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Lung Beractant Increases Free Cytosolic Levels of Ca2+ in Human Lung Fibroblasts.

ABSTRACT: Beractant, a natural surfactant, induces an antifibrogenic phenotype and apoptosis in normal human lung fibroblasts (NHLF). As intracellular Ca2+ signalling has been related to programmed cell death, we aimed to assess the effect of beractant on intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in NHLF in vitro. Cultured NHLF were loaded with Fura-2 AM (3 ?M) and Ca2+ signals were recorded by microfluorimetric techniques. Beractant causes a concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i with a EC50 of 0.82 ?g/ml. The application of beractant, at a concentration of 500 ?g/ml, which has been shown to exert an apoptotic effect in human fibroblasts, elicited different patterns of Ca2+ signals in NHLF: a) a single Ca2+ spike which could be followed by b) Ca2+ oscillations, c) a sustained Ca2+ plateau or d) a sustained plateau overlapped by Ca2+ oscillations. The amplitude and pattern of Ca2+ transients evoked by beractant were dependent on the resting [Ca2+]i. Pharmacological manipulation revealed that beractant activates a Ca2+ signal through Ca2+ release from intracellular stores mediated by phospholipase C? (PLC?), Ca2+ release from inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors (IP3Rs) and Ca2+ influx via a store-operated pathway. Moreover, beractant-induced Ca2+ release was abolished by preventing membrane depolarization upon removal of extracellular Na+ and Ca2+. Finally, the inhibition of store-operated channels prevented beractant-induced NHLF apoptosis and downregulation of ?1(I) procollagen expression. Therefore, beractant utilizes SOCE to exert its pro-apoptotic and antifibrinogenic effect on NHLF.

SUBMITTER: Guzman-Silva A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4521834 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lung Beractant Increases Free Cytosolic Levels of Ca2+ in Human Lung Fibroblasts.

Guzmán-Silva Alejandro A Vázquez de Lara Luis G LG Torres-Jácome Julián J Vargaz-Guadarrama Ajelet A Flores-Flores Marycruz M Pezzat Said Elias E Lagunas-Martínez Alfredo A Mendoza-Milla Criselda C Tanzi Franco F Moccia Francesco F Berra-Romani Roberto R

PloS one 20150731 7

Beractant, a natural surfactant, induces an antifibrogenic phenotype and apoptosis in normal human lung fibroblasts (NHLF). As intracellular Ca2+ signalling has been related to programmed cell death, we aimed to assess the effect of beractant on intracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]i) in NHLF in vitro. Cultured NHLF were loaded with Fura-2 AM (3 μM) and Ca2+ signals were recorded by microfluorimetric techniques. Beractant causes a concentration-dependent increase in [Ca2+]i with a EC50 of 0.8 ...[more]

PMID: 26230503

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Lung Beractant Increases Free Cytosolic Levels of Ca2+ in Human Lung Fibroblasts.

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Lung Beractant Increases Free Cytosolic Levels of Ca2+ in Human Lung Fibroblasts.

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