title: Emphysema mediated by lung overexpression of ADAM10.
abstract: Cigarette smoking is the major risk factor for emphysema, a disorder of the lung parenchyma characterized by destruction of the alveolar walls. Current concepts of the pathogenesis of emphysema hold that the destruction of the lung parenchyma results, in part, from a local imbalance of proteases and antiproteases. Based on the knowledge that human alveolar macrophages express ADAM 10, a protease capable of destroying basement membrane collagen but not previously implicated in emphysema, we used adenovirus-mediated lung expression of ADAM 10 in a mouse model to assess whether an increased burden of ADAM 10 was capable of inducing emphysema. To assess this, the human ADAM 10 cDNA under control of a constitutive promoter was inserted into an adenovirus gene transfer vector (AdhADAMlO), and the vector (10(11) particle units) administered to the respiratory tract of wild type C57BI/6 mice. Lung levels of ADAM 10 mRNA and protein were upregulated following AdhADAMlO administration. After 8 weeks, quantitative morphometry of the lung parenchyma demonstrated that AdhADAMlO administration induced emphysema (mean linear intercept of 60.6 + 1.3 microm compared with 55.6 + 0.8 in mice treated with a control vector, p < 0.003). These results suggest a role of ADAM 10 in the pathogenesis of emphysema, adding to the list of proteases expressed in the lung that are capable of contributing to the development of lung destruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetic Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Philip L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Leopold
authors.forename: Ben-Gary
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: Timothy P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: O'Connor
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Worgall
authors.forename: Neil R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Hackett
authors.forename: Ronald G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Crystal
mesh_terms: D051722:ADAM Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072197:ADAM10 Protein; D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D053829:Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases; D051722:ADAM Proteins; D000072197:ADAM10 Protein; C491236:ADAM10 protein, human