Volume 2019, Issue 1 7157861
Research Article
Open Access

P27 Promotes TGF-β-Mediated Pulmonary Fibrosis via Interacting with MTORC2

Yu-heng Dai

Yu-heng Dai

Hangzhou Women’s Hospital, Hangzhou 310008, China

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Xiao-qing Li

Xiao-qing Li

Second Hospital of Yingzhou District, Ningbo 315040, China

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Da-peng Dong

Da-peng Dong

The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China wzhospital.cn

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Hai-bo Gu

Hai-bo Gu

The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn

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Cheng-ying Kong

Cheng-ying Kong

The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn

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Zhihao Xu

Corresponding Author

Zhihao Xu

The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn

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First published: 19 September 2019
Citations: 6
Academic Editor: Emmanuel Charbonney

Abstract

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF), a progressive and life-threatening pulmonary disease, is the main pathological basis of interstitial lung disease (ILD) which includes the idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). No effective therapeutic strategy for pulmonary fibrosis has been established. TGF-β signaling has emerged as the vital regulator of PF; however, the detailed molecular mechanisms of TGF-β in PF were uncertain. In the present study, we proved that inhibition of MTORC2 suppresses the expression of P27 in MRC5 and HLF cells. And in bleomycin-induced PF model, the expression of α-SMA and P27 was upregulated. Moreover, TGF-β application increased the level of α-SMA, vimentin, and P27 in MRC5 and HLF cells. Furthermore, P27 overexpression advanced the cell cycle process and promoted the proliferation of MRC5 and HLF cells. Finally, the rescue experiment showed that MTORC2 knockdown reversed P27 overexpression-induced cell cycle acceleration and proliferation. Thus, our results suggest that P27 is involved in TGF-β-mediated PF, which was regulated by MTORC2, providing a novel insight into the development of PF.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Data Availability

The data used to support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.

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