title: TGF-beta 1 downregulates CFTR expression and function in nasal polyps of non-CF patients.
abstract: Nasal polyposis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the upper airways. It has been suggested that ion transports and CFTR expression could be modified in epithelial cells from nasal polyps of non-cystic fibrosis patients. We compared human nasal epithelial cells from nasal polyps (NP) with control nasal mucosa (CM). The level of CFTR mRNA was studied by Northern blot analysis and protein expression was studied by immunoprecipitation both ex vivo and in vitro in primary cultures of human nasal epithelial cells at the air-liquid interface. Ion transports were evaluated by short-circuit measurements in vitro. CFTR gene and protein expressions were significantly decreased in NP native tissues and in culture on day 4, when a global defect of ion transports was observed in NP cultures, but not in CM. We evaluated the effect of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1 on CFTR expression and function in NP cultures on day 14 and showed, for the first time, that TGF-beta 1 was able to significantly downregulate the level of CFTR mRNA and cAMP-dependent current in NP cultures. Finally, we showed that the effects of TGF-beta 1 on ion transports could be reversed after 48-h removal of TGF-beta1 in NP cultures. In conclusion, our data strongly suggest that chronic inflammation in nasal polyposis downregulates CFTR gene and protein expression.
authors.affiliation: Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, unité 492, Faculté de médicine Paris XII, Créteil, France.
authors.forename: Virginie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Prulière-Escabasse
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fanen
authors.forename: Anne Catherine
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Dazy
authors.forename: Emmanuèle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lechapt-Zalcman
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rideau
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Edelman
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Escudier
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coste
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D006801:Humans; D017136:Ion Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009298:Nasal Polyps / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: C505032:CFTR protein, human; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator