Autotaxin emerges as a therapeutic target for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: limiting fibrosis by limiting lysophosphatidic acid synthesis.
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SUBMITTER: Tager AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3547105 | biostudies-literature |
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Project description:ObjectiveWe previously implicated the lipid mediator lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) as having a role in dermal fibrosis in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The aim of this study was to identify the role of the LPA-producing enzyme autotaxin (ATX), and to connect the ATX/LPA and interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathways in SSc.MethodsWe evaluated the effect of a novel ATX inhibitor, PAT-048, on fibrosis and IL-6 expression in the mouse model of bleomycin-induced dermal fibrosis. We used dermal fibroblasts from SSc patients and control subjects to evaluate LPA-induced expression of IL-6, and IL-6-induced expression of ATX. We next evaluated whether LPA-induced ATX expression is dependent on IL-6, and whether baseline IL-6 expression in fibroblasts from SSc patients is dependent on ATX. Finally, we compared ATX and IL-6 expression in the skin of patients with SSc and healthy control subjects.ResultsPAT-048 markedly attenuated bleomycin-induced dermal fibrosis when treatment was initiated before or after the development of fibrosis. LPA stimulated expression of IL-6 in human dermal fibroblasts, and IL-6 stimulated fibroblast expression of ATX, connecting the ATX/LPA and IL-6 pathways in an amplification loop. IL-6 knockdown abrogated LPA-induced ATX expression in fibroblasts, and ATX inhibition attenuated IL-6 expression in fibroblasts and the skin of bleomycin-challenged mice. Expression of both ATX and IL-6 was increased in SSc skin, and LPA-induced IL-6 levels and IL-6-induced ATX levels were increased in fibroblasts from SSc patients compared with controls.ConclusionATX is required for the development and maintenance of dermal fibrosis in a mouse model of bleomycin-induced SSc and enables 2 major mediators of SSc fibrogenesis, LPA and IL-6, to amplify the production of each other. Our results suggest that concurrent inhibition of these 2 pathways may be an effective therapeutic strategy for dermal fibrosis in SSc.
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