IL-13 induces mucin production by stimulating epidermal growth factor receptors and by activating neutrophils |
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Authors: | Shim J J Dabbagh K Ueki I F Dao-Pick T Burgel P R Takeyama K Tam D C Nadel J A |
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Institution: | Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94132-0130, USA. |
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Abstract: | Mucus hypersecretion contributes to the morbidity and mortality in acute asthma. Both T helper 2 (Th2) cytokines and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling have been implicated in allergen-induced goblet cell (GC) metaplasia. Present results show that a cascade of EGFR involving neutrophils is implicated in interleukin (IL)-13-induced mucin expression in GC. Treatment with a selective EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor prevented IL-13-induced GC metaplasia dose dependently and completely. Instillation of IL-13 also induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha protein expression, mainly in infiltrating neutrophils. Control airway epithelium contained few leukocytes, but intratracheal instillation of IL-13 resulted in time-dependent leukocyte recruitment by IL-13-induced IL-8-like chemoattractant expression in airway epithelium. Pretreatment with an inhibitor of leukocytes in the bone marrow (cyclophosphamide) or with a blocking antibody to IL-8 prevented both IL-13-induced leukocyte recruitment and GC metaplasia. These findings indicate that EGFR signaling is involved in IL-13-induced mucin production. They suggest a potential therapeutic role for inhibitors of the EGFR cascade in the hypersecretion that occurs in acute asthma. |
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