title: Reduced irradiation pulmonary fibrosis and stromal cell migration in Smad3-/- marrow chimeric mice.
abstract: Pulmonary irradiation fibrosis involves migration to the lungs of bone marrow origin myofibroblast progenitor cells (marrow stromal cells (MSCs)). Smad3-/- mice display decreased ionizing irradiation-induced skin fibrosis, defective osteochondrogenesis and other abnormalities thought to be associated with a defective stromal cell response(s) to transforming growth factor-beta (TGFFbeta). Clonal bone marrow stromal cell lines were derived from the adherent layer of continuous bone marrow cultures of homozygous deletion recombinant negative Smad3-/- mice and Smad3+/+ littermates. Quantitation in an Automated Cell Tracking System of the in vitro single cell migratory capacity over five days demonstrated a significant decrease in locomotion in microns per 24 h of Smad3-/- compared to Smad3+/+ clonal MSC lines. Reexpression by retroviral vector transfection of the Smad3 but not control ds-red transgene restored in vitro migratory capacity. Intravenously injected GFP transgene product labeled Smad3-/- (MSCs) seeded 10-fold less effectively than ds-red transgene product labeled Smad3+/+ cells to the 80 days post 20 Gy irradiated lungs of C57BL/6J mice and proliferated less significantly for 60 days after cell injection. Female mice chimeric for male Smad3-/- compared to Smad3+/+ marrow showed decreased irradiation pulmonary fibrosis, Y+ stromal cell migration to the lungs, and improved survival. The data show that the reduced in vitro and in vivo migratory capacity of Smad3-/- bone marrow stromal cells correlates with decreased radiation pulmonary fibrosis observed in mice chimeric for Smad3-/- marrow.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Epperly
authors.forename: Darcy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Franicola
authors.forename: Xichen
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Suhua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nie
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Alfred B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Bahnson
authors.forename: Donna S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Shields
authors.forename: Julie P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Goff
authors.forename: Hongmei
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Joel S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Greenberger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D008164:Luminescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000209:etiology; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D051900:Smad3 Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D008164:Luminescent Proteins; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D051900:Smad3 Protein