Fibroblast activation protein: a serine protease expressed at the remodeling interface in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Human Pathology
Pinak S AcharyaEllen Puré

Abstract

Fibroblast activation protein (FAPalpha) is a member of the cell surface dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP) family of serine proteases. In its dimer form, FAPalpha exhibits gelatinase, collagenase, and DPP activity in vitro. Reactive fibroblasts in healing wounds and stromal fibroblasts associated with epithelial tumors express FAPalpha. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a disease of the lung characterized by progressive fibrosis with no clear etiology or molecular marker for disease activity. Recently, it has been shown that fibroblast FAPalpha expression is induced in liver cirrhosis, with an expression pattern distinct from alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA). In this study, we determine whether FAPalpha expression is selectively induced in areas of ongoing tissue remodeling characterized by fibroblast foci in IPF. Human lung tissue was obtained from patients with IPF, centrilobular emphysema, and normal lung. Immunohistochemical studies were performed using anti-FAPalpha antibody and antibodies against alpha-SMA and CD26 (DPPIV), another member of the DPP family. We found that FAPalpha was not expressed in normal human lung tissue or tissue with evidence of centriacinar emphysema, but was induced in all patients with IPF and...Continue Reading

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