title: Expression of T-cell immunoglobulin- and mucin-domain-containing molecule-1 (TIM-1) is increased in a mouse model of asthma and relationship to GATA-3.
abstract: It has been suggested that T-cell immunoglobulin-and mucin-domain-containing molecule-1 (TIM-1) plays an important role in the development of allergic asthma, though its molecular mechanism remains unclear. Our aim was to examine the expression of TIM-1 and Th2-associated transcription factor GATA-3 in asthmatic mice, and to evaluate the correlation of TIM-1 and GATA-3 in the pathogenesis of allergic asthma. We examined TIM-1 expression in lung tissue and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of asthmatic mice by real-time PCR and flow cytometry, respectively; we also investigated TIM-1 and GATA-3 expression in the spleen tissue of asthmatic mice by western blot. These results demonstrate that TIM-1 was significantly increased in pulmonary tissues and PBMCs in asthmatic mice after ovalbumin (OVA) challenge (P<0.05), and that the production of TIM-1 as well as GATA-3 was upregulated in the spleen of asthmatic mice. The production of TIM-1 correlated significantly with the production of GATA-3 in the spleen of asthmatic mice (r=0.753, P<0.05). The results of this study provide the first evidence that increased expression of TIM-1 in asthmatic mice is associated with the Th2-associated transcription factor GATA-3. The findings suggest a possible mechanism for how HAV infection and TIM-1 upregulation influence the development of allergic asthma.
authors.affiliation: The Otorhinolarygology Hospital, the First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, and Otorhinolaryngology Institute of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510080, China.
authors.forename: Geng
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Huabin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000276:immunology*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D050990:GATA3 Transcription Factor / Q000276:immunology*; D000072596:Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 1; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D050990:GATA3 Transcription Factor; C494748:Gata3 protein, mouse; C442240:Havcr1 protein, mouse; D000072596:Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 1; D008565:Membrane Proteins