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Distal lung microenvironment triggers release of mediators recognized as potential systemic biomarkers for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Kalafatis, Dimitrios ; Löfdahl, Anna LU ; Näsman, Per ; Dellgren, Göran ; Wheelock, Åsa M. ; Rendin, Linda Elowsson LU ; Sköld, Magnus and Westergren-Thorsson, Gunilla LU orcid (2021) In International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(24).
Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive fibrotic lung disease with an unmet need of biomarkers that can aid in the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of the disease and response to treatment. In this two-part explorative proteomic study, we demonstrate how proteins associated with tissue remodeling, inflammation and chemotaxis such as MMP7, CXCL13 and CCL19 are released in response to aberrant extracellular matrix (ECM) in IPF lung. We used a novel ex vivo model where decellularized lung tissue from IPF patients and healthy donors were repopulated with healthy fibroblasts to monitor locally released mediators. Results were validated in longitudinally collected serum samples from 38 IPF patients and from 77 healthy... (More)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive fibrotic lung disease with an unmet need of biomarkers that can aid in the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of the disease and response to treatment. In this two-part explorative proteomic study, we demonstrate how proteins associated with tissue remodeling, inflammation and chemotaxis such as MMP7, CXCL13 and CCL19 are released in response to aberrant extracellular matrix (ECM) in IPF lung. We used a novel ex vivo model where decellularized lung tissue from IPF patients and healthy donors were repopulated with healthy fibroblasts to monitor locally released mediators. Results were validated in longitudinally collected serum samples from 38 IPF patients and from 77 healthy controls. We demonstrate how proteins elevated in the ex vivo model (e.g., MMP7), and other serum proteins found elevated in IPF patients such as HGF, VEGFA, MCP-3, IL-6 and TNFRSF12A, are associated with disease severity and progression and their response to antifibrotic treatment. Our study supports the model’s applicability in studying mechanisms involved in IPF and provides additional evidence for both established and potentially new biomarkers in IPF.

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Biomarkers, Extracellular matrix, Fibroblast, Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
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International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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22
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24
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13421
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MDPI AG
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  • pmid:34948231
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1661-6596
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10.3390/ijms222413421
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English
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  author       = {{Kalafatis, Dimitrios and Löfdahl, Anna and Näsman, Per and Dellgren, Göran and Wheelock, Åsa M. and Rendin, Linda Elowsson and Sköld, Magnus and Westergren-Thorsson, Gunilla}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{24}},
  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Molecular Sciences}},
  title        = {{Distal lung microenvironment triggers release of mediators recognized as potential systemic biomarkers for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413421}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/ijms222413421}},
  volume       = {{22}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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