Cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein deviates myofibroblast fas-induced apoptosis toward proliferation during lung fibrosis.

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology
Regina Golan-GerstlRaphael Breuer

Abstract

A prominent feature of fibrotic tissue in general and of lungs in particular is fibroblast proliferation and accumulation. In patients overcoming fibrosis, apoptosis limits this excessive cell growth. We have previously shown resistance to Fas-induced apoptosis of primary lung fibroblasts from mice with bleomycin-induced lung fibrosis, their escape from immune surveillance, and continued accumulation in spite of overexpression of the Fas death receptor. Cellular FLICE-like inhibitory protein (c-FLIP) is a regulator of cell death receptor-induced apoptosis in many cell types. We aimed to determine c-FLIP levels in myofibroblasts from fibrotic lungs and to directly assess c-FLIP's role in apoptosis and proliferation of primary lung myofibroblasts. c-FLIP levels were determined by apoptosis gene array, flow cytometry, Western blot, and immunofluorescence before and after down-regulation with a specific small interfering RNA. Apoptosis was assessed by caspase cleavage in Western blot and by Annexin V affinity labeling after FACS and tissue immunofluorescence. Proliferation was assessed by BrdU uptake, also using FACS and immunofluorescence. We show that myofibroblasts from lungs of humans with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and from...Continue Reading

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