue inflammation and fibrosis. Mechanistically, CDA1, as a transcription regulator, could repress the TGF-β signal transduction in vivo and in vitro. In conclusion, our results show that Tspyl2 gene therapy plays an antifibrotic role by inhibiting the lung fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition and downstream TGF-β/Smad3 signaling transduction in BLM-induced PF in mice, suggesting that CDA1 is an appropriate and promising therapeutic target for PF.

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Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisAnimalsBleomycinCell ProliferationCicatrixDisease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyHumansInflammationMiceBleomycin

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PMID37391440
PMCPMC10313802
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