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ArticleNature communications2023

SUMOylation of Rho-associated protein kinase 2 induces goblet cell metaplasia in allergic airways.

Dan Tan, Meiping Lu, Yuqing Cai, Weibo Qi, Fugen Wu, Hangyang Bao, Meiyu Qv, Qiangqiang He, Yana Xu, Xiangzhi Wang and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 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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12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Dan Tan *Department of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID 0009-0002-8640-2248
Meiping Lu *National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310053, China. meipinglu@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-4930-9493
Yuqing CaiNational Clinical Research Center for Child Health, the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310053, China.
Weibo QiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Jiaxing, 314001, China.
Fugen WuDepartment of Paediatrics, the First People's Hospital of Wenling City, Wenling City, 317500, China.
Hangyang BaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0160-4028
Meiyu QvDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7736-6375
Qiangqiang HeDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID 0009-0004-5753-9362
Yana XuDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID 0009-0006-1474-0677
Xiangzhi WangNational Clinical Research Center for Child Health, the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310053, China.
Tingyu ShenDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Jiahao LuoDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Yangxun HeDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Junsong WuDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310003, China.
Lanfang TangNational Clinical Research Center for Child Health, the Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310053, China.
Muhammad Qasim BarkatDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1207-8775
Chengyun XuDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. xuchengyun@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-6727-6851
Ximei WuDepartment of Pharmacology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China. xiwu@zju.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3316-893X
Zhejiang University · CNChildren's Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNJiaxing University · CNThe First People's Hospital of Wenling · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergic asthma is characterized by goblet cell metaplasia and subsequent mucus hypersecretion that contribute to the morbidity and mortality of this disease. Here, we explore the potential role and underlying mechanism of protein SUMOylation-mediated goblet cell metaplasia. The components of SUMOylaion machinery are specifically expressed in healthy human bronchial epithelia and robustly upregulated in bronchial epithelia of patients or mouse models with allergic asthma. Intratracheal suppression of SUMOylation by 2-D08 robustly attenuates not only allergen-induced airway inflammation, goblet cell metaplasia, and hyperreactivity, but IL-13-induced goblet cell metaplasia. Phosphoproteomics and biochemical analyses reveal SUMOylation on K1007 activates ROCK2, a master regulator of goblet cell metaplasia, by facilitating its binding to and activation by RhoA, and an E3 ligase PIAS1 is responsible for SUMOylation on K1007. As a result, knockdown of PIAS1 in bronchial epithelia inactivates ROCK2 to attenuate IL-13-induced goblet cell metaplasia, and bronchial epithelial knock-in of ROCK2(K1007R) consistently inactivates ROCK2 to alleviate not only allergen-induced airway inflammation, goblet cell metaplasia, and hyperreactivity, but IL-13-induced goblet cell metaplasia. Together, SUMOylation-mediated ROCK2 activation is an integral component of Rho/ROCK signaling in regulating the pathological conditions of asthma and thus SUMOylation is an additional target for the therapeutic intervention of this disease.

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AsthmaGoblet Cellsrho-Associated KinasesAllergensAnimalsHumansInflammationInterleukin-13MetaplasiaMiceSumoylationAllergensInterleukin-13rho-Associated KinasesROCK2 protein, human

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