Expression of immunoreactive and bioactive activin A protein in adult murine lung after bleomycin treatment.

Abstract:

:Activin A is a homodimeric protein structurally and functionally related to transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), and the expression of activin A is modulated by TGF-beta. Here, we demonstrate the expression of activin A in normal and bleomycin (BLM)-treated murine lungs. ICR mice were treated with BLM intraperitoneally for 10 days, whereas saline vehicle was injected into control mice. Intra-alveolar fibrotic changes were observed in the lung tissue obtained from the mice at day 14 after the final BLM administration. Immunohistochemical studies using a polyclonal antibody to activin A revealed the presence of activin A in the bronchiolar epithelium and smooth muscle cells of veins in both control and BLM-treated mice. In the BLM-treated mice at days 7 and 14, the marked infiltration of immunoreactive alveolar macrophages was observed in the area of fibrotic changes. Bioactivity of activin A measured by erythroid differentiation factor assay in the conditioned medium of alveolar macrophages obtained from BLM-treated mice at day 14 was significantly increased. These findings indicate that alveolar macrophages are a potent source of activin A after BLM treatment. The present study demonstrates for the first time the abundant expression of activin A in murine lung tissues after BLM administration, suggesting that activin A may play a role in the pathogenesis of BLM-induced pulmonary fibrosis.

authors

Matsuse T,Fukuchi Y,Eto Y,Matsui H,Hosoi T,Oka T,Ohga E,Nagase T,Orimo H

doi

10.1165/ajrcmb.13.1.7541220

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-07-01 00:00:00

pages

17-24

issue

1

eissn

1044-1549

issn

1535-4989

journal_volume

13

pub_type

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