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| DOI | 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0094146 | ||||
| Año | 2014 | ||||
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The pathogenesis of systemic inflammatory diseases, including endotoxemia-derived sepsis syndrome, is characterized by endothelial dysfunction. It has been demonstrated that the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces the conversion of endothelial cells (ECs) into activated fibroblasts through endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition mechanism. Fibrogenesis is highly dependent on intracellular Ca2+ concentration increases through the participation of calcium channels. However, the specific molecular identity of the calcium channel that mediates the Ca2+ influx during endotoxin-induced endothelial fibrosis is still unknown. Transient receptor potential melastatin 7 (TRPM7) is a calcium channel that is expressed in many cell types, including ECs. TRPM7 is involved in a number of crucial processes such as the conversion of fibroblasts into activated fibroblasts, or myofibroblasts, being responsible for the development of several characteristics of them. However, the role of the TRPM7 ion channel in endotoxin-induced endothelial fibrosis is unknown. Thus, our aim was to study whether the TRPM7 calcium channel participates in endotoxin- induced endothelial fibrosis. Using primary cultures of ECs, we demonstrated that TRPM7 is a crucial protein involved in endotoxin- induced endothelial fibrosis. Suppression of TRPM7 expression protected ECs from the fibrogenic process stimulated by endotoxin. Downregulation of TRPM7 prevented the endotoxin-induced endothelial markers decrease and fibrotic genes increase in ECs. In addition, TRPM7 downregulation abolished the endotoxin-induced increase in ECM proteins in ECs. Furthermore, we showed that intracellular Ca2+ levels were greatly increased upon LPS challenge in a mechanism dependent on TRPM7 expression. These results demonstrate that TRPM7 is a key protein involved in the mechanism underlying endotoxin-induced endothelial fibrosis.
| Ord. | Autor | Género | Institución - País |
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| 1 | ECHEVERRIA-LEAL, CRISTIAN MAURICIO | Hombre |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
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| 2 | Montorfano, Ignacio | Hombre |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
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| 3 | HERMOSILLA-BELLENGER, TAMARA PAZ | Mujer |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 4 | ARMISEN-YANEZ, RICARDO AMADO | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 5 | VELASQUEZ-CUMPLIDO, LUIS ALBERTO | Hombre |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
Universidad de Santiago de Chile - Chile Centro para el Desarrollo de la Nanociencia y la Nanotecnologia - Chile |
| 6 | Cabello-Verrugio, Claudio | Hombre |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
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| 7 | VARELA-LEKANDA, DIEGO ERNST | Hombre |
Universidad de Chile - Chile
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| 8 | SIMON-PINO, FELIPE ALONSO | Hombre |
Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello - Chile
Instituto Milenio de Oceanografía - Chile Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy - Chile |
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| Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy |
| Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico - FONDECYT |
| Association-Francaise Contre Les Myopathies |
| Centro para el Desarrollo de la Nanociencia y Nanotecnologia (CEDENNA) |
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| This work was supported by research grants from Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Cientifico y Tecnologico - Fondecyt 1121078 (FS), 1120240 (DV), 1120286 (RA), 1120712 (LAV), and 1120380 (CCV). Millennium Institute on Immunology and Immunotherapy P09-016-F. Centro para el Desarrollo de la Nanociencia y Nanotecnologia (CEDENNA) FB0807 (LAV). Association-Francaise Contre Les Myopathies AFM 16670 (CCV). UNAB-DI-281-13/R (CCV). UNAB-DI-67-12/I (CE). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. |