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Osteopontin Expression in Small Airway Epithelium in Copd is Dependent on Differentiation and Confined to Subsets of Cells

Ali, Mohamad N. LU orcid ; Mori, Michiko LU ; Mertens, Tinne C.J. ; Siddhuraj, Premkumar LU ; Erjefält, Jonas S. LU ; Önnerfjord, Patrik LU orcid ; Hiemstra, Pieter S. and Egesten, Arne LU (2019) In Scientific Reports 9.
Abstract

Osteopontin (OPN) plays a role in inflammation via recruitment of neutrophils and tissue remodeling. In this study, we investigated the distribution of OPN-expressing cells in the airway epithelium of normal lung tissue and that from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OPN was detected on the epithelial cell surface of small airways and in scattered cells within the epithelial cell layer. Staining revealed higher OPN concentrations in tissue showing moderate to severe COPD compared to that in controls. In addition, OPN expression was confined to goblet and club cells, and was absent from ciliated and basal cells as detected via immunohistochemistry. However, OPN expression was up-regulated in submerged basal... (More)

Osteopontin (OPN) plays a role in inflammation via recruitment of neutrophils and tissue remodeling. In this study, we investigated the distribution of OPN-expressing cells in the airway epithelium of normal lung tissue and that from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). OPN was detected on the epithelial cell surface of small airways and in scattered cells within the epithelial cell layer. Staining revealed higher OPN concentrations in tissue showing moderate to severe COPD compared to that in controls. In addition, OPN expression was confined to goblet and club cells, and was absent from ciliated and basal cells as detected via immunohistochemistry. However, OPN expression was up-regulated in submerged basal cells cultures exposed to cigarette smoke (CS) extract. Cell fractioning of air-liquid interface cultures revealed increased OPN production from basal compartment cells compared to that in luminal fraction cells. Furthermore, both constitutive and CS-induced expression of OPN decreased during differentiation. In contrast, cultures stimulated with interleukin (IL)-13 to promote goblet cell hyperplasia showed increased OPN production in response to CS exposure. These results indicate that the cellular composition of the airway epithelium plays an important role in OPN expression and that these levels may reflect disease endotypes in COPD.

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  author       = {{Ali, Mohamad N. and Mori, Michiko and Mertens, Tinne C.J. and Siddhuraj, Premkumar and Erjefält, Jonas S. and Önnerfjord, Patrik and Hiemstra, Pieter S. and Egesten, Arne}},
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  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Scientific Reports}},
  title        = {{Osteopontin Expression in Small Airway Epithelium in Copd is Dependent on Differentiation and Confined to Subsets of Cells}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-52208-3}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/s41598-019-52208-3}},
  volume       = {{9}},
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