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MTORC1 activation decreases autophagy in aging and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and contributes to apoptosis resistance in IPF fibroblasts.


ABSTRACT: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, and usually lethal disease associated with aging. However, the molecular mechanisms of the aging process that contribute to the pathogenesis of IPF have not been elucidated. IPF is characterized by abundant foci of highly active fibroblasts and myofibroblasts resistant to apoptosis. Remarkably, the role of aging in the autophagy activity of lung fibroblasts and its relationship with apoptosis, as adaptive responses, has not been evaluated previously in this disease. In the present study, we analyzed the dynamics of autophagy in primary lung fibroblasts from IPF compared to young and age-matched normal lung fibroblasts. Our results showed that aging contributes for a lower induction of autophagy on basal conditions and under starvation which is mediated by mTOR pathway activation. Treatment with rapamycin and PP242, that target the PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling pathway, modified starvation-induced autophagy and apoptosis in IPF fibroblasts. Interestingly, we found a persistent activation of this pathway under starvation that contributes to the apoptosis resistance in IPF fibroblasts. These findings indicate that aging affects adaptive responses to stress decreasing autophagy through activation of mTORC1 in lung fibroblasts. The activation of this pathway also contributes to the resistance to cell death in IPF lung fibroblasts.

SUBMITTER: Romero Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398527 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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mTORC1 activation decreases autophagy in aging and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and contributes to apoptosis resistance in IPF fibroblasts.

Romero Yair Y   Bueno Marta M   Ramirez Remedios R   Álvarez Diana D   Sembrat John C JC   Goncharova Elena A EA   Rojas Mauricio M   Selman Moisés M   Mora Ana L AL   Pardo Annie A  

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive, and usually lethal disease associated with aging. However, the molecular mechanisms of the aging process that contribute to the pathogenesis of IPF have not been elucidated. IPF is characterized by abundant foci of highly active fibroblasts and myofibroblasts resistant to apoptosis. Remarkably, the role of aging in the autophagy activity of lung fibroblasts and its relationship with apoptosis, as adaptive responses, has not been eval  ...[more]

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