P27 Promotes TGF-β-Mediated Pulmonary Fibrosis via Interacting with MTORC2
Xiao-qing Li
Second Hospital of Yingzhou District, Ningbo 315040, China
Search for more papers by this authorDa-peng Dong
The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China wzhospital.cn
Search for more papers by this authorHai-bo Gu
The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn
Search for more papers by this authorCheng-ying Kong
The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn
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Zhihao Xu
The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn
Search for more papers by this authorXiao-qing Li
Second Hospital of Yingzhou District, Ningbo 315040, China
Search for more papers by this authorDa-peng Dong
The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325000, China wzhospital.cn
Search for more papers by this authorHai-bo Gu
The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn
Search for more papers by this authorCheng-ying Kong
The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn
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Zhihao Xu
The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Yiwu 322000, China zju.edu.cn
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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.
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The data used to support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon request.
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